Parents Call to Action!

Every movement begins with proactive members of a tribe. For the parent self-care movement, the parents represent our tribe. We will coin this the Calamores Movement…for the simple reason that no one else has coined this movement before.

At Calamores, we have an ambitious plan to build the Calamores Movement in the most unconventional, grass-roots way possible: word of mouth, no advertising. You heard that right - we are employing the old school way of talking to each other IRL. That means no social media, in an era where social media is king. Taking such an unconventional path towards spreading this movement is, in our opinion, the best way to push our community to be proactive, contributing members of the tribe. “Likes/thumbs up” do not represent a movement - physically get up from your couch and go enjoy the company of your tribe!

Calamores, of course, is a small team and we certainly can’t reach everyone in our tribe. To support us, we are seeking Parent Ambassador’s to help spread the word of this movement. How can you help as a Parent Ambassador? Here are 5 simple ways to help:

1. Invite your favorite local business venues to post their events on calamores.com. It could be small local bars or larger sports venues, arts & craft studios, spas, etc. Any business catered primarily to adults can be considered, especially if they host events!
2. Set up local “parent night out (PNO)” events so that your children can enjoy fun in the evening too, while you are enjoying your time off from parenting duties. Some local communities also host these events already, so encourage them to post their events on calamores.com - I am sure many parent’s will find that helpful.
3. Introduce the mission of the Calamores Movement and calamores.com with your kids teachers, schools, or school districts. Invite them to share this resource with the parent tribe in their district, or with other districts.
4. Encourage other parents to subscribe to our newsletter. We provide tips & tricks and other resources. We will also invite parents to help share their views on this movement as well, and how we can all work to advance this movement together.
5. Scientific research around parent self-care is limited. Let’s start spreading the word on this. Perhaps encourage university researchers to start looking into the impact of the limited support of parent self care on parent health, its impact to family/kids, local economy, etc. As scientists ourselves, we will also conduct surveys and share our results with you so that we can all get better together at rediscovering our passions, or discovering new hobbies altogether.

This is just a small sample of what a Parent Ambassador can do. If there are other ideas, please reach out and we would be happy to brainstorm. Thank you, in advance, for your help in building out this the Calamores Movement, Parent Ambassadors!