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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 National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline
Providing immediate assistance to individuals in suicidal crisis by
connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental
health service provider through a toll-free telephone number:
1-800-273-TALK (8255).
It is the only national suicide prevention and intervention telephone
resource funded by the Federal Government.
SADD (Students Against Destructive
Decisions)
SADD's mission: To
provide students with the best prevention tools possible to deal with the
issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other
destructive decisions.
QuitNet
QuitNet is home to the world's largest community of smokers and
ex-smokers. Don't go a day, or a minute, without help from other
quitters.
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Planned Parenthood is America’s most
trusted provider of reproductive health care. Our skilled health care
professionals are dedicated to offering men, women, and teens
high-quality, affordable medical care. One in four American women has
chosen Planned Parenthood for health care at least once in her life.
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 topics. 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.
Vermont Adult Learning
Vermont Adult Learning (VAL) provides adults with
essential skills
education to further their educational, employment and personal goals in
order to expand their options and capabilities in the family, community
and workplace.
Milton
Family Community Center
23 Villemaire Lane, P.O. Box 619
Milton,
Vermont, 05468
802-893-1457 Fax: 802-893-1776
email: miltonfamilycenter.org
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Milton Family Community Center
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