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Dear Parents, Child Caregivers and Teachers:

Let me congratulate you for doing one of the most important, but often frustrating jobs of all time … Meeting the needs of children. As delightful as children are, the job isn’t always easy and in recent years has become more difficult given the fast pace of our society, day-to-day stressors, lack of resources and increasing costs.

On a daily basis you deal with critical child-related issues such as discipline, safety, childcare, education and health. Some feel confident to deal with the many issues, while others find themselves floundering. Whatever the case, it’s safe to say that when a child’s needs are not met and their issues not addressed, more often than not a child will experience greater distress and their issues will develop into more serious and more long-term problems.

I founded ItsIt Inc., and created cartoon characters to help make things a little easier for you. The ItsIt characters and the messages they provide will help you handle delicate issues as well as offering your children a fun way to learn valuable lessons. The first ItsIt book of a series “Meet the ItsIts” will be available by the end of September, 2006. I hope you and your children enjoy it.

The ItsIt, Inc., website ItsItville.com was launched for both children and parents. My goal is to create a children’s site that you can trust will be safe, and offers unique, fun, educational, and appropriate content.

As ItsIt, Inc. grows the amount of activities and resources offered on the website will also grow. Presently, our website offers some fun activities to help better acquaint children with the ItsIts, and offers parents, child caregivers and teachers a format for sharing information and finding child-related resources.

The Parents Corner offers a message board where you are free to ask specific child-related questions and receive responses. Note: Although the answers to your questions will be responded to by a qualified family therapist, it is not intended to replace traditional therapy nor should any response be interpreted as any form of therapy or counseling. It is understood that the responders and ItsIt Inc., can not be held responsible for any changes in behavior, actions on the part of a parent, child caregiver or teacher, or any outcomes and/or results that may or may not occur.

We look forward to serving you and hope you will support our growth and commitment to children. We welcome your comments and suggestions as it is our desire to create a website that delivers information and tools that meet your needs and the needs of children. At ItsIt, Inc., we care about parents and we care about your kids!

Sincerely,
Kay Francis, M.A., L.M.F.T.
Founder/Creator

Why the ItsIts came to be

As a play therapist and family therapist, I discovered that resources and teaching tools were limited for children from ages 3 to 7. I was forever creating some type of game or writing some type of story that would interest the child I was counseling and at the same time was able to address their specific issue.

I went on to teach in the corporate world. Although, this audience was much older than the children I counseled, they still had unresolved childhood issues that had a negative impact on their adult lives. This is when I realized the need for children's programs that not only promoted healthier and happier childhood's, but also helped these children to grow into more insightful, sensitive, communicative, productive and fair minded adults; thus I created the ItsIts.

The ItsIts are not just cartoon characters to keep your children entertained; they are much more. The ItsIts offer lessons in self-esteem, self-power, communication skills, introspection, equality/diversity, influence, character building, morals, behavior, safety, and most important they help in the development of their relationship with self and others. The ItsIts and their lessons are wonderful teaching tools for parents, child caregivers and teachers.

Please feel free to contact us at info@itsitville.com

The ItsIt characters are a registered trademark. The content or any part thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from Kay Francis. This includes the making of copies by any photo process; by any electronic or mechanical device, printed or written or oral; by recording for sound or visual reproduction; and by storing in a knowledge retrieval system or device.