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General Parenting
State
and Local Resources on General Parenting
- www.okkids.org -
A Web site for parents and other people who care
about kids in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY)
is an agency charged with improving services to
children and youth within the state of Oklahoma.
This website provides parents, professionals, and students with
information concerning children, as well as a very
broad range of subjects.
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www.okkids.org/links.htm (page currently
accessible only from within the okkids Web site) - From the OCCY Web site (Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth)
a list of useful links to State and Federal Governmental Agencies, Adoptive Parents and Professionals, Parenting, Foster Parenting, Disabilities, Child Advocacy, Child Abuse, Learning Disabilities, NAMI-Oklahoma, Mental Health, Education, Blind, Deaf,
and Child Care issues.
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www.family.org
- The official site of Focus on the Family offers practical helps for your marriage and parenting role. Recent magazine articles, letters from Dr. James Dobson, news, RealAudio broadcasts and much more.
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OASIS
- Oklahoma Areawide Services Information
System
OASIS
is a FREE statewide information and referral service
in Oklahoma that can help locate resources for a
variety of social services and health care needs.
Using a computerized database of thousands of
agencies, organizations and programs throughout the
state, OASIS can help people find the services they
need in their area. OASIS also has listing of
national organizations and agencies as well as local
support groups.
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Parents
in Control (The Oklahoma City Web site is no
longer available) - A toughlove parent
support group for parents with out of control
children of all ages. Toughlove International is a
non-profit, self-help organization that provides
ongoing education and active support to families,
empowering parents and young people to accept
responsibility for their actions. Our support
network strives to make communities safe places to
live.
Thursday evening
meetings have been canceled. Please call Southern Hills
Methodist Church located at 8200 South Pennsylvania
Ave. Oklahoma City, Ok for further information.
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Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
- Strengthening the family is our goal. Working
together, county
extension educators plus district
and state specialists provide research-based
family and consumer education and individual
assistance. Improve the quality of life by educational programs on children; family; family resiliency, health and wellness, nutrition, food, food safety, gerentology, environment, leadership, money management, and economic development/micro businesses
- fcs.okstate.edu/parenting/
- Provides
information and guidelines on a wide range of
parenting, child care and family based issues. The
site includes many resources that can make parents
lives a little easier.
World
Wide Web Resources on General Parenting
- BabyCenter
is your complete resource for pregnancy and baby. Created by parents and reviewed by doctors and other experts. Current articles, answers to thousands of questions, week by week information, baby name finder, connections with other parents online, a huge baby store, and more.
- ParentCenter
- Information about Parenting, Learning, Health, and Family Fun
- Child
Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nations oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. 92% of all money spent for charitable
purposes. CWLA's 1,000 plus public and private
nonprofit member agencies serve 3 million abused and
neglected children and their families each year.
- National School-Age Care Alliance
- NSACA is the only national membership organization
representing the entire array of public, private,
and community-based providers of after school
programs. NSACA has over 8,000 members and
thirty-five affiliated state organizations. NSACA
sponsors a national conference for over 2,000
practitioners and advocates. NSACA promotes national
standards of quality school-age care for children
and youth 5 - 14 years old, and grants accreditation
to programs meeting the standards. NSACA is
headquartered in Boston and has a public policy
liaison located in Washington, D.C.
- I am Your
Child Foundation - I Am Your Child is a national public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood development a top priority for our nation.
- British Columbia Council for Families
- Information and resources for supporting and strengthening family relationships:
couple relationship, marriage education, child development, parenting children and teens,
suicide education, family violence prevention and intergenerational issues.
- School-Age Notes
- School-Age NOTES Resources gives you access to over 100 resources for projects and themes, activities including, arts and crafts, multicultural ideas, games, science, music and movement, self esteem, child guidance, administration, program models, curriculum planning, program start up and
development.
- National Parent
Information Network
- NPIN provides information and resources for parents and for those who work with parents.
- National Association of the Education of Young Children
- The National Association for the Education of
Young Children (NAEYC) exists for the purpose of
leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals
and groups working to achieve healthy development
and constructive education for all young children.
- FamilyFun.com
- Disney's interactive parenting site that allows
the user to surf through state-specific online
publications. Excellent support discussion boards
and online newsletter.
- A
Mom's Love - Online magazine created to
provide a supportive environment for mothers. Grab a
cup of coffee and read the heartwarming experiences
of other moms.
- BabyUniversity.com
- This parenting resource features information on
safety, health, & general parenting from
pregnancy through pre-school. Discussion groups,
on-line birth announcements, coupons, discounts,
freebies & prizes!
- BabyZone.com
- Informative resource for new and expecting
parents. Information includes family planning, fetal
development, prenatal care and a baby personality
horoscope. Be sure to look for the full year
subscription offer to Child magazine for only
$7.97!
- Child
Magazine Online - Child magazine has
experts available online to answer questions about
kids, health, nutrition and more. Their articles and
features are informative and helpful to new and
experienced parents.
- Parenting.org
- Practical and valuable
advice for parents wanting answers to the most
common challenges of raising children. Includes a
Common Sense Skill of the Week and a free, online
newsletter!
- FamilyOnwards.com
- Informative articles for anyone wanting to know
more about family relationships especially after
divorce, grandparents, lone parents, mothers,
fathers and stepfamilies.
- Focus
on the Family - The official site of Focus on
the Family offers practical helps for your marriage
and parenting role. Recent magazine articles,
letters from Dr. James Dobson, news, RealAudio
broadcasts and much more.
- Get
Your ANGRIES Out! - A resource for helping
children handle anger, including practical tips on
conflict resolution and alternatives to punishment.
Offers information for parents on dealing with anger
and many more features focusing on anger management
issues.
- How
to Behave So Your Children Will, Too! -
This site is loaded with information on parenting
including articles, Q & A, registration for Dr.
Severe's quarterly newsletter and tip sheets.
- Kids
Development - Online resource for parents
feature dozens of articles about child development,
including information about kids' progress,
behavior, learning and thinking.
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KidsGrowth.com - A resource for parents by pediatricians covering a
wide array of parenting, developmental, growth and
health issues.
- KidSource
Online - An online source for education
and healthcare geared to make a difference in the
lives of parents and their children. Topics range
from those associated with newborns through the late
teen years.
- Pampers
Parenting Institute - The international
site from Pampers featuring "House Calls"
with world-renowned pediatrician, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. Be sure and view the Well Baby section
for health and safety information that pertains to
your child.
- Parent
to Parent - Facing parenting challenges?
Looking for up to date information and resources for
raising emotionally healthy children? Parent to
Parent provides online articles, contests,
entertainment and more for today's parent.
- ParentAdvisor.net
- Full length feature articles by Dr. Marie
Hartwell-Walker on parenting children and teens,
couples issues, and family relationships. Practical,
common sense advice for parents.
- ParentHub - A resourceful parenting and family guide that
provides the convenience of shopping and access to
related information on the web. Points the user to
links that offer parenting information.
- Parenting
Me - A practical guide for all aspects of
parenting children through 10 years of age.
Addresses issues such as reading to infants,
encouraging speech, handling tantrums and eating,
- Raising
Smart Kids - A
parent's guide on how to raise smart, bright and
intelligent kids and a resource for educational
toys, gifts and other learning materials.
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Robyn's
Nest - A comprehensive parent and family
interactive community featuring expert parenting
advice, chat, and discussion focusing on pregnancy
through age 5.
- Shy
Kids - Information on shyness and advice
for kids, teens (and parents) on how to build
confidence, make friends and live a fuller, happier
life.
- The
Challenge of Difficult Children - Elaine
Gibson has information on all common issues of
parenting, communication skills and resources. She
takes an alternative approach to helping kids grow
and learn.
- The
Most Commonly Ingested Plants - Learn
about the dangers of common, household plants to a
curious crawler or toddler. This is a list that
every home should be familiar with.
- UKparents
- A monthly magazine, community and website for
parents and parents to be in the UK. All for UK moms
offers a friendly, frank guide to parenting, where
parents can find information, entertainment, support
and friendship.
- USA
Baby - The source for everything you need
to know about bringing up baby!
- ValuesParenting
- Created by the authors of the #1 Bestseller, Teaching
Your Children Values, this site is focused on
teaching basic values to children from the
beginning.
- Your
Time - Their Future Positive Activities Campaign
- A campaign, developed by DHHS, that urges adults
to become involved in efforts that help kids
participate in positive activities to prevent
substance abuse.
- 20ish
Parents - A parenting site for the
generation-X. A great source of support for 20ish
Parents with boards and chat.
- American
Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Articles, resources, guidelines and a directory of
help available for children.
- Ask
Evelyn - Professional advice from
award-winning author, columnist, and educator,
Evelyn Petersen. Resources for parents and parenting
educators.
- Attachment
Parenting - Attachment parenting
aspects: breastfeeding, babywearing, family bed,
gentle discipline, non-circumcision. AP also
available
- Aware
Parenting Institute - A parenting
philosophy that combines attachment parenting with
non-punitive discipline and acceptance of emotional
release.
- Baby
Talk - Using a method of anticipatory
guidance, Baby Talk provides information and
services to parents to equip them for challenges and
to help them enjoy their children's development.
Specifically focused on the development of children
ages 0 to 3 years.
- BabyResource.com
- Resource for parents that has baby shower games,
recalls, tips for choosing pediatricians, hospital
checklists, manufacturer links, book reviews, baby
shopping and more.
- Balmoral
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Resources
- This site provides information and support for
Child and Adolescent behavioral disorders, a
directory, school violence, residential programs,
respite care, missing kids and unique family
supports.
- Child
Development Institute - Provides
information on child development, child psychology,
parenting and learning disabilities. Topics include
attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, building
self-esteem, child health & safety and raising
successful teens.
- Families
"R" Forever - Discusses the
family council form of family management/government.
Shares agenda and organization ideas to create a
loving and supporting family unit.
- Fight 4 Kids
- Web site for a non-profit organization that
includes discussion boards, parenting advice and
classes, a newsletter and information for social
workers.
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Föräldrakanalen
- Föräldrakanalen is a site for Swedish parents
all over the world. A magnitude of facts combined
with an easy-to-use discussion-interface and
easy-accessible chat-function are available.
- Foster
Parent Community - A comprehensive site of
information and support to those caring for at-risk,
abused and neglected children. Chat rooms with
special guest speakers, message boards, email
discussion group, state by state information,
associations and more.
- Getting
Thru to Kids - Articles and resources on
how to build children's character. Help children
become more honest and trustworthy. Improve their
school attitude and ability to develop friendships.
- Help
For Families - A parenting resource for
families of preschool to middle-school aged
children.
- I
Am Your Child - General parenting
resources including an Ages & Stages feature.
Visit the Expert Advice section for answers to your
parenting-related questions.
- It's…A
Parent! - A group committed to creating
products for the "lighter side" of
pregnancy and parenting, and supporting children's
health organizations across the country. A portion
of all proceeds will go to assist a variety of
research projects.
- MELDonline
- Offers information on parenting groups,
publications, trainings, and more with parenting
programs available in more than 15 states!
- Mom
Central - Do you find your life
unorganized? Check out this new web site.
- Mommy
Tips - Resource center with parenting tips
for you from other moms and experts! Features chat
and discussion, recalls and much more!
- My
ParenTime - We are a community that aims
to inform, educate, & entertain! Come visit and
make use of our free services.
- Mycinnamontoast.com
- Parenting, genealogy resources, community and more
at My Cinnamon Toast.
- Nurturing
Online - A unique family concept centering
on natural parenting and family living.
- Parent
Clicks - Online information on topics of
concern to today's parents including health, safety,
education, discipline, childcare and more.
- Parent
News - An online forum for obtaining and
sharing parenting-related information and insight.
- Parent's
Page - A site designed for parents and
teachers of young children. Print out coloring
sheets, find crafts, games and curriculum ideas for
children.
- Parenting
Books Recommended FAQ - Paula Burch
recommends books for pregnancy, birth, raising kids
and more.
- Center
for the Improvement of Child Caring - One of the oldest
and most comprehensive parenting education
organizations in the US.
- ParentingWeb
- A guide to some of the best parenting information
on the web: attachment parenting, breastfeeding,
pregnancy and birth, gentle discipline, children's
health issues and child development.
- Parents
Journal - Parents journal is a radio
broadcast with topics to help parents and
caregivers. There is a comprehensive library of
information at this site.
- Parents
Online - Site for parents by parents
providing information on education, health, leisure
and other related topics.
- Positive
Parenting - This comprehensive site offers
expert articles on parenting and discipline issues,
chat, bulletin boards and an index of parenting
support resources.
- Positive
Parenting Newsletter - A monthly
newsletter supporting and celebrating the joys of
parenting.
- Practical
Parenting Tips by Dr. Andy Gill -
Practical parenting tips and advice on a range of
common child behavior problems. Chat, discussion
groups, links all available on this U.K. based site.
- RollerCoaster.ie
- RollerCoaster.ie is Ireland's first Web site for
parents. It provides parents with practical and
comprehensive information on a wide range of topics
from sleep to potty training.
- Stepmom's
Retreat - Comfort and support for Step
mothers and blended families.
- Taking
Children Seriously - An educational and
parenting philosophy emphasizing the idea that are
entitled to the same rights, respect and control
over their lives as adults. Includes articles and
related web links.
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The Diet Channel - Authoritative information and
support for dieters and health conscious
individuals, including over 50 articles specializing
in children's nutrition, including the following
topics - general parenting, healthy lifestyles,
childhood obesity and nutrition.
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The
F.U.N. Place - Dedicated to providing
parenting resources for families of all types. Check
out the Parenting Guild for information such as
monthly pediatric news updates.
- The
Parenting Playhouse - Our club was created
so that other parents would have a place to go to
where they could discuss the trials of being a
parent, to celebrate the joys, and to find
encouragement, support, and, most importantly,
lasting friendships.
- The
Preventive Ounce - Are you concerned about
your child's temperament? Interested in learning how
to effectively deal with your child? Visit this
site!
- The
Stepfamily Connection - TSC's
goal and sole purpose is to help improve
relationships within the blended family, by
providing step parenting contacts and resources both
on and off the Internet
- Today's
Parent Magazine - Parenting and pregnancy
forums, free newsletter, and valuable articles
updated weekly. Subscribe to the monthly magazine
here and save 70%!
- Two
Trees Place - Posters of philosophy, wit
and wisdom to help you along life's journey.
- WATCh?
- What About the Children - WATCh? is a UK
based charity that raises public awareness of the
emotional needs of babies and young children. The
website explains WATCh?'s objectives and looks at
research into the mental health of children under
three.
- A
Parents' Dictionary - A "different"
perspective on defining everyday parenting terms.
- Babies
Today - A resource and community just for new
(and new again) parents, created to guide you
through the first year!
- International
Society on Infant Studies -
Information, data and links related to infants
through 3 years old.
- Parent
Education Resources - A one-stop guide for
education resources for parents of kindergarten-aged
children. Visit the Q & A section for answers to
all of your questions.
- The
Babies Planet - A general parenting site with a
variety of message boards addressing issues
concerning parents of young infants and toddlers.
- The
National Parenting Center - Since 1989, NPC has
become a leader in providing parents with
information through articles, links, daily features
and chat. Be sure to stop by the "mall" to
shop for products available for newborns, toddlers
and parents.
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Music Therapy: The Power of Music - This site
examines the power of using popular music, something
people already listen to, in therapy. Includes
examples of therapeutic messages in popular music as
well as original music by Freudian Slip, therapeutic
rock band.
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