Tips and Tricks for Parents

* General Parenting
* Diverse Families
* Safety
* New Parents
* Education
* Health
* Entertainment
* Internet Safety
* Educators' Resources

General Parenting

Top Ten Family Internet Sites
The librarians from across the country have selected and described these 10 Top Internet sites. The sites include hundreds of recreational and educational links for preschool children through high school age. This list changes as new sites are found, an archive of sites previously listed is maintained

Parent Soup
A great site with a little bit of everything

Parents.com
From the publishers of Parents magazine

Welcome to Parenting.com
Produced by the publishers of Parenting magazine

Welcome to the National Parent Information Network
Research-based information about the process of parenting, dealing with a multitude of topics

Tufts University Child And Family WebGuide
Your gateway to great sites about children

KidSource OnLine Welcome Page
In-depth & timely education & healthcare information

Positive Parenting
Dedicated to providing resources and information to make parenting rewarding, effective and fun

The ABC's of Parenting
Searchable directory of parenting sites

Parenting Resources
from the ASCPL Internet Resources Site

Local Area Resouces
from the Akron Community Online Resource Network


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Diverse Families

Single Parent Central - The home of guerrilla single parenting
On-line resource for single parent families

Parents Without Partners
Devoted to the interests of single parents and their children

The StepParent's Web
Information, resources and more for blended and step families


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Safety

BBC Education - Bullying A Survival Guide

Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
Help for talking with you kids about sex, drugs, alcohol and violence


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New Parents

Baby Names! Baby Names! Baby Names!
what more can we say

BabyCenter 
Your complete resource for pregnancy and baby information

Parenting Babies and Toddlers
Answers for many of your questions

Zero to Three
Infomation about the development of infants and toddlers


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Education

SchwabLearning.org 
A Parent's Guide To Learning Differences.

Between the Lions Tips for Parents 
Tips for parents to make learning to read fun for you and your child

Early Words
Tips for making those things we do everyday learning opportunities for infants

Early Literacy
How do a children learn to read and write? Here are some answers.

Literacy Center
Some great activities to help children learn letters, number and basic keyboarding. Requires Flash Player to play.

Federal Consumer Information Center Your Child's First Day At School

Family Fun Ages & Stages information for children up to 6 years

Child Development Institute More detailed child development information covering birth through teens

Education Resources
From the ASCPL Internet Resources Site


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Health

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

kidsDoctorŽ
What every parent should know

KidsHealth
Provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence

Nurturing Our Spirited Children
The Online Resource For Parenting Spirited, High Need, or Difficult Children!

Children's Health Resources
From the ASCPL Internet Resources Site


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Entertainment

The Movie Mom
Helping parents choose great movies for their kids

SCREEN IT!  
Movie and video reviews

Family.com
Great ideas. Practical advice. Fun stuff to do.


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Internet safety

Net-mom's Internet Safe House

Welcome To America Links Up!

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