Resources
for Parents
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| http://www.ala.org/parentspage/ greatsites/50.html |
This site, 50
Great Websites for Parents and Kids, is from the American
Library association. It's a great site for parents and kids - it describes,
rates and links to topnotch sites. |
| http://www.childrensdefense.org/ | The mission of the Children's
Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind®. This
site includes publications, statistics, and advocacy on many child welfare
issues, including ensuring access to quality child care, reducing youth
violence, and controlling guns. Also includes a Parent Resource Network
with many links to web sites. |
| http://www.fatherhoodproject.org/ | The Fatherhood
Project® is a national research and education
project that is developing ways to support men’s involvement in child
rearing. This site includes publications and research results. |
| http://www.fathers.com/ | National
Center for Fathering: This commercial site is designed to
help men become better fathers and to provide practical resources for male
parents in varied fathering situations. |
| http://www.nichcy.org/ | NICHCY
is the national information and referral center that provides information
on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and
other professionals, with a special focus is children and youth (birth to
age 22). |
| http://www.npin.org/about.html | Research-based information about parenting, and
about parents' roles in education. Includes a bimonthly on-line parenting
magazine. The National
Parent Information Network (NPIN) is a project of the ERIC
(Office of Educational Research and Improvement) system, which is administered
by the National Library of Education in the US Department of Education. |
| http://www.tnpc.com/parentalk/ index.html |
The National
Parenting Center's ParenTalk Newsletter, with parenting
advice for every age group. Features message boards on dozens of topics:
infertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, breast feeding, adoption, education,
immunization, ADD, puberty, etc. |
| http://www.parentingresources.ncjrs.org/ | Parenting Resources for the 21st Century: A federally sponsored site that links parents and other adults responsible for the care of a child with Internet-based information on parenting. It strives to help families meet the formidable challenges of raising a child today by addressing topics that include health and safety, child care and education, recreation, child development, child abuse, and home schooling, delinquency and violence prevention, and the juvenile justice system. |
| http://www.zen.org/~brendan/ kids.html |
The privately operated The
Kids on the Web site provides information people can use either to let kids play with stuff on
the Internet, or to find things they need about the care and education of
children. Kids on the Web has been in the top 50 great sites for kids and
parents from the American Library Association; recognized as a NetGuide
Gold Site; a Magellan 3-Star site; and is a Winner of the CornerStone
Foundation Site Award for Information. Rated child-safe by SafeSurf. |
| http://www.zerotothree.org/ | Zero
to Three is a national nonprofit founded by leading
pediatricians, child development specialists and researchers in 1977 to
promote the healthy social, emotional and intellectual development of
babies and toddlers. It includes information on child development, and
publications for both parents and professionals. |