1900

• Charter signed and National Congress incorporated under laws of District of Columbia
• Advisory Council established with Theodore Roosevelt as chairman (he served until 1919)
• Plans made to publish The Quarterly Report, containing convention proceedings
• Legislation suggested for protection of employed children

1901

• Practical means of securing parent-teacher cooperation discussed at convention
• Outlines of "duties of committees" on education and legislation adopted
• National dues of 5 cents per capita authorized

1902

• Mrs. Frederic Schoff elected president
• Cooperation begun with public agencies interested in child welfare
• Organizing local parent-teacher associations advocated as part of Congress work
• Committee on child labor formed
• Convention exhibit of model nursery said to be most complete ever assembled

1903

• Committee on "delinquent, defective, and dependent children" formed
• Needs of handicapped children studied
• Resolution urged instruction for probation officers and others working with dependent and delinquent children

1904

• Mothers' Congress Day at St. Louis Exposition; model playground shown
• Resolutions advocated more adequate marriage, divorce, and child labor laws
• Convention address, "The Nation's Boy Problem," by Judge Ben B. Lindsey
• Booklets published on sex education and state laws on dependent, handicapped, and delinquent children

1905

• Committee on juvenile court and probation work created, with Judge Lindsey as chairman
• Education Committee recommended "cooperative associations of parents and teachers of high schools"
• President Theodore Roosevelt granted National Congress president's request to endorse juvenile court and probation system in his message to U.S. Congress
• Resolutions endorsed federal aid for kindergartens and elementary schools and recommended salary increase for teachers
  

1906

• National convention, scheduled for Los Angeles, postponed because of San Francisco earthquake
• National Congress of Mothers Magazine (forerunner of Our Children magazine) first issued
• National president addressed Canadian parliament on juvenile court and probation work
• Pure Food Bill, supported by National Congress, became law

1907

• Department of Parent-Teacher Associations formed within National Congress in recognition of importance of parent-teacher cooperation
• President reported to British parliament on juvenile courts in U.S

1908

• Importance of parent-teacher partnership recognized in change of name to National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations
• National Convention included First International Congress on the Welfare of the Child; invitations from the National Congress of Mothers, sent by U.S. State Department, brought representatives from 12 countries on four continents; governors sent representatives; opening speech by President Theodore Roosevelt; formal reception at the White House
• National Congress supported movement to combat tuberculosis

1909

• Name of official publication became Child Welfare Magazine
• Standing committee on child hygiene created and given support by advisory committee of nine physicians
• Child labor committee to investigate child employment conditions in all states
• Participation in the Conference on Dependent Children called by President Theodore Roosevelt, the first of the White House Conferences on Children