General Parenting Information

Kansas Department of Education
http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us

Kansas PTA
http://www.ptacentral.org/kansas.htm

This site gives information about the Kansas Parent Teachers Association, Kansas Department of Education, Kansas fundraising tax laws, the Kansas National Education Association, and other educational resources.

Kids-in-mind.com 
http://www.kids-in-mind.com

Movie ratings for parents, evaluating films based on how much sex, nudity, violence, gore, and profanity they contain. Also provides analyses of adult scenes and issues. Lots of good information!

This web site contains LOTS of great parenting tips from parent educators, as well as other parents. The Ages and Stages section features articles for parents of children from birth to teens.   There is also a message board for parents to interact with other parents.

Kid Source 
http://www.kidsource.com/

Divided into categories (newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged), this site offers a variety of articles, products and services related to each specific age category, as well as links to other sites. Articles, which are grouped by health, education, recreation, and parenting, use a five-star rating system. Very good information!

Parenthood Web 
http://www.parenthoodweb.com/

Parents can subscribe to this 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." In addition, parents can access articles, surveys, and chat with other parents during live and scheduled chats. This site is easily navigable also!

Parents Guide to the Internet 
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet

This Department of Education web page contains a pamphlet to assist and encourage parents to learn the internet so they may help their children develop these same skills. Includes very 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 into family fun sites also!

Online Child Safety Library
http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/child.htm

Links to child safety information on the web.

Zero to Three’s web site has both parent and professional sections. In the parent section, there are articles adapted from their bi-monthly bulletin, weekly messages to parents, a guide to helping parents whose child is going through a developmental assessment, information on developmental milestones and more.

Common Sense Parenting 
http://www.parenting.org

Boys Town and Common Sense Parenting sponsor this web site. The site includes articles for parents, a question and answer section covering a variety of topics, and a link to Boys Town Press to view resources.

Family Education
http://familyeducation.com/

This site contains general parenting information, as well as, educational topics and activities for parents. It also features message boards for parent questions and newsletters to which parents can subscribe.

Parents can find fun activities to do with their children on this web site. Activities are available for multiple age groups. This site also lists recipes, links to kid-related sites, and parenting tips for various ages and stages of development. In addition, the site also features a missing children segment which displays photos of missing children.

The National Parenting Center 
http://www.tnpc.com/

Parenting authorities (doctors, psychologists, and parenting experts/authors) offer advice for parents. The articles are based on age-specific groups, which offer a variety of advice for children in each stage of development.   

This page is produced by Sesame Street, and contains good articles for parents on behavior/discipline, education, family & community, heath, and safety issues. It also has a child development section that allows parents to pick topics related to their child’s age range. In addition, it features activities for parents and kids, and a listing of child related product reviews.

The "All About Kids Newsletter" is published in Cincinnati. This page features a variety of articles from this publication.

National Institute on Media and the Family 
http://www.mediaandthefamily.com/

Research your family’s media viewing habits! Of most interest to families are the rating system called KidScore, which rates TV shows, movies, video and computer games from a family oriented perspective. Families can use the ScoreCard to evaluate their viewing habits. There are also resources and hot topics to review also.

Children, Youth and Family Consortium 
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu

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.

Brief parenting articles and parenting tips are provided in this web site. Tips feature a variety of different subjects; however, selection of articles is more limited. It also features an overview of parent related news of the week, a movie review section, and a list of books, although it does not provide a synopsis of any books featured. There is a links section to educator sites and sites that kids can access to receive help in homework.

Although mostly a commercial site for ordering books, this site does contain some parenting tips from the various books it features, which cover a variety of topics.

Working Mother 
http://www.workingmother.com

Designed for mothers who work outside the home, this site offers articles of interest to working mothers, as well as strategies, Q & A, personal stories and links.

The NFI was established in 1994 and is directed by Wade Horn, Ph.D., who is the former U.S. Commissioner for Children, Youth, and Families. The site offers membership to the NFI, but the majority of membership benefits seem to be accessible through this web site. It contains an online catalog of resources that can be ordered, back issues of "Fatherhood Today," tips from other fathers, links to other fatherhood-related web sites, and an interactive forum which links fathers to educational counselors and other fathers. Easy to navigate!

This organization has developed a web site in response to the trend toward fatherlessness in America. Dr. Ken Canfield founded it in 1990. 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. Parent educators can also order materials and training information through the bookstore.

This site targets fathers of children with special health care needs and developmental disabilities. The site features articles, links, information about medical needs, bulletin boards, and a segment in Spanish.

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.

Pampers Total Baby Care 
http://pampers.com/

Pampers has assembled this web site to contain a variety of good information. Besides the obvious product information, the research centers features some good information and advice from "experts."

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.

This is the official site for the Parents Without Partners program. The site directs parents to their local chapter of the program, as well as provides a newsletter, news and events, resources on the net for single parents, and a chat room for members.

The website of the Mayo Clinic contains information about children’s health issues, pregnancy, and family life, all under the "Healthy Living Center" section. Lots of good articles on a variety of topics!

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.

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.

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.

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. Great source for parents of special needs children!

This web site is for parent, teachers and children with disabilities. The site contains information on learning disabilities, offers a free newsletter, bulletin boards, and also has activities for children at various age stages.