Cathy's Favorite Parenting and Education Links

PARENTING / EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Parent Soup
Parenting tips, articles and discussion groups.

Family Planet
Outstanding parent resource site.

KidsHealth - Children's Health and Parenting Information
KidsHealth is the mighty Web site devoted to the health of children and teens. Created by the medical experts at The Nemours Foundation, KidsHealth has trainloads of accurate, up-to-date information about growth, food & fitness, childhood infections, immunizations, lab tests, medical and surgical conditions, and the latest treatments. You'll find health games, How The Body Works animations, the KidsVote health poll, and tons of surprises.

Positive Parenting
Dedicated to providing resources and information to make parenting rewarding, effective ad fun.

National Association of Education for Young Children
NAEYC is the nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight.

Parent Resources
Resources on Parenting, Domestic Violence, Abuse, Trauma & Dissociation

Family Com
Monthly feature articles, information and articles concerning education, and links to Internet resources for parents, children, and schools. Also a collaboration of more than 40 regional, monthly parenting publications.

Department of Education, Publications for Parents
Electronic versions of popular pamphlets and brochures designed to address parents' concerns about their children's education

Parents Place
A host of articles on pregnancy, breastfeeding, baby, adolescence, parenting twins, step-parenting, single parenting, children's health and education, family activities, and more. Opportunities for parent dialog and shopping.

PEDINFO: A Pediatrics WebServer
This WebServer is dedicated to the dissemination of on-line information for pediatricians and others interested in child health.

Randy's Home Page
Social worker Randy Cox's links to children's issues resources.

Safe-T-Child Online
Public service offering by child-security product provider Safe-T-Child Inc.

Parents and Children Together Online
A Magazine for Parents and Children on the Worldwide Web. The magazine's goal is to further the cause of family literacy by bringing parents and children together through the magic of reading. PCTO features original stories and articles for children, suitable for reading aloud. A special section for parents features articles on issues related to children's reading and writing and book reviews of recent children's literature.

University of Minnesota National Children, Youth, and Family Network
Youth and Children Resource Net

Safe Kids
A story book for parents and children to go through and see for themselves how the children would react to what we, as parents, would view as an unusual situation.

Child Care Experts National Network
Helps parents and employers access information about child development, child care, early education, family supports, and dependent care resources from local experts across the country. The Child Care Experts National Network will connect you to community-based resource and referral agencies who can help you discover a wide variety of child and family-related services and information.

Kids Web
More links to resources for children's learning including the arts, sciences, social studies and miscellaneous including fun links like games and sports.

The Kids on the Web
This is an on-going list of sites that offer information for and about kids. Among other things, it includes a lot of stuff for them to play with, information for adults, and some info about K-12 schools, education, etc

The Children's Literature Web Guide
Detailed information about children's books, including award winners, press releases, and information about authors.

EdWeb
The purpose of this hyperbook is to explore the worlds of educational reform and information technology. With EdWeb, you can hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories of computers in the classroom, and much, much more.

Scholastic Place

Children Now
A nonpartisan policy and advocacy organization for children.

Children's Television Workshop - Sesame Street Parents
The Official Home of Sesame Street. This is a test site featuring parenting information and Sesame Street activities for kids.

CM Magazine
Book reviews, media reviews, web reviews, news, features, and stories of interest to teachers, librarians, parents, and kids.

Web and Media Information For Parents and Teachers
This page is divided into two sections. One section focuses on general resources and information about children, youth, the web and other media. The second section focuses on "smut busting" software now currently available for limiting access to those web sits parents and teachers may believe not appropriate for youngsters.

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
An Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for Child Care

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