Links for Parents
- General Parenting Information and Advice
- For Parents and Children
- Child and Family Advocacy Organizations
- Special Topics
General Parenting Information and Advice
- All About Kids is the online version of a Greater Cincinnati parenting newspaper.
- Families Under Construction is a site from a Lexington family and marriage therapist. She compares building families to building a house and gives parents some helpful construction tools.
- Family.com is an online newsletter with articles, fun ideas, and online experts.
- Helping Your Child, a series of pamphlets distributed by the U.S. Department of Education
- National Child Care Information Center
- National Parenting Information Center
- The Natural Child Project promotes “parenting and education that respects children.”
- PBS Parents
- Parenting iVillage, a parents’ forum
- The Parenting Q&A is a searchable database of answers from experts in both child development and child behavior.
- ParentingMatters, a forum on raising courageous, responsible children, features articles by counselors and parent educators.
- The Parents as Teachers National Center is an award-winning voluntary early childhood parent education program which supports parents as their children’s first and most influential teachers.
- Personal Perspectives is an index of parenting and family resources on the web. It’s a service of the National Network for Family Resiliency.
- Sesame Workshop features choice articles from Sesame Street Parents magazine, a reference library of previous articles, and activities for preschoolers featuring the Sesame Street characters.
- The WonderWise Parent offers education on parent-child relationships for parents and professionals who work with them.
For Parents and Children
- At KidsCom, kids can post messages, send in ideas and stories, or find a Key Pal. At the sister site ParentsTalk, adults can consult with other parents or read advice from child-rearing experts.
- PBS Kids has companion web sites for most PBS children’s programs, with sections for parents and caregivers.
- The Whole Family Center is an award-winning interactive site about the concerns of modern families. An online magazine and separate marriage, parenting, and teen centers address sensitive topics like infertility, anorexia, infidelity, and teen suicide through audio, dramatizations, and comments from psychologists.
Child and Family Advocacy Organizations
- Children’s Defense Fund
- The Children’s Partnership
- Children’s Rights Council
- Educators for Social Responsibility
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Special Topics
- Coping with Death and Grief—links from Connect for Kids/Guidance for Grownups
- Expect the Best from a Girl focuses on parents’ influence on their daughters’ self-esteem and life choices.
- Helping Children with Scary News—thoughts from Mr. Rogers
- Canada’s Kids Help Phone Online site can help confused teenagers answer many questions about family, diversity, eating disorders, AIDS, birth control, sexual violence, suicide, and drug abuse.
- The National PTA Parent Resources pages include articles on student achievement, health and safety, media technology, and health and fitness.
- The Parent’s Guide to the Information Superhighway
- Surviving High School: Tips for Teens and Their Parents
- Talking with Kids About Terrorism and Violence is a half-hour special featuring Dr. David Walsh. You can watch the video online, and the web page includes advice for parents and teachers.
- Talking with Kids About War and Violence from PBS Parents
- Teacher resources for talking about tragedy from Education World
- Tragic Times, Healing Words—from Sesame Street
