Parenting Info on the Web
PBS Ready to Learn
Are you tired of your children watching mindless cartoons and ready to replace such programs with wholesome, creative alternatives? This site provides information on all PBS programs related to children with appropriate viewing guidelines.
Children's Television Workshop
This site contains Smart Tips for Family Holidays, Parents Survival Guides, and Games to Play with your child. Includes Sesame Street parents section.
National Network for Child Care
Hoards of information as well as online discussions can be found in this extensive collection of resources. Topics include Child Development, Community Involvement, Quality Child Care, Public Policy, Health and Safety Curriculum, Child Abuse, Activities, Research, Nutrition, Guidance & Discipline School-Age Care, Employer Options, Parents Diversity, Work & Family, Children's Books, and Kid's Sites.
Amazon.Com
Touted as "Earth's Largest Bookstore," this site may just well have everything you ever wanted in print form. Books for you and books for children and young adults. Amazon.Com offers one button secure online purchasing and advanced search engine and "suggestion engines."
Amazon.Com makes recommendations based on selections you make regarding you or your child's tastes. An especially fun search method allows you to look for books for your child based on whether the child is a baby or toddler, a budding poet a classic kid, a colorful character, a discerning kid, a fiction fan, a holiday-happy kid, a loyal reader, a teenager, an ambitious kid an animal lover,or an obsessed kid.
Frequent rotations are made for parenting selections and include reviews such as
May I Please Be Excused?
Do you cringe when your child forgets to say thank you? Let this persuasive, often hilarious prose gently teach your errant youngsters politeness, thoughtfulness, and just plain good manners.
Post your own personal reviews of books and you may even hear back from the author!
National Parent Information Network
This site contains formal studies regarding parenting and child-care as well as a Q&A section.
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