Tools & Resources for Parents

A Busy Parent
www.abusyparent.com
A Busy Parent is intended to give families an easy resource to explore the Internet.  Web sites are recommended covering topics kids typically need to learn about. For each topic a brief description of the site is offered, along with a time estimate for viewing the site. Sites chosen are interesting to adults as well as children, thus encouraging parents to spend time exploring with their kids.

American Library Association's 700+ Great Sites
www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
A "cybercollection" of over 700 fun & useful sites for children and grownups.

Center for Children and Technology
(click here for more information)

Children's Health @ AllHealth.com
www.allhealth.com/childrens
Research a medical condition, seek expert advice, discover the latest medical breakthroughs, join support groups.

Children With Disabilities
www.ChildrenWithDisabilities.ncjrs.org
This U.S. Dept. of Justice website offers families, service providers, and other interested individuals information about advocacy, education, employment, health, housing, recreation, technical assistance, and transportation covering a broad array of developmental, physical, and emotional disabilities.

Connect With Kids (NEW!)
www.connectwithkids.com
At Connect with Kids, our single aim is to help parents and educators help children. Each week we gather the freshest information from experts at universities, research organizations, hospitals, child advocacy groups and parents and kids themselves. We present that information in video news and feature stories that are understandable, compelling and useful.

The Children's Partnership
(click here for more information)

Children's Rights Council of Connecticut
(click here for more information)

Common Sense
www.pta.org/commonsense
Whether you're a parent, a caregiver, a PTA or community leader, Common Sense gives you effective and easy-to-use ideas and materials for raising alcohol- and drug-free children.

Connecticut Parent Power
www.ctparentpower.org
Connecticut Parent Power is a statewide parent action network with a history of strengthening the voices of parents on the many decisions that affect our children and families. Parents are uniting together to build local and statewide networks with the goal of providing accurate and important information on issues, training on how and when to take action, and connections with other people statewide that are ready to act to protect and benefit children.

FamilyEducation Network
www.familyeducation.com
PTA's partner in promoting parent involvement!

FamilyPC Online
www.familypc.com
Something exciting for kids of all ages to discover at this web site!

iCONN
The Connecticut Digital Library
Click here for more information

I-SAFE America
www.isafe.org
I-SAFE is an effective resource for dynamic, prevention oriented, Internet safety awareness. I-SAFE’s commitment is to teach children how to use the Internet, with confidence and responsible behavior.

KidsFirst!
www.kidsfirstinternet.org
The Coalition for Quality Children's Media (CQCM) is a national not-for-profit organization that is a voluntary collaboration between the media industry, educators and child advocacy organizations. The mission of CQCM is to enhance children's viewing experiences by making quality children's media more visible and more readily available. KIDS FIRST!® is the Coalition's program that evaluates and rates children's media: videos, CD-ROMs, audio, websites and television.

KidsHealth.org
www.kidshealth.org
Parents, teens, and kids can all find easy-to-read reports on common medical issues written by experts from The Nemours Foundation.

Math and Reading Help for Kids
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org
Math and reading help for Kids is an article and resource directory designed for parents to learn about a variety of children's education topics.

National Parent Information Network
(click here for more information)

Parent Soup
www.parentsoup.com
Well-written advice on a variety of topics including adoption, education, and parenting; message boards; humorous offerings; and much more.

ParenthoodWeb
www.parenthoodweb.com
Onsite information including a newsletter for help with the toughest job in the world.

ParentWarrior
www.parentwarrior.com
When kids are in control of families or think they are in control because their parents are unsure and on the defensive, then bad things happen. They develop all kinds of dysfunctional behavior that disrupts their own lives and everyone else’s. Becoming a parentwarrior is the Ultimate Prevention Strategy.  ParentWarrior provides consulting services and program development assistance to organizations. It has created the parentwarrior Starter Kit (an introduction to the philosophy for parents and professionals) that is downloadable from its website for a nominal cost, and MacRae offers parent coaching for those who are ready to take their family to the next level of growth.

Reading is Fundamental
www.si.edu/rif/bkgrowon.htm
Get a listing of children's books, grouped by age appropriateness.

SafetyEd International
www.safetyed.org
SafetyEd works in many areas of Internet Safety: proactive educational programs and resources, child protection and child advocacy. On this website you will find a huge amount of resources aimed at helping librarians, parents, teachers, teens and kids enjoy cyberspace safely, both original research and links to other useful websites and organizations.

Schwab Foundation for Learning
www.schwablearning.org
Schwab Foundation for Learning offers a wide range of services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences (LD).

Stimulus Resource for Connecticut Families
www.ctkidslink.org/publications/fed09familiesbenefitstimulusbill.pdf
This 10-page resource, entitled "It's Your Money Too! Some Ways Connecticut Families Can Benefit from the Federal Stimulus Bill", is sponsored by Connecticut Voices for Children.

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