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Links to Family Oriented Material
(Children's Links are Located in the Children's
Corner)
Family Sites
Education Food
& Groceries
Health Childcare
Laundry Cooking
Family Sites:
Family.com
Family oriented site, somewhat
commercial.
Parent
Soup
A great site. Tends to be geared towards
baby topics but there is information for all ages.
Education:
FamilyEducAtion
A site with fun activities and links to
school websites.
Attention
Deficit Disorder - One ADD Place
A comprehensive site for information, articles,
products and services, calendar of events and links of other ADD-related
web sites. Links to famous people with ADD, list of different kinds of
intelligences, C.H.A.D.D. (non-profit organization, Children and Adults
with ADD), and mailing lists.
Children's
Literature - Resources for Parents
An Internet resource that provides valuable information to parents on such
actions as choosing a book for your child, tips on helping your child
learn to read, improve reading skills, and use the library.
Jon's
List of Home School Resources
Information about and links to home schoo mailing lists, news groups
(including FAQ's), and Web pages, including those of other home schoolers.
Children
First! home of the National
PTA
Look around th web site to learn a bit more about what the PTA is focusing
on in the 1990's and find out out more about their 100th Anniversary
Convention being held in Washington, DC in June 1996.
Publications
for Parents The
U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and
Improvement (OERI)
A listing of electronic versions of popular pamphlets and brochures
designed to address parents' concerns about their children's education.
The U.S. Department of
Education
Various things regarding the educational system in America.
Food and
Groceries:
ValuPage
Receive coupon savings on leading national brands at local supermarkets.
This really works, they allow you to select your favorite supermarket,
then each week they send you coupons to print out.
Cooking:
Butterball
Turkey
Everything you ever wanted to know about preparing a turkey dinner.
Laundry:
The
Tide Family Clothesline
A web site dedicated to keeping your clothes looking their best. Hang
around a while and you'll find out everything your mother never told you
about laundry and fabric care. Be sure to check out their free
download, the Stain Detective.
Health:
Children Now!
Covers topics such as education, child safety, children and the media,
health, and much more.
Cardiovascular
Health Promotion for Children
Health habits developed in childhood
including a diet high in fat, cholesterol and calories, physical
inactivity, and smoking increases the risk for adult heart disease. The
Partnership for Community Health teaches children to make healthier
choices.
CFS Home
Page
The Department of Child and Family Studies . Research within the
Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS) focuses on prevention,
intervention and systems of care for children, adolescents and their
families.
Children's
Safety Network -- National Injury and
Violence Prevention Resource Center
This site contains resources and links to injury
prevention projects, including project descriptions, publications, and
other resources.
Children's
Nutrition Research Center
The CNRC is one of five USDA/ARS human nutrition research centers and is
dedicated to defining the nutrient needs of healthy children, birth
through age 18, and pregnant and nursing women.
Down Syndrome
WWW Page
The Down Syndrome home page has been compiled from the contributions of
members of the Down Syndrome Listserv and provides information on Down
Syndrome as well as other Internet resources for Down Syndrome.
DRs4Kids
DRs4Kids is a web site that will take common medical topics concerning
infants, children and adolescents and present them in such a way as to
make them easier for a parent to understand them.
Global
ChildNet
Global ChildNet, with its headquarters in Vancouver, BC, is an
organisation which uses the Internet to offer a range of easily
accessible, child health related, on-line services. These services include
databases and other information on issues relate d to the well-being of
the world's children. As a division of the Global Child Health Society, a
non-profit organization, Global ChildNet also publishes an on-line version
of the Global Child Health News and Review.
KidsHealth
Provides current, interactive information about a range of childhood
health concerns
Pedinfo
A Pediatrics WebServer dedicated to the dissemination of on-line
information for pediatricians and others interested in child health.
Includes access to condition- or disease-specific Information.
Childcare:
Childcare
Resources
Provides childcare resource and referral
services, and offers an interactive phone referral and fax back service.
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