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.