Native Sons & Daughters is a Parent/Child adventure oriented organization meant to promote friendship and family bonding

Native Sons & Daughters is a national parent and child, non-profit organization.   The parent and the child are both members of the organization.

Crooked River Native Sons & Daughters is a subsidiary group of the national program.  The Crooked River branch currently has around 75 families in the Olmsted Falls, Berea, Strongsville, North Olmsted, and Middleburg Heights area.

The youth of today have many choices and opportunities for inter and extracurricular activities. Baseball, soccer, and dance to name a few are all excellent programs which allow a child to develop in a fulfilling way. Despite their virtues for individual growth, such programs do little to strengthen the parent-child relationship. Moms and dads are denied parent-child interaction when their children are required to be dropped off at an activity that is supervised by another adult, or where the parents are forced to watch only as bystanders.

Fortunately, the NATIONAL LONGHOUSE® programs that Crooked River is associated with is entirely different!  Our programs enable "one on one" interaction because they require the parent to enroll with the child. The parent shares in the participation of meetings, activities, and outings. Having this type of direct interaction strengthens parent-child bonds, and does so independently of the remaining family structure. Making sure a child has his or her own special time with mom or dad is important in developing the skills needed to build one-on-one relationships later on in adult life.

We incorporate age-appropriate recreation of light or medium activity, which revolves around a structured North American Indian theme, and are designed to strengthen parent-child, spiritual, neighborhood, and inter-communal bonds.

Why you should choose our program