For Grown-Ups
BIBLIOTHERAPY
- Library Bibliotherapy Collections - An annotated collection of booklists from the Colchester - East Hants Public Library book collection covering parenting concerns.
BULLYING
- Bullying at School - The Scottish Council for Research in Education provides information about bullying.
- Bullying.org - This site is dedicated to increasing the awareness of bullying and to preventing, resolving and eliminating bullying in society.
DEALING WITH TRAUMA
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
- Helping Your Child with Homework - For parents of elementary and junior high school-aged children.
- Kindergarten Readiness Checklist - Use this checklist to see how well your child is doing in acquiring the skills found on most kindergarten checklists.
- National Parent Information Network - Developed by the Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) this site offers full text documents developed by child and parent education specialists, as well as brochures and pamphlets. Also includes the interactive feature "ParentsAskERIC".
FAMILIES AND COMPUTERS
HEALTH / CHILD SAFETY
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Canadian Parents Online
- eSafety.com - A ParenthoodWeb family site which includes recalls arranged by categories, recent recall announcements, and Consumer Product Safety Commission releases.
- The I'm Safe! Network - This site is dedicated to providing information to help parents and their children make smart choices to avoid unintentional injury.
- HelpZone - A new site created by the Government of Nova Scotia. It will be home to a wide range of information organized according to age: for children, ages 6 to 12; for teens, ages 12 to 18; and for the adults in the family, 18 and over.
- KidsHealth - Health information for parents, kids, and teens from medical experts of the Nemours Foundation.
- MEDLINEplus - The National Library of Medicine has put together over 25 child and teen health topics, including ADD, autism, child safety, ear infections, rubella, SIDS, teenage pregnancy, toilet training and bedwetting.
- TeenGrowth.com - Reliable and useful information about topics such as emotions, peer pressure, drugs, alcohol, puberty, sex, fitness, and stress maintained by a team of pediatricians.
- TeensHealth - Health information written for teens from medical experts at the Nemours Foundation, including body basics, sexual health, food & fitness, and safety.
HOMESCHOOLING
- A to Z Home's Cool - A homeschooling mom offers philosophical reasons for teaching at home as well as links to subject-specific pages for kids.
- Homeschooling Information and Resource Pages - Sponsored by Home Education Magazine, this site offers an online library of articles and essays on a wide range of related topics, helpful resources organized by category (support groups, catalogs, books, etc.), timely news updates, and an online newsletter.
- Jon's Homeschool Resource Page - A comprehensive site to aid homeschooling families.
- Unschooling - This site offers information on how to create a learning environment for the whole family at home.
INFANT & CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- Child Development Basic - Prepared by the Child Development Institute, this site lists characteristics for each stage of development, including information on how to help children reach their full potential.
- Growth and Development - Doctor-approved health information about children to help parents learn how to understand and deal with a child's changing body and mind.
- Zero to Three - National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.
KIDS & READING
- Mighty Book - This site emphasizes reading and literacy skills for children in grades K-8.
- Born to Read - Tips for parents on how to raise a reader, good books for kids and more from the American Library Association.
- Reading Rockets - Check out the latest tips, activities and information about reading.
PARENTING SKILLS
- Canadian Parents Online
- Family Education - This section of Family Education magazine provides links to articles on age-appropriate discipline.
- Family Fun - Now sponsored by Disney, this site includes articles from Family Fun Magazine.
- Invest in Kids - A good site to help parents strengthen their knowledge, skills and confidence when raising a pre-schooler.
- Kinderstart - A very easy to use search engine with many links to sites dealing with children from birth to age 7.
- The Whole Family Center - A light-hearted approach to dealing with difficult family issues through advice columns and text-only versions of audio dramas on topics like discipline and sex.
PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND THE NEWBORN
- The ABC's of Pregnancy - An online textbook about pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting.
- Babycenter - A complete guide to every aspect of pregnancy.
- Childbirth.org - Offers a wide range of information on all aspects of pregnancy. Includes many links to additional health and recreational sites.
- Parents'Place - Provides a wealth of information on conception, pregnancy and birth.
- Pregnancy-Info.net - Find advice and tips on a number of different pregnancy related topics. Includes infant development week by week and links to other related topics.
SPECIAL NEEDS COLLECTION
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