| Child/Parenting |
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| Child Development and Parenting | |
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| Resource | Description |
| KidsHealth | About KidsHealth: "If you're looking for information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak," you've come to the right place. KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years." Sections for parents, for kids, and for teens. Excellent articles for children to educate themselves. May listen to article and follow along with highlighted text and words as they are spoken. Each topic area for Parents is comprehensive with categories to expand for articles. Kids dictionary of medical terms. Everything on the site goes through rigorous medical review by pediatricians and other medical experts. kidshealth.org |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD) | Information and resources from KidSource Online |
| Child & Family Canada | A summary of child welfare organizations in Canada united to provide educational resources on children and families. The library links and themes - 2012 don't appear to be active. French and English http://www.cfc-efc.ca/ |
| SafeKids.com | Online safety & civility | "Tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive!" Parent's guide to Facebook, Online Safety FAQ, contracts, recent article Google+ for teens with extra safety precautions as well as guides for pre-teens and teens. The classic first widely distributed Internet safety article Child Safety on the Information Highway. |
| Home Security Library: Guide to Internet Safety for Kids & Teens | Dangers, tips for parents, kids & teens. A school librarian suggested it as a reference for her students. It has a ton of information and resources on internet safety and security. This is not an endorsement for products sold by this site. |
| Parenting.org | Site has excellent articles and information by ages sponsored by Boys Town Common Sense Parenting. Tip of the week and Parenting Q&Answers on topics such as homework, giving praise, handling tantrums. and teaching children how to control their anger and be more willing to cooperate. |
| Early Childhood Educator's and Family Web Corner | The sections for Family pages and Teachers pages have resources good for parents of small children. http://users.stargate.net/~cokids/ |
| EducationWorld | "Educator's best friend" Tons of resources and free original materials, lesson plans, technology, articles for teachers and administrators. Search for parenting or other topics. Web Site Reviews of Interest to Parents archived. http://www.educationworld.com/ |
| FamilyFun: Great ideas. Practical advice. Fun stuff to do | FamilyFun Crafts, Activities, Recipes & Other Ideas for Kids & Parents and More Family Fun. http://familyfun.go.com/ Another in the network family.go.com has Parenting activities, learning and parenting information with searchable topic areas by age. http://family.go.com/parenting/ |
| Parenting advice, child development and family reference at familyeducation.com | Information to involve families in their children's education and more. Choose your child's age group ranging from preschool and younger through high school and beyond. Of interest: Developing Gifts and Talents |
| Facts for Families | Concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families. To educate parents and families about psychiatric disorders affecting children and adolescents by American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Download all of the articles or search by keyword or numerically to view them. Save in PDF format http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/facts_for_families. |
| Helping Children Overcome Reading Difficulties | An article from KidSource Online which also discusses learning disabilities. |
| KidsHealth | About KidsHealth: "If you're looking for information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak," you've come to the right place. KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years." Sections for parents, for kids, and for teens. Excellent articles for children to educate themselves. May listen to article and follow along with highlighted text and words as they are spoken. Each topic area for Parents is comprensive with categories to expand for articles. Kids dictionary of medical terms. Everything on the site goes through rigorous medical review by pediatricians and other medical experts. kidshealth.org |
| Tools for Student Success: Selected Publications for Parents and Teachers | Series of electronic publications for parents from U.S. Department of Education. No Child Left Behind: A Parents Guide. Helping Your Child Series includes topics like helping your child learn to read, write, do homework and succeed in school. |
| Parenting information at sheknows | Was GeoParent and Interactive Parent. Parenting ideas, interaction and inspiration for pregnancy and parents with children from newborn to teen now. sheknows Parenting http://www.sheknows.com/channels/parenting |
| KidSource Online | Includes education and healthcare articles and information to help parents raise and educate children arranged by newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, and k-12 with sections on parenting, education and health. Articles like The Only Child target specific interests. |
| Elementary Education Degree » List of Elementary Education Degrees, Careers, and Schools | A resource for high school and new college students to find in-depth and unbiased information to pick the right Elementary Education degree to fit their needs. Complete List of Campuses that have Elementary Education Programs with links to the schools. Search for programs by type of course and degree. |
| MayoClinic.com | News and Heath Information on diseases and symptoms. Search for topics like parenting, child development and milestones. |
| Parent Education Resources | While the sponsors of this site offer workshops, there is useful kindergarten information. |
| Parenting Magazine | Parent News with articles, tips and resources. Includes articles on step-parenting, divorce, and single parenting. |
| Parenting - Parenthood.com | Lots of resources, articles, Cnet Best of the Web is only one of the many awards given to this site. Parenting, Pregnancy, Baby Names, Online Parenting Articles & More - Parenthood.com. |
| Parenting Me - Home Page | Helpful Hints and Tips from Your Child's Point-of-View by Dr. Brenda Hussey-Gardner, Ph.D., M.P.H. The Milestones section describes cognitive, language, motor, emotional, social and self-help skills your child might "start" to display between 1-4 years. |
| ParentsTalk, a parents magazine | Tips for parents about child rearing from KidsCom.com |
| Positive Parenting (On-Line!) | Multimedia resource include an interactive Dial-A-DisciplineTM to learn new ways to identify and "redirect" your child's misbehavior. Tips and Feature Articles include Ten Keys to Successful Parenting, scroll down to see others. Positive Parenting information on Redirecting Children's Behavior courses. |
| Potty Training, Toilet Training and Child Behavior products | I usually do not include primarily commercial sites, but could not resist this one -- especially when I learned that Judi set up a Special Needs Trust for her brother funded by her web sales. Child behavior, self esteem, potty training and special needs products plus parenting advice to promote emotionally happy, healthy kids. Check out the wonderful 'lastic laces. Explore the Special Needs section for books and videos, adaptive clothing, special swim wear or incontinence products and more... from Time Machine Power Toothbrush and Tooth Tattos to Behavior Beasts Child Behavior Management System. Jan 2012 under construction and coming back soon. http://www.webehave.com/ |
| StopBullying.gov | government site with resources and how-to for kids, teens, young adults, parents, educators, community. How to recognize the warning signs, intervene when bullying happens and send the message that bullying is not okay. |
| The Quality of Life Research Centre | A research Institute in Denmark studying what factors earlier on in life lead to better quality later. |
| Teen/Children Concerns | Written by Societal Information member especially for teens and children to seek information on anger, self-esteem, relationships, peer pressure and stress. Archived at reocities, no longer being updated. Still worth a look. |
| The Wonder Wise Parent | For the "tough" job of parenting, free credit and non-credit courses now offered on-line: Parent-Child Relationships, Responsive Discipline. http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/wondhome.htm |
| These links give only a sampling of what is available. Please note that references in the Child Development and Parenting and the Special Needs areas of this site overlap. They may link to topics of interest for other areas. | |
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