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Lesson Plans
- Teach With Movies (Frieden and Elliott)
Provides reviews of movies that include elements of lesson plans and background materials. Films rated by age appropriateness. Designed for parents, but appropriate for teachers. Also includes a section on films that have merit, but provides reasons why the films are not a preferred medium for use in teaching children.
Lists
- -Day Care Centers and Homes (Next Step Computing)
 Provides a searchable list of 120,000 child care centers and family day care homes in the United States. Facilities are searchable by zip code or city.
- Adoption Resources (AdoptionNetwork)
Provides information for birth parents, adoptees, and parents.
- LookSmart Web Organizer for the Family (LookSmart, Ltd.)
Materials
- Personal Finance (Awesome Library)
Provides online information on personal credit and financial planning.
Papers
- Articles for Parents by Topic (Geoparent.com)
Provides hundreds of articles with suggestions for parents. 7-02
- Babies (Geoparent.com)
Provides suggestions for parents who have babies. 7-02
- Child Care Search (Toddlerwatch.com)
Provides day care centers by city. Also has a more personalized search, but it requires registration. 2-01
- Children Ages 6 - 12 (Geoparent.com)
Provides suggestions for parents who have children who are 6 - 12 years old. 7-02
- Eating - Children and Eating (Radiance Online - Satter)
Suggests a division of diet responsibility between parents and children, based on research on healthy eating habits. The division of diet responsibility is that "the parent is responsible for what, when and where. The child is responsible for how much and whether." This division of responsibility is often different from what parents of large children or teens try to enforce. 7-00
- Eating Disorders - Coping With Denial (DrKoop.com)
Suggests how to handle a family member or friend who denies that she has an eating disorder. 2-02
- Eating Disorders - Role of the Family in Treatment (DrKoop.com - Goldsmith and Craven)
Suggests ways that family members can support a person with eating disorders. 2-02
- Eating Disorders - Treatment (DrKoop.com - Grohol)
Describes eating disorders that mostly affect teen girls and recommends that you seek professional help to treat the disorders. 2-02
- Explaining War to Teens (Edu-Leadership.com)
Provides one parent's attempt to talk to his teens about war and its justification. 7-01
- Family Education Network
- Family Together Time Has Decreased (Family1st.org)
Reports on a study that shows the time families (parents with kids) spend together has decreased in recent years and free play time for kids has also decreased. 9-01
- Fathers Influence Daughter's Maturity (applesforhealth)
Girls who have supportive relationships with their parents - but surprisingly, particularly with their fathers - tend to enter puberty later. 09-24-00.
- Fears Have Shifted To Family Values (applesforhealth)
A decade ago most Americans were concerned about crime, drugs and violence...but a recent survey finds their fears have shifted to morals, values and the breakdown of the family. 02-11-00.
- Folic Acid and Spina Bifida (Spina Bifida Association of America)
Provides basic facts about folic acid, which research has shown prevents spina bifida and other neural tube defects. 8-02
- Helping Your Children Cope with the News of Reported Terrorist Attacks (drSpock - Dr. Jana)
Provides several suggestions to help children be less fearful. Suggestions include
a. emphasizing that members of the immediate family were not hurt (hopefully, this is true for you),
b. maintaining a regular structure,
c. keeping the television off while young children are in the room (or, if the television must stay on, stay near them and talk to them about what they are seeing),
d. letting your children know that people in charge are taking care of the danger,
e. reassuring them that it is very, very rare that planes crash or buildings collapse,
f. making sure that if you are upset or sad that your children are assured that they did not cause it.
In addition, the author warns that young children may become fussy or throw tantrums as a way of dealing with the stress, which is a natural reaction. The author reminds parents that they need to take care of their own stress also, and work with their network of friends and relatives. 9-01
- Housework Still Women's Work (applesforhealth)
We may have come a long way baby...but the latest Voices of Women opinion poll suggests we still have a long way to go. 02-04-00.
- Missing Children (Child Quest International)
"A non-profit corporation dedicated to the protection and recovery of missing, abused, and exploited children." Also includes information for prevention.
- Missing and Exploited Children Database
Provides information by state and city.
- Obesity - Walking to School (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides a guide to make walking to school safer and more frequent. Recommends steps for the community and families so that groups of children, accompanied by adults, walk or ride bicycles to and from school. This may help reverse obesity in children and start them on a healthier lifestyle. 6-01
- Parent Involvement Resources (ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication)
Provides a dozen sources of information, including some bilingual. 2-01
- Parenting Adolescents (About.com - Witmer)
Provides tips, recipes, suggestions regarding overweight teens, a slang dictionary, and more. 2-01
- Parenting Articles by Age Group (2000 Families Plus, LLC - ParentingQA)
Provides suggestions for more effective parenting, presented by experts in the topics selected. Includes behavior problems, child development, child care, and more. 1-00
- Personal Finance Basics (Bankrate.com)
Provides tips on personal finances. 6-01
- Preschool Experts (ParentsPlace)
See the Ask Our Experts Box.
- Study Says Fathers Do Make A Difference (applesforhealth)
According to researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, fathers who play an active role in their child’s life can help them develop better language skills and have fewer behavioral problems. 02-25-00.
- Suggestions About Teens (FamilyEducation.com)
Provides articles to help parents with their teens. 7-02
- Teens (Geoparent.com)
Provides suggestions for parents who have teens. Also provides good suggestions for teens. 7-02
- Ten Ways to Help Your Children Learn Math (FamilyEducation.com - Gisler and Eberts)
"Your children will need to reach a certain level of competency in math to take many advanced high-school courses, to be admitted to college, and to have a wide variety of career choices." 7-02
- Toddlers (Geoparent.com)
Provides suggestions for parents who have toddlers. 7-02
- When Kids Hate Math (FamilyEducation.com - Gisler and Eberts)
Provides suggestions for improving your child's interest in math. "You need to pinpoint your son’s weaknesses in math so that he can improve his work." "In helping your son, you and the tutor should avoid relying solely on drill type work, as it can kill interest in math. Instead, find games that will let him use the skills he needs." 7-02
- Worker Rights - For Teens (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Provides examples of dangerous situations for teens. Also summarizes laws that protect the rights of teens who work. 7-01
Periodicals
- Family Articles (Family.com)
Provides articles for parents and families.
- Senior Leisure Activities (Senior.com)
Rated the number one education site by WEb 100.
- The Disney Channel
- The Family Planet
- Working Families (AFL-CIO)
Provides information for working families. 3-00
- WorldVillage
Projects
- -Homework Assignments from Teachers (Data Sense, Inc. - SchoolNotes)
Provides homework assignments and other notes from teachers participating in the program. A free service for parents to keep up with their children's homework and encourage better communication between parents and teachers. If you want your children's teachers to participate, you will probably need to initiate the process by asking the teachers to post their assignments on this Web site.
- Developmental Games for Children Ages 1 - 9 (American Psychological Association - KidsPsych)
Provides nine developmental games to teach basic concepts and to promote interaction with parents. Requires Shockwave software (available for free from the site). Loads slowly.
- Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance (Southern Poverty Law Center - Tolerance.org)
Provides activities for countering hate groups and for promoting tolerance. 4-01
- Fund Raising for Schools Online (SchoolCash.com)
Provides opportunities for schools to conduct online fund raising projects and for parents to participate. 3-00
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