Featured Materials on Parenting:
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BabyCenter
Online parenting community with information and advice on pregnancy and parenting topics.
Children’s Defense Fund
“The Children's Defense Fund’s Leave No Child Behind mission is to
ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe
Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood
with the help of caring families and communities.”
Connect for Kids
For adults who want to make their communities work for kids.
Families and Work Institute
Non-profit research organization that addresses the changing nature of work and family life.
HHS Fatherhood Initiative
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services, this
Initiative is committed to addressing the importance of fathers in the
lives of their children.
Mothering Magazine: Natural Family Living
Articles, discussion boards and advice for parents interested in natural family living.
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Fatherhood Initiative is a non-profit, non-partisan
organization that aims to improve the well-being of children with the
mission to improve the well being of children by increasing the
proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and
committed fathers.
Natural Child Project
The Natural Child Project site contains articles on parenting issues
such as attachment parenting and child advocacy, as well as a large
collection of children's art.
Parent Soup
From iVillage, this site provides access to parenting information
according to the age of child, including information on pregnancy.
Sesame Street Parents
“Parenting essentials for moms and dads who grew up on Sesame Street.” Also try Sesame Beginnings
for information for parents of newborns to 36 month olds. A joint
effort of Sesame Workshop and Zero to Three, a non-profit dedicated to
infants, toddlers and their families.
Talaris
“Talaris Research Institute works to improve the social, emotional and
cognitive development of children from the prenatal period through age
five by providing parents with tools to raise their children
effectively.”
Whole Family
Resource for tools and advice for parents of children of all ages.
Zero to Three
A fabulous resource for parents of infants and toddlers. Extensive parenting tips and child development information.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
The official website of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Information
on parenting topics, children’s health concerns, and safety.
Ask Dr. Sears
Questions
and answers for parents on issues from colic to sleep to discipline to
nutrition from attachment parenting advocates Dr. William Sears, MD and
Martha Sears, RN, authors of several parenting books, such as The Baby
Book (0316778001).
Bright Futures
The mission of Bright Futures is to promote and improve the health and
well-being of infants, children, and adolescents. From Georgetown
University.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides an index to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website by subject.
Medlineplus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from National
Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other
government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated
MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to
medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information
about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient
tutorials, and latest health news.
