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General Parenting Information


Parenting Resources for the 21st Century
The site is part of a joint effort by several Federal agencies to promote a national agenda for children and foster positive youth development, and offers parents information on topics such as child care, education, health and safety.

Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center
This page is produced by the Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center, which is funded by the Department of Education's Goals 2000 Educate America Act. Much of the material in this site is of particular interest to parent educators. But this page does contain a great section with tips for parents. You can also find links to other good sited for parents here.

The Center for Effective Parenting
This page, produced by The Center for Effective parenting is also funded under the US Dept. of Education's Goals 2000 Initiative. There is very useful material here for both parents and parent educators on a wide variety of topices. They also host a well produced "Links" page.

Parents Place
Parenting tips from parent educators, as well as other parents; articles on nearly any parent-related issue.

Kid Source
Four categories of information: newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged. Kid Source offers a variety of articles, products and services and links to other sites. Articles, are grouped by health, education, recreation, and parenting, using a five-star rating system.

Parent Soup
Parenting tips, discussion groups, chat groups, and a variety of topics on which parents can seek and receive "expert" advice. Parent Soup also offers "communities" for parents in each stage of parenting. Check out the name finder for expectant parents!

Parent Time 
This is a weekly electronic newsletter to which parents can subscribe. Parents can customize the articles to their child's age, or their stage in pregnancy. It contains parenting-related articles, health information, articles on relationships, bulletin boards, chats, and an "ask the experts" section. You can also find fun topics such as recipes, baby names, and a cartoon of the day.

Parenthood Web
Another free weekly electronic newsletter offered to subscribers. This newsletter allows you to select a topic and read articles on this topic by experts in the field. Parents are invited to add their comments and read other parents comments in the "forum" section. Parents can also access articles, surveys, and chat with other parents during live and scheduled chats.

Parents Guide to the Internet
This web page is sponsored by the US Department of Education. It contains a pamphlet to assist and encourage parents to learn the internet so they can help their children develop these same skills. Find helpful, step by step information for parents including: a history of the internet, basic computer terms, how to use the internet, and practice examples. There is also a section related to "child-safe-surfing" issues. Contains lots of links to family fun sites also!

National Parent Information Network
This site contains information for parents including full text publications on a variety of parenting topics (some in Spanish), and reviews and abstracts of other resources (books and newlsetters) for parents. In addition, it sponsors a monthly electronic newsletter called Parent News, with archives dating back to 1995.

Parenting Matters
Articles related to parenting issues: New articles are added frequently. It features articles targeted towards specific audiences [ie: as fathers, grandparents.] Parents can post questions for counselors to respond to, or share ideas/opinions on the bulletin board. This site links into LifeMatters newsletter, which hosts forums for both parents and non-parents on the topics of health, relationship, success, and nutrition.

The National Parenting Center
Advice from experts in a variety of fields relateing to parenting or children; chat rooms, newsletters, and reviewed products for children and parents.

Sesame Street Parents
Produced by the makers of Sesame Street, this site hosts articles for parents on child behavior/discipline issues, education, safety, health and family & community issues.

National Institute on Media and the Family
Here you can research your family's media viewing habits! NIMF displays a rating system called KidScore, which rates TV shows, movies, video and computer games from a family oriented perspective.

Children, Youth and Family Consortium
The Table of Contents section provides a wealth of links, articles, and publications on parenting related issues for parents, parent educators, and education personnel, as well as information about the CYFC. Also hosts the site, FatherNet.

Parent News
Parenting articles and tips: Tips feature a variety of different subjects. You'll also find a movie review section, and a bibliography, although the bibliography is not annotated. There are links for educators sites and links for kids to access to receive help in homework.

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Information for Mothers


Moms Online
This site features all sorts of great information for moms. Has a large collection of parenting tips from other moms. In addition, there is a chat room, an "ask the pros" section, a message board, and fun sections, such as polls, crafts, recipes, baby namer, etc.

Mother & Child Online
Mother & Child Online is a monthly magazine targeted towards mothers. It has been in operation since November 1996. A typical issue contains a couple of feature articles, and has regular departments such as Safety Zone, Software Review, and an Activities Page. Back issues are also easily accessible.

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Information for Fathers

National Fatherhood Initiative
This site offers membership to the NFI, but the majority of membership benefits for web purposes seem to be available to non-members as well. It offers an online catalog of resources that can be ordered, back issues of "Fatherhood Today," tips from other fathers, links to fatherhood-related web sites, and a forum which links fathers to educational counselors and other fathers.

National Center for Fathering
This site offers lots of good articles/tips for fathers, links, materials for father support groups, and a bookstore through which fathers can order books and tapes.

Father Net
The Child, Youth and Family Consortium host this page. Targeted towards fathers, it contains articles and essays of interest to fathers. There are links to father-related newsletters, discussion groups, and links to other father-related web sites.

The Fatherhood Project Home Page
The Fatherhood Project site mostly lists publications and programs that have been developed by the project, as well as a list of links to other father related/parent educator related sites. Ordering information is provided to order the featured publications.

Fathers Rights and Equality Exchange

Dad Custody in Vermont

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New & Expectant Parents


Baby Center
Expectant parents can access this web site to obtain articles (lots!) on various topics related to expectant and new parents. It also features debates, checklists, interactive tools, polls, and listings on a variety of topics. The Baby Monitor, a weekly newsletter, which parents can subscribe to, is published from this site. A medical board consisting of doctors, psychologists, midwives, etc approves all articles.

Parents of Preemies
This site was developed by the University of Wisconsin and The Center for Perinatal Care at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. It contains a wealth of valuable information specific to parents of premature infants.

Baby Bag Online
This site is targeted to parents of children from prenatal to preschool. It contains lots of departments with parenting tips, although not as many as some of the other sites, plus issues related to pregnancy and childbirth. In addition, it includes recipes for new parents using baby food, product and book reviews, bulletin boards targeted to specific groups, a Q & A forum for parents to seek expert advice, and an online boutique for parents to browse and shop.

 

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Medical Information

Kids Doctor
Created by a physician to provide parents with general information about childhood ailments, this web site offers quite an extensive wealth of general medical information. A search engine allows parents to search for information related to a specific illness, and an email address lets parents send their questions to the doctor for general, non-individualized information.

KidsHealth.org
This site is divided into sections for kids, parents, and health care professionals. It is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It has an easy search option to access the entire web site database for information on a specific subject. It also has links to other pages with interesting information.

Healthfinder
This site is a consumer-related gateway to health and human services information from the U.S. government. The search engine links the consumer to resources on a particular subject, offers links to the latest health news, events and press releases, and provides links to online journal publications. Also supplies links to toll free numbers, self-help and support group information.

MedWeb Pediatrics
This site contains a multitude of medical links on almost any possible topics. Topics range from Parenting to AIDS to Consumer Health. A good starting point for any pediatric related web search.

National Center for Health Statistics
Information about birth, death and health statistics can be located here. Access to news releases, fact sheets, minutes from NCHS meetings, and a bibliography with brief abstracts of journal articles published by the NCHS is contained on this site. There is a "frequently asked questions" segment regarding health statistics and links to other health-related sites.

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Children with Special Needs

Family Village
A great source for parents of special needs children! Parents of children with disabilities can utilize this web site to access resources for disability related topics. There are chat rooms and web boards for parents to interact with other parents that share their issues and needs. This site also features a catalog of disability-related products, a listing of educational links for parents of disabled children, and a listing of recreation and leisure links.

 

The ARC of the United States
Formerly the Association of Retarded Citizens of the United States, the ARC is an organization committed to the welfare of children and adults with mental retardation and their families. Although some information is targeted to adults with mental retardation, there are resources listed for parents of children with mental retardation.


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