.Parenting on the Net

Listed are web sites that provide information on trends, tools and training related to parent involvement as well as links to related sites.

Parent Education Internet Resources

Parent Soup: parentsoup.com
An extensive online library for parenting concerns covers many topics related to family life and all ages of children (0-teens). It also provides live chat forums covering many topics.

Parentsplace: parentsplace.com
This is a good site for general information related to children, parenting, and family living.

Kid’s Money Page: kidsmoney.org
Practical advice for installing financial sense in your kids.

Center for Parent Education: unt.edu/cpe/
This site contains information on parent resources. It has links to legislative matters, the Department of Counseling Development and High Education. You can also obtain conference schedules and much more.

The Natural Child Project: naturalchild.com
This site includes articles, a parenting advice column, a Parenting Site of the Month, the Global Children’s Art Gallery, and Whatever Happened to Mother? a short book by James Kimmel. Their vision in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion.

Child Development Internet Resources

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: aacap.org
The Facts for Families section covers many issues related to development (physical, emotional, social and cognitive). There are many articles related to behavioral problems.

Pampers Total Baby Care: Varios topics about new-born babies.

Kidsource: kidsource.com
Visitors will find a "Growth and Development" section under each age group.

Fathering

Fatherhood Project: fatherhoodproject.org
This site focuses on father involvement in early childhood organizations. It discusses creating father friendly businesses and community activities for fathers.

National Fatherhood Initiative: fatherhood.org
The National Fatherhood Initiative was founded in 1994 to improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers.

Cybergrrl: Celebrating Fathers: This site contains links to various pages with resources for dads.

Single Parenting

Making Lemonade – The Single Parent Network: makinglemonade.com
Features bulletin boards, a chat room and articles about parenting and divorce. Also offers surveys and a support network for divorced parents.

Single Parents Association Online! singleparents.org
Single Parents Association (SPA) is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing single parent families’ educational opportunities and FUN, family activities.

Single Parenting Articles: about.com/parenting
Find supportive articles and information on single parenting.

Divorce and Single Parenting: divorcewizards.com/top10singleparenting
Single Parenting Advice for divorced and single parents.

Education

Texas PTA Online: txpta.org
News, information on legislation, and information on PTA training are here. There is also contact information for locating PTAs.

The Amazing Picture Machine: ncrtec.org/picture
This site helps you find pictures, maps and graphics resources on the Internet. This site is a great way for students to learn from pictures. There are recent pictures, great works of art and pictures of people and places worldwide.

Child Abuse Prevention

Parents Anonymous: parentsanonymous.org
Designed to help families deal with abuse, this site offers information about Parents Anonymous and an 800 number to the Austin office.

Child Abuse Prevention Network: child-abuse.com
Here are links to member organizations and other resources.

Safeguarding Our Children-United Mothers: soc-um.org
Educational materials about child abuse and prevention

Health

American Academy of Pediatrics: aap.org
This site has news releases, health alerts, and the scientific journal of the AAP, Pediatrics.

Health AtoZ: HealthAtoZ.com
Public health and prevention, men’s health and women’s health are some of the health topics found here.

Kids Health: KidsHealth.org
Information for parents, and educational games for children.

The BabyCenter: babycenter.com
This site has a wide variety of information for parents covering topics such as pregnancy, baby care, mother care, exercise and nutrition, family life, working parents and much more.

Miscellaneous

Family Education Network: familyeducation.com

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education: ncpie.org

United States Department of Education: www.ed.gov

Mental Health Association of Texas: parentinginformation.org

National Parenting Information Network: NPIN.org