Parenting
365 TV-Free Activities
http://family.starwave.com/funstuff/activity/tvtoc.html
Great site that really does offer numerous suggestions of things to do with your kids that do NOT involve the television.
Activities are listed by category, such as Arts and Crafts, Indoor/Outdoor Play, Tire 'em Out (one of my favorites!), and Older
Kids Play, just to name a few. Excellent place to visit!
All About Kids Online
http://www2.aak.com/aak/
Way cool site that is about families and parenting. Features great articles about hot topics, such as choosing prenatal care,
education in the United States, Attention Deficit Disorder, and so on. Also offers a "virtual community," calendar of family
events, and a parent's forum.
D.O.S.A. Parenting Home Page
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~ahawkins/
Site that provides all kinds of information for parents, such as tips for taming your child (great perspective!), and links to
recommended sites for parents.
Empowering People Home Page
http://www.twinsmagazine.com/
Site contains a lot of good info for interacting with others, but the section for parents and teachers is great! Offers tips and
articles from avoiding barriers between parents and children to changing behavior with positive discipline.
Family.com
http://www.family.com/
Super cool site that offers information on the following topics: activities, computing, education, travel, entertainment, and finance
sections are just for starters. These sections are then broken down into sections of the United States. This site makes topics
easy to find and provides great articles and information. This is a must-visit!
Family Planet Home Page
http://family.starwave.com/
Web magazine for families with kids 12 and under. Provides family news, expert advice for FAQs, Web site reviews, movie
reviews, community opportunities with other parents, and the capability to send and receive responses to what's offered at this
site. Good stuff here!
Family Resiliency
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~fraz/
Provides tools and suggestions for ways to enrich and fortify the family's ability to cultivate strengths to positively meet the
challenges of life. Some of the topics covered in this site are educating parents, child care, public policy, and communities. Also
provides links to other parenting sites.
KidsHealth.org
http://kidshealth.org/
Provides info about the health of kids, ranging from child behavior and development, to nutrition, general health, surgery, and
immunizations. Offers a section for children that contains health FAQs for kids, games, and more. Also contains many tips and
fun facts to know and tell. Lots of good info at this site!
The Mommy Times
http://www.mommytimes.com/
Site written and maintained by moms for moms (dedicated to preserving the sanity of all moms). Offers support network on the
Web for moms, articles about motherhood, suggestions for all types of working mothers (those inside and outside of the home),
and opportunities to share your experience with others. Great site for new moms, providing you can find the time!
Moms-at-Home Page
http://iquest.com/~jsm/moms/
Way cool site that is geared toward parents that forgo outside employment and stay at home with kids, although not exclusive
to stay-at-home parents. Offers an e-mail pen pal page for kids, at-home moms and dads, and grandparents; parenting tips and
resources that include Internet access and family health and safety; books and magazine lists; online medical help; links to other
parenting sites; and more! This site has just about everything you could ask for in a parenting/family
site, and what it doesn't have, you will find a link! Great site.
Nashville Parent
http://www.nashvilleparent.com/
Great online, monthly magazine that has feature articles (April's issue included "Educating Your Children About HIV and
AIDS" and "Preparing Kids for the Dentist", just to name a couple), a section that addresses parenting matters, and other links
for parents and kids. Be patient, however; the graphics are great, but seem to take forever to load.
National Child Care Information Center Home Page
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/nccic/nccichome.html
Offers information about child care and federal programs for child care, tips for looking for and finding child care, a list of
organizations serving child care and related professions, and links to other child care-related sites on the Net.
Our Kids
http://wonder.mit.edu/ok/
Web site dedicated to parents who raise kids with special needs. Provides a reading list for kids, nutrition information, as well
as links to other parenting resources. Provides links and support for specific challenges, such as ADD, Chromosome X, and
Down Syndrome, and access to national databases, such as GCRC Rare Disorder Network Database and NORD (National
Organization for Rare Diseases).
Parent Soup
http://www.parentsoup.com/cgi-bin/genobject/pmp000
Offers a wealth of information about raising kids of all ages. Some features include the "Chill Out" room, which offers
suggestions to parents for relaxation, explaining money and chores (and that connection) to children, Internet access for kids, as
well as bulletin boards to talk with other parents.
Parent's Place.Com
http://www.parentsplace.com/
Home-based site that offers info on midwifery, nutrition, education for your kids, adolescent and teen info, and single
parenting. Also has daily and weekly features, such as violence in the family and sibling rivalry. Also offers online shopping where
merchandise is geared towards the parenting market. Cool site!
Parenting New Mexico
http://www.whc.net/dsrelp/pnm/index.html
Good site that offers articles and online resources. Also provides calendar of events, but unless you actually live in New
Mexico, the calendar probably won't be of much use. The articles, however, address daily issues that parents face, such as
home video reviews, info on Montessori, and children facing death and dying. Also has online resources to other sites.
ParentingMatters
http://lifematters.com/parentn.html
Great site that features a parent support interactive forum, articles on respectful parenting, four goals of misbehavior, handling
kid's aggression, bridging the generation gap, and more! This site even contains a grandparenting column!
Parents and Children Together Online
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/menu.html
An online magazine for parents and children whose focus is family literacy. Offers opportunities for you and your children to
write and share family stories; features articles geared toward grades preschool through 3, 4 through 6, and older; and book
reviews. Also offers interactive story telling, very cool! This is a great site for family interaction!
Positive Parenting Home Page
http://www.fishnet.net/~pparents/
Features parenting tips, such as "9 things to do instead of spanking," "How to handle sibling rivavlry," and "Saying, I love you."
Also provides articles on parenting and online resources for parents and professionals.
Twins Magazine Home Page
http://www.twinsmagazine.com/
Site that offers information on twin pregnancy, childhood, and adulthood. Features monthly articles and back articles about
issues that parents and twins face.
The Wonderwise Parent Home Page
http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/wondhome.htm
Site interested in teaching parent/child interaction. Features articles on responsive discipline (how do I, as a parent, react?), an
encyclopedia of parenting, and humor pages that offer anecdotes and quips.
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