Links and Resources - Parenting/Family

Articles

• Why Family Night?
• 101 Family Activities
• Family Stress - A certain amount of family stress is inevitable. It is how a family handles and copes with stress that is truely important.
• Internet Safety - When used properly, the Internet can be a wonderful learning and entertainment tool for you or your family.
• 10 Easy Steps to Help Your Child Say "NO!" - A way to teach your kids the simplest answer to the hardest questions.
• Back to School Jitters - Every child, regardless of age, gets a little nervous before the start of a new school year. Help allay some of their fears with these tips.
• Effective Parenting - Raising children is one of the toughest and most fulfilling jobs in the world. Here are some ways to tackle your child-rearing responsibilities that will help you feel more fulfilled as a parent, and enjoy your children more, too.
• Not Enough Time? - Do you find yourself often saying, “there are just not enough hours in a day”?
• Successful Single Parenting - Parenting is probably the most important job any of us will ever have. It is a difficult job with two parents sharing the responsibility, but when there is just one person, it can be overwhelming. Being a single parent affects every aspect of your life.
• A Smooth Transition From Summer to School - Summer’s over and your kids are dreading the new school year. Make the transition from summer to school easier by following these tips...
• Quality Time Together - Here are a few tips to help you and your children get the quality time together and apart that you deserve.

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Links

• National Center for Fathering - http://www.fathers.com
• Teen issues - http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html
• Facts for Families
  American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, these brochures are provided to educate parents and families about psychiatric disorders affecting children and adolescents.
  http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/
• Alice's Garden
  Support and resources for parents of children and teenagers with depression. This site currently provides a listing of links to related sites, as well as information about Alice.
  http://depression.freeservers.com
• When love hurts
  A guide for girls on love, respect and abuse in relationships. A guide for girls and young women on abuse in relationships, includes relationship warning signs quiz, respect checklist, feelings, girls' stories, helpful ideas, a safety plan, information on the law and services that may help.
  http://www.vicnet.net.au/~girlsown
• Stepfamily Information
  This is a nonprofit educational site for divorced, and/or remarried co-parents and their supporters. Content is based on over 15,000 hours' professional consultation and research since 1981 with members of over 500 Midwest-US divorced biofamilies and stepfamilies
  http://www.stepfamilyinfo.org
• WholeFamily Center
  WholeFamily deals honestly and openly with all subjects pertaining to marriage, parenting, families, problems, and anything else people cope with in their daily lives. It is geared towards understanding and improving all kinds of family relationships. This site contains something for every member of the family. Each section has real life dramas - conflicts that you can either read or listen to on Real Audio while you look at the photographs.
  http://www.wholefamily.com
• Common Sense
  Common Sense provides strategies for raising drug- and alcohol-free children. This site contains substance abuse prevention facts, positive parenting tips, and family prevention activities. Information is targeted towards parents of young children, but may be useful to counselors and community leaders. An informative and attractive site.
  http://www.pta.org/commonsense
• Parentsplace.com
  Parentsplace operates under the belief that parents are the best resource for other parents. The site helps by providing chat forums, informative and always new reading material, and finding good shops online to help ease the difficulties of childcare. All sorts of topics...birth and newborns to teenagers and discipline.
  http://www.parentsplace.com/
• Child Trauma Home Page
  The Child Trauma Home Page features information for parents; assessment instruments and documentation; extensive and varied information on EMDR; trauma and conduct disorder; and links; and includes fliers, newspaper articles, and scholarly publications.
  http://www.childtrauma.com
• Stork Net
  A well-organized online resource for parents-to-be and new parents. Includes a lot of helpful tips, message boards, current news, links to related sites and more. Bookmark this page if you're a new parent or expecting, because some of this information is difficult to find elsewhere on the Net.
  http://www.storknet.org
• Father's World
  A colorful site that aims to promote and celebrate fatherhood and family as the leading source of information, resources, support and education for all types of fathers and their families. Highlights include a live chat area, bulletin board, Ask the Expert, and an online store. An attractive layout aids navigation.
  http://www.fathersworld.com
• Special Education
  A very useful resource for parents, teachers, child care professionals and anyone who comes into contact with children with special needs. It contains helpful links to specific disorders such as, ADD, Autism and other bevaviour disorders. While mostly dealing with special needs children, the links are also useful for adults suffering from these disorders. This site is in a Monthly Magazine format so it is updated often and all links are active. Member interaction is possible through subscription or by becoming a volunteer parent. Definitely worth a look.
  http://specialeducation.org
• Stepfamily Network
  The Stepfamily Network is a nonprofit service to parents, family professionals, and children. Includes places of support categorized by state, recommended publications, articles, letters, feedback, and a place for kids to have fun.
  http://www.stepfamily.net
• Single Rose
  Resource for single mothers.
  http://www.SingleRose.com
• The Single Parent Network
  Offers a bulletin board, chat room and articles about parenting and divorce. A support network for divorced parents.
  http://www.makinglemonade.com
• The Parenting Toolbox
  Parenting tips and information for traditional and nontraditional families.
  http://www.parentingtoolbox.com
• Single Parents World
  For all types of single parents.
  http://www.nucleus.com/~jlassali/
• Single Mothers Online
  Dedicated to helping single mothers by choice or chance meet the challenges of daily life with wisdom, wit, dignity, confidence and courage.
  http://www.singlemothers.org/