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We're proud to bring you this list of KidSource approved and rated websites! Each website has been reviewed by the KidSource staff for its content, overall quality and ease of use. We've sorted them by age group or by category.
Our rating system for these websites is:
- Best, in depth and most helpful overall
- Very Good, but more specific in focus
- Good reference material
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American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics is committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.Our Web site features a wide variety of information for parents on its YOU and YOUR FAMILY page.
The AAP is the definitive source of pediatric information. At their site you'll find electronic access to articles from their professional publication - Pediatrics, plus great articles such as the "Family Guide to Car Seats". In addition, there are many great books and pamphlets for sale.
Children's Television Family Workshop
The CTW Family Workshop delivers a unique approach to the Internet: melding technology and edutainment to bring families together to learn and have fun. At the Workshop, parents can discover how to get the most out of the Internet while spending quality time with their kids.
CTFW is a fun, educational site for your preschooler and you to enjoy. The reading area is especially good. Here you'll find online stories with parent guidelines for each page - to tell you what you can do while reading the store to enhance your child's learning experience. And your child will enjoy the Sesame Street theme throughout.
Family.com - Family Activities
Family.com, produced by Disney is a site filled with ideas, projects and other resources for families. You'll find everything from food to travel, from learning to local activities, plus shopping and discussion boards.
Are you looking for activities to do with your family? Then start here. They have lots of activities in categories such as indoor, outdoor, learning, inexpensive, crafts, parties, sports and more. Search by category or by age. Or of you are looking for local activities, you can search by state.
KidsHealth, created by doctors and health professionals, provides information to parents and kids about a wide range of children's health care issues. Using a fun, colorful train theme, award-winning KidsHealth provides up-to-date reliable information about growth, well child care, behavior, common childhood illnesses, immunizations, asthma, hyperactivity and lots more.
This is one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical sites we've found. It's well designed and divided into sections for kids, parents and professionals. The kids' section has those common, but difficult quesitions that children ask. The parents' section has one of the best reference sections on childhood diseases on the web. The information is both understandable and technically complete.
Mayo Health O@sis: Pregnancy & Children Resource Center
Mayo’s Pregnancy & Children’s Health Resource Center contains Reference Articles ranging from Pregnancy- to Child-related topics (first aid, health care options, pediatric diseases/ conditions, prevention and safety) are updated daily. In addition, this section of the Mayo Clinic Health O@sis site contains: a personal Due-Date Calculator, information by trimester or subject, Ask the Mayo Physician, Quizzes, daily feature articles, and Other Sites for additional resources.
An excellent site! There is a wealth of medical information here on pregnancy and children's health. The "Ask a Physician" section has the answers to many common and not so common questions that parents ask about their child's health. Definitely a site worth visiting.
Parenting Q&A organizes parenting answers in an easy-to-use Web site that offers parents resources, practical tips, and essays on hundreds of topics. Unlike other sites, Parenting Q&A members are guaranteed an answer. If the hundreds of answers online don't help, we'll write you a personal reply from our panel of experts.
Parenting Q&A is a site rich with a wide variety of parenting information. It's divided into topics to make it easy to use. You can post questions to experts or chat with other parents.
Pregnancy Today is an interactive resource and community for expectant and hopeful parents. We offer Expert Q&A forums with both medical/birthing specialists (doctors, midwives, doulas, a nutritionist and more) as well as from lifestyle panelists (home style, cooking, fitness, financial planning and others). There's also the customizable online birth planner, due date calculators, a day-by-day pregnancy calendar, message boards, birth stories , many articles from our print journal, news, as well as trivia, games and more to guide you through pregnancy with the greatest of ease! Pregnancy Today also publishes a monthly print journal and hosts several pregnancy & parenting e-mail lists, including the "due date lists."
If you are, or want to be pregnant, this is a great site to visit. Filled with practical information and fun ideas. While the content isn't incredibly 'deep', it's timely and helpful. The site is well designed, with great graphics.
Teaching Strategies, Inc. offers information for parents and teachers of children from birth through age three including: *in-depth information about The Creative Curriculum and other Teaching Strategies resources, including writings by Diane Trister Dodge and others.
This very useful site will help both parents and teachers educate young children - from infants through the third grade. The parents section has specific activities and strategies, such as "Learning through Daily Activites" and "Learning through Routines". You'll also find a great list of links for a wide variety of educational topics. If you have young children, then you should visit this site.
Breastfeeding Answers from Ameda/Egnell
This series has diverse topics, including prenatal information, positioning baby at the breast, nutrition for the nursing mother, fathering the breastfed baby. Problems addressed include jaundice, thrush, and breastfeeding the premature baby. Working and breastfeeding is covered. Topics referring to pumping include choosing a pump, using a pump, and pumping and storing breastmilk.
Answers to common and complex breastfeeding questions as well as resources for breast pumps and supplies.
Gifted Psychology Press, Inc. is a small publishing company located in Scottsdale, Arizona. We specialize in books and materials for and about gifted and are for parents, educators, and other professionals. Our web site offers resources, author articles, links to other sites and our catalog.
For those interested in gifted children, this site provides wealth of available literature including on-line articles, links and books for sale. Founded by James T. Webb.
National Mental Health and Education Center for Children and Families
The National Mental Health and Education Center for Children and Families, a public service program of the National Association of School Psychologists, is an information and action network to foster best practices in education and mental health for children and families--which builds upon strengths, understands diversity, and supports families. The Center provides free information to parents, teachers, administrators and policy makers on issues concerning children's education and mental health.
Whether you are a parent or a teacher you'll find a wide variety of informative articles and newsletters on this site. In the Parenting and Family area we found articles entitled "Steps Towards Effective Parenting", and "Homework Survival Guide". Many of the articles require the free Adobe reader for viewing.
Odyssey of the Mind is a world-wide, nonprofit organization that promotes creative team-based problem solving in a school program for students from kindergarten through college. The program helps students learn divergent thinking and problem solving skills while participating in a series of challenging and motivating activities, both inside and outside their regular classroom curriculum.
This is an excellent organization that promotes creative problem solving in a team environment. This site will tell you more about them and how your school can participate.
Parenting Today's Teen is a valuable resource for those who live with or work with teens. Articles, written by professionals and parents, cover today's teen issues: pregnancy, discipline, curfew, drugs and alcohol, education, lying, stepfamilies, depression and more. Our book store is filled with parenting-related books, and our parenting forum is a place to find support, ask questions and make new friends. We're here to help you navigate those sometimes-frustrating teen years--you're not alone!
If you have teens, then you'll want to visit this site. You'll find articles on everything from "teens and jobs" to "Is this kid normal or have I failed as a parent". They don't shy away from the tough issues either, and you'll find many warm and touching sections as well.
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
TALKING WITH KIDS ABOUT TOUGH ISSUES is a national initiative by Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation, endorsed by President Clinton, to encourage parents to talk with their children earlier and more often about tough issues like sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, alcohol, and drug abuse.
If you need help in talking with your children about difficult issues, then this site will help you. They provide no nonsense advice about when and how to talk to children. If your child is a toddler or older, then stop by and visit this site. It's never to early to start talking to your children.
THE PARENT ADVISOR'S Health & Safety
A huge emphasis of this site is on the health and safety of children, current recalled children's toys and products, car seats and air bag warnings and proper usage, new teen driving laws as well as environmental hazards, safety at home, school and daycare. Articles range from newborn through late teens.
This site has lots of information for parents including health & safety articles, activities, nutrition and education information and recall notices.
18 ways for parrents and grandparents to teach their children the value of money. Other areas include: young spender's profile, credit risk profile, credit risk profile for youths, ten commandments of personal finance for young people.
At some point, parents are faced with how to teach their children to manage their finances responsibly. This site, done by the non-profit National Center for Financial Education, will help you do that, and will provide you with helpful tips to manage your own finances.
Comprehensive mental health site with lot's of good, authoritative info for/about your children and yourself. 24 hr. telephone (888-415-TALK)/internet counseling service with licensed professional counselors. Get immediate, CONFIDENTIAL, supportive help and relief from the difficulties or problems affecting your life. Chat, specialized eating disorders site, updated ezine, parenting and mental health resources, weekly online conferences where you can ask your personal questions, real audio interviews, more.
A resource site for on-line counsel which includes chat, events, and bulletin boards as well as mental health resource links across the web.
Daycare Dailies is a searchable database of daycare providers across the country, updated with new information daily!
Both parents and childcare providers will benefit from the "questions to ask" section of this childcare site. Also includes link resources and coast-to-coast database directory.
Drynights for Good Mornings (TM)
Does your child still wet the bed? Are you still frustrated by wet sheets and extra laundry? www.drynights.com offers parents, children and healthcare providers information about the common condition called primary nocturnal enuresis, more commonly known as bed-wetting. Visit drynights.com to access information about the causes of, and treatments for, bed-wetting, as well as a list of resources where you can get help. The site is sponsored by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc.
An informative site for parents, kids and the medical profession on the health issue of bedwetting. The site is produced by Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals and has do's and don'ts for parents, stories and advice for kids and resources on treatments for doctors. The articles provide insight and are careful to encourage positive and open therapies for this medical problem.
Hi, I know what a helping hand can mean, I'm dyslexic. My name is Girard Sagmiller and I'm the webmaster of the web page "Dyslexia My Life", a web page dedicated to listing information on Dyslexia and LD.
This site has been created and is managed by a person who is dyslexia. Here you'll find a good list of resources, products, links and checklists for parents to determine if their child may be dyslexic.
Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention
Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc. (EDAP) is a national nonprofit clearinghouse for educational information on eating disorders and their prevention for parents, K-12 schools, colleges, coaches, sufferers, mental health professionals, educators, and more. EDAP programs promote healthy self-esteem and body image for girls, women, and men. Free information is available at 206-382-3587 or http://members.aol.com/edapinc. EDAP sponsors national Eating Disorders Awareness Week in February and several educational programs for grades K-12 and college. EDAP has over 400 volunteer coordinators (health professionals and educators) of events for its Awareness Week across the United States. EDAP sponsors a national training conference for educators and health professionals, publishes a newsletter and a wide variety of brochures and handouts on related topics.
This is a general information site for parents about a wide variety of eating disorders. You'll find preventative information, resources, school programs and more.
Hearing and language development website that is sponsered by Pfizer. Articles, development charts and questions and answers to common concerns regarding hearing and language.
If you are involved in children's healthcare or a speech and hearing specialist or are a parent of a child that has had ear infections, the Kid's Ear site sponsered by Pzifer Pharmaceuticals, will be of interest to you. There is a question and answer section, information on treatment of ear infections, contests, newsletters, and information on speech and language development milestones.
Knox Breastfeeding Accessories
Providing high quality breast pumps and other products to breastfeeding mothers. Also included is the "Breastfeeding Answers" series from Ameda/Egnell, twelve topics with up-to-date information.
If you are pregnant or the parent of a newborn, then you'll want to look at this site. While it's primarily a product sales site, you'll also find good information about the benefits of breastfeeding.
The National Center of Fathering has developed a variety of useful, "how to" resources, all based on sound research data. With these resources, and the help of other men, we believe men can discover, develop and enhance their fathering...and become the dads their children desperately need.
This is a site devoted to fathers. Here you'll find parenting tips, information for divorced, single and stay at home dads and more. There is also a good humor area that both moms and dads will enjoy.
Parents Raising Teens and Preteens
Raising Today's Teens is a national helpline for parents raising teens. Trained parent counselors are available to provide problem solving techniques and communication solutions to parents, to help strengthen parenting skills. When you want information on adolescent behavior, ways to deal with your teen before things escalate into a crisis or you're just having a difficult day, give our parent counselors a call at 1 800 475 TALK. They are available Monday through Friday from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. Our counselors have been there and understand your parenting needs. Counselors are also available via online chat and email.
Here you'll find resource, online counseling and contacts to help parents address the issues with raising their teen and preteen children. The organization also has a newsletter that visitors may sign up for.
RollerBags.com - Backpacks on Wheels!
Take that weight off your back! Rollerbags.com is the home site for the Roller Backpack, which is a backpack that allows you to easily transport heavy loads on wheels instead of straining your back. If you prefer, the Roller Backpack can also be carried like a traditional backpack using the adjustable padded shoulder straps. The back panel is padded for additional comfort. To help public awareness, Rollerbags.com is also sponsoring a childrens’ back pain resource site to house a collection of articles discussing the problem.
If you've ever wondered about how heavy backpacks may be effecting your child's back, then visit this site. They have a long list of news and reference articles on the topic. They also sell a truely unique backpack that converts into a pull cart with wheels.
Healthcare site for children with health, safety tips, resourceful links,safe links for kids and information about the non-profit organization. St. John's well child center serves the families of Los Angeles, California.
If you're looking for a variety of good safety and health tips, you'll find them here. You'll also find a good set of links to a variety of parenting, health and safety sites. This site will be of interest to all parents, not just those in the Los Angeles area.
"Taking The Bully By The Horns" is a self-help book/web site dedicated to helping children/young teens deal with Bullies/Self-esteem/Violence. Supported by Schs/Child Orgs/Parents/Dr.'s, we explore different ways kids are bullied - mentally and physically, how the bully becomes a bully, how the victim becomes a victim, & what can be done about it. Last year, 76.8% of students surveyed said they had been bullied/14% experienced servere (bad) reactions to the abuse. It's time to do something about it!
This website explores different ways children and teenagers are bullied (both mentally and physically), how the bully becomes a bully, how the victim becomes a victim (sometimes there's a fine line between the two!), and what can be done about it. It has information for parents, teachers and kids.
The web's first and finest baby care and child safety boutique. This site features hundreds of hard-to-find and unique baby care products from around the world and a wide assortment of safety and baby-proofing equipment. Easy to navigate and use, The ChildSecure Catalog has been making customers happy online since 1995! Customers also enjoy access to our extensive health and safety libraries and interactive "Ask The Doctor" column.
While primarily a site to sell children's safety products, this site does have a good assortment of safety and recall information.
A free online magazine for parents and caregivers of children with special needs. Features include Success Stories, Tips, a family advice column, informative disability related articles, a discussion forum, and more!
An on-line magazine for parents of special needs children that addresses the hope, success and some of the frustration of parenting such a child.
Spilt Milk - an e-zine for parents
Spilt Milk is an e-zine for parents to be, parents who are and parents who can take no more. A new issue comes out each month with feature articles and regular columns by parents. The site allows oth Mothers and Fathers from around the world the opportuniy to share information and submit articles and dedicatios to children for publication. As of December 1998 the site will include prizes for feedback and gifts for published articles.
An online magazine (e-zine) for parents to be and current parents which features regular columns as well as feature articles. Humorous, forthright and easily navigated, this new website is a good place to blow off some parenting steam or read some touching personal stories.
Help your son or daughter get the most from their soccer experience. In the words of Anne H. Woodworth, mom of Alexi Lalas, the best-known U.S. player, The Soccer Mom Handbook provides "a good solid background in soccer, combined with laughs and a basic message of common sense, ingredients that will make being a soccer mom one of the best experiences of your parenting." The website introduces the book and provides additional tips and information. Team managers will get help from other tips and the book What? ME Manage the Soccer Team?
If your child plays soccer, you'll appreciate this site. While it primarily promotes their books, you'll also find amusing and practical information about being an infamous "soccer mom".
Mothers in Sympathy & Support- M.I.S.S.
A beautiful and angelic site for bereaved parents which includes memorials, funeral information, grief support, literature and much more. This is a haven for parents enduring the tragedy of the death of their infant or young child.
