Parent's
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Menstuff® has gathered the following resources and web sites
for parents. See also Kids, Teens,
Families, Father's/Men's
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listings.
Links to Parenting Web Sites
Planned Parenthood's website, www.teenwire.com,
is billed as a safe place in cyberspace about sexual health and
relationships. For parents: the SIECUS site, www.siecus.org,
is for information on how to help educate your children about
sexuality.
- American Family Network, www.customcpu.com:80/personal/mneligh/afn/links.htm
- America Links Up: Part of a new Internet
education campaign whose goal is making the Internet experience
rewarding and safe for kids. The site includes an array of tools
and tips for helping parents and kids online. There are also
grass-roots materials to plan and hold a local Kids Online
Internet Teach-in, and a technology toolkit to help adults choose
online content appropriate for children and youth. www.americalinksup.org
- Animal Information Database, www.seaworld.org
- At Home Dads nwsltr/network of 160+ dads e.mail
addresses athomedads@aol.com
(user unknown) or www.parentsplace.com/readroom/athomedad/
- Blackdog for Kids - BlackDog is a place for children to
learn about the internet in a safe, concerned environment. We make
every effort to ensure everything your child sees and does on
BlackDog is child-safe, fun and interesting. We are planning
several new features on BlackDog, including a resource area for
teachers. We have begun to implement this on a small scale with a
few of the games on Billy Beaver's Game Show, such as the Math
Quiz. Children enjoy the various coloring books, jigsaw puzzles
and the animal sounds, among others. blackdog4kids.com/
(6/00)
- Blended Family Advice with Shirley Cress Dudley, a
licensed professional counselor. A resource for blended families
and step families to find newsletters, free articles, ebooks and
more to help them with their families. www.blendedfamilyadvice.com/home-blended_family_solutions
or eMail.
- Boys Career Day sponsored by The National Coalition of
Free Men. www.ncfm.org or
loveQuests@aol.com or
http://members.aol.com/boystowork/index.htm
http://members.aol.com/boystowork
www.ncfm.org
- Budding artists visit www.coloring.com
- The Bug Club,
www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub
- Building on our Strengths in policy…in
practice…in partnerships. The National Network for
YouthWashington, DC NN4YOUTH@worldnet.att.net
- Career Day for Our Sons (sm), sponsored by NCFM, (1st
Friday after Father's Day), boystowork@aol.com
or members.aol.com/boystowork/
- Caring Grandparents of America, 206.232.136.2/CGA/
- Center for Life Passages, offers men's groups, vision
quests, rites-of-passage, experiences for teens and counseling for
people going through major transition. www.lifepassage.com
- Center for Science in the Public Interest - provides
information about the Center's Alcohol Policies Project, Booze
News. The site is aimed towards updating advocates on alcohol
prevention policies. Some of the current project initiatives
discussed are: tichtening the restrictions on advertising and
promotions directed at children or heavy drinkers, expanding the
label warnings to better alert consumers to the risks of drinking
and increasing state and federal alcohol excise tax. www.csprint.org/booze/bzn_0898/index.html
- Center for Successful Fathering promoting the benefits
of involved dads. We believe that children need the balance of mom
and dad. www.fathering.org
- Childbirth Education Foundation, jperon@delphi.com
or jperon@EPIX.net
- Children's book guide and links, www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
- Children's Defense Fund - this site includes an
abundance of information about children and youth issues. Visitors
can find facts about myriad issues in child advocacy and related
government policies, as well as recent research and statistics
regarding issues such as gun death tolls among children, family
care programs, children in poverty and juvenile crime. A new
feature: toll free numbers for Children's Health Insurance
Programs in every state. www.childrens-defense.org
- Child Welfare League of America, cwla@cwla.org
or www.cwla.org
- Concerned Black Men, Inc. - to publicly recognize and
aid the constructive African-American youth: www.recycledpulp.com:81/%7Ecbmno/index/html
- Cyberteen submit their art, writing and music to the
public at www.cyberteens.com/ctmain.html
- Dad & Son memoir at www.parentsplace.com/readroom/goodfathers/index.html
- Dads and Daughters, the national membership nonprofit,
provides tools to strengthen father-daughter relationships and to
transform pervasive messages that value daughters more for how
they look than who they are. To get this our update email
info@dadsanddaughters.org
or visit www.dadsanddaughters.org
DADs: PO Box 3458, Duluth, MN 55803. 888.824.3237.
- Dad's Den at www.portage.net/~rborelli/dads.html
- DadsNet, block voting, info exchange at FullTDad@aol.com
(user unknown)
- Dad Stuff at http://tam2000.tamu.edu/~phayes/dad-stuf.html
- Dad's Place at http://edgetown.com/edgetown/Edge_Fathers_Rights.html
- Directories - Printed
- Discipline of Fatherhood at www/isl.net/wwyweb/wwy2595.html
- Disney movies, books, records, theme parks and more,
www.disney.com
- Effective Parenting: An AGS Nwsltr for Sponsors of
Parent Training ags@skypoint.com
or www.agsnet.com
- Exploratorium, Museum of science, art and human
perception, www.exploratorium.edu
- Family Magazine - Kern County kerncounty@family.com
www.kerncounty.com
- Family Magazine - San Diego sandiegofamily@family.com
www.sandiegofamily.com
- Family Surfboard, www.sjbennet.com/users/sjb/webbest.htm
- Family Web, www.familyweb.com/
- Family Web, http://family.starwave.com/
- Family World, www.family.com
- The Fatherhood Project, www.fatherhoodproject.org/
- Fatherhood Today, Nat Fatherhood Intiative www.fatherhood.org
or nfi1995@aol.com
- Father Inc. www.fathering.com
- Fathers' Network www.menstuff.org/mencare/fatherstuff.html
- Fathering issues and resources, www.parentsplace.com/readroom/father.html
- FatherNet Gopher, gopher://tinman.mes.umn.edu:80/11/FatherNet
- FatherNet Web, www.fsci/umn.edu/cyfc/FatherNet.htp
- Fathers & Families 73674.1710@CompuServe.com
(receiver not found)
- Father's Day Demonstrations. To be held at family court
houses at noon as a show of solidarity with fathers and father's
groups throughout the world. user121645@aol.com
(user unknown)
- Father's Day Picnic, Sacramento Valley Men's Council.
www.sv-menscouncil.org
or pagemaster@sv.menscouncil.org
(host unknown)
- Father's Day. Purple Balloon Campaign, Canada gilclaes@oricom.ca
- Fathers' issues - referrals, local, state or national
assistance programs on domestic problems (visitation, support,
abuse allegations) and advice about issues with their children 24
hours at 512.472.3237 or Dads@fathers.org
- The Fathers Resource Center is pro-father, but "not at
the expense of women": www.slowlane.com.frc/
- For and about children, www.ocsny.com/~mdm/children.html
- Full-Time Dads, ftdmag@aol.com
or www.slowlane.com
- Fun-Attic, Inc., Your Family Fun Place - A mother lode
of unique outdoor games, toys for active play and innovative
sporting goods. If you need a creative gift for someone who loves
action, then Fun-Attic is the spot for Sports and Toys. Do you
want to introduce a child to sports in a fun non-threatening way?
That’s our specialty. Numerous outdoor recreation games can
be played in the school yard, back yard or almost anywhere. Young
children will develop important skills such as timing and hand-eye
coordination while advanced players will enjoy more challenging
games. Fun-Attic, Inc.,3719 Jasmine NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525, or
616.559.3642 or www.funattic.com
- Functional Family at http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~rab/jnhome1.htm
- Getting Men Involved http://www.bamin.org
- Girl tech - get interested in technology without coming
across brainy, www.girltech.com
- Great places, www.greatestplaces.org
- Guide for Ineffective Parenting - Homer Simpson is the
star of this web site. Father to son words of wisdom. Also links
to scores of Simpson fan pages. All this from a guy whose most
famous expression is "Doh!". members.aol.com/jynelms/tv/simpsons.html
- Kaiser Family Foundation provides good information on
youth and STDs www.kff.org
- Kids: Activities for Families, wdsipvt@aol.com
- Kid's Health at the American Medical Association -
designed to provide reliable children's health information, this
site has information for parents and youth workers regarding
safety and accident prevention, emergencies and first aid, child
nutrition and more. There is a kids' health club that gives
members specific information surrounding their own health
concerns. www.ama-assn.org/kids-health
- Kids, just for. http://aone.com/~mrbill/kids.html
- Kidpub presenting stories submitted by kids worldwide,
www.kidpub.org/kidpub/
- Kidspace where kids swap art, music and stories,
www.kids-space.org
- Kitchen experiments like volcanoes, stink bombs and
fake blood, freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/
- Learn2 where you can figure out all sorts of things
like spinning a basketball, learn2.com
- Life with Father, http://gertrude.art.uiuc.edu/ludgate/the/place/place2.html
- Math magic activities, www.scri.fsu.edu/~dennisl/CMS/activity/math_magic.html
- MELD, programs in 15 states for young dads facilitated
by former young dads, 123 N 3rd St, Ste 507, Minneapolis,
MN 55401 612.332.7563 http://members.aol.com/MELDctrl/index.html
- Midwife Archives - www.gentlebirth.org/archives/
- Mr. Edible Starchy Tuber Head, create your own Mr.
Potato Head, winnie.acsu.buffalo.edu/potatoe/
- My ParenTime - Informative
articles, resources, checklists, games, forums, child safety
information & more! We're not only for parents - we have
information to interest everyone! www.myparentime.com/
- Name that candy bar - do you know them well?
www.sci.mus.mn.us/sin/tf/c/crosssection/namethatbar.html
- National Center for Fathering, www.fathers.com
- National Fatherhood Initiative, www.fatherhood.org
or NFI1995@aol.com
- National Network for Youth, 1319 F Street NW, Ste
401, Washington, DC 20004, 202.783.7949 or www.NN4Youth.org
or NN4Youth@worldnet.att.net
- National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting
and Prevention, the only national organization focuseing
solely on adolescent pregnancy, parenting and prevention issues.
2401 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste 350, Washington, DC 20037
202.293.8370 or noappp@noappp.org
or www.noappp.org
- National Parenting Center, www.stpt.com/TNPC
- National Parents Organization Our core
principles are: Shared Parenting: Shared parenting protects
children’s best interests and the loving bonds children share
with both parents after separation or divorce. Parental
Equality: Equality between genders has been extended to every
corner of American society, with one huge exception: family courts
and the related agencies. Respect for Human and Property
Rights: The Supreme Court of the United States has found that
“the interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of
their children... is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty
interests recognized by this Court.” PO Box 270760, Boston,
Massachusetts 02127 or 617-542-9300 or NationalParentsOrganization.org
or Parents@NationalParentsOrganization.org
(4/13)
- National Public Radio's long running Science Friday
program now on the net. Each week's segment features new science
experiments, an open forum for students, parents and teachers and
an opportunity for kids to talk about science with some of the
foremost professionals in the field. www.npr.org/programs/sfkids
- National Youth Agency, UK - the largest non-uniformed
youth organization in the UK. Visitors will find information and
an up-to-date database for youth workers, a list of upcoming
conferences and events in the field, and explanations about the
youth service field and how to enter it. This site includes
volunteer opportunities for youth and lists other youth work
organizations in the UK. www.nga.org.uk
- Nature Rangers at www.naturerangers.com
is a site devoted to encouraging outdoor adventure. Get
information and advice onhow to plan for familly outings, get
recommendations for "kid-safe adverntures", read heart-warming
articles by "Nature Dad" and make a virtual visit of the site's
line of outdoor gear, clothing and accessories for the whole
clan.
- New
Moon Girl, for girls 8-14 and New Moon Network
(OOP), for adults who care about girls newmoon@newmoon.org
or www.newmoon.org
- 100 Black Men, Inc, to serve as a strong force for
overcoming the cultural and financial obstacles that have limited
the achievements of African-American youth, with a particular
emphasis on young African-American males, www.100bm.org/index.htm
- Orca Book Publishers looking for Children's and young
adult books. wooldridge@pinc.com
or www.swifty.com/orca
- Owls House is looking for children's, parenting and
teaching books plus book-related toys. Contact Renee Ting,
Director, at 650.938.0888 or rting@owlshouse.com
or www.owlshouse.com
- Parents helping parents, www.portal.com:80/~cbntmkr/php.html
- Parents Place, www.parentsplace.com
or support@parentsplace.com
or www.parentsplace.com/talking.html
for a menu of other groups hosted by Parents Place. Seldom
anything relating to fathers.
- Parent-Sacramento/Sierra sacramentoparent@family.com
- Parenting at http://iquest.com/~jsm/moms/parenting.html
- Parentingteens.com - Information and articles for teen
parenting, troubled teens, teen education, teen boot camps. Also
provides parents to offer their views about military schools,
boarding schools and parenting issues. parentingteens@indiasem.net
or www.parentingteens.com
(4/07)
- Parenting with Purpose.(Jul) Encourages parents to
incorporate "purpose" in their parenting. Designed to elevate the
level of parental effectiveness by building awareness and
providing interested participants with tips for positive,
conscientious parenting. Parenting Without Pressure, 1330 Boyer
St, Longwood, FL 32750-6311 or 407.767.2524 (6/00)
- Parent's Journal http://family.com
- Pizza Farm - do farmers really grow
pizza? Check it out for hours of great fun. See an
actual farm in Madera, CA shapped like a pizza. Lots of things to
print out. www.pizzafarm.org
- Planned Parenthood's website, www.teenwire.com,
is billed as "the safe place in cyberspace about sexual health and
relationships."
- PlatonicParenting is the worlds only introduction
service for women and men seeking a non sexual parenting
partner.Sexual incompatibility is the single largest reason for a
mother and father to part. By taking sex off the family agenda
parents are better able to focus their attentions on the childs
welfare, and less likely to break up as a consequence. www.PlatonicParenting.com
or members@platonicparenting.com
- Positive parenting home page, www.fishnet.net/~parents
- Purple Moon where girls can collect treasures, create
their own web page and exchange postcards, www.purple-moon.com
- Rexanne - Parenting, holidays, humor, family & fun.
Lots of great links - www.rexanne.com
(6/00)
- Rites of Passage, dedicated to conducting initiatory
experiences and mentoring programs for adolescent boys, www.mind.net/nites
or rites@mind.net (user
unknown)
- Safe Schools - early warning, timely response - the
U.S. Dept of Education's new manual for dealing with juvenile
violence is available at this site. It offers research-based
practices to help schools and communities identify early warning
signs and develop prevention, intervention and crisis response
plans. Also available by calling 877.433.7827. www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywrn.html
- San Francisco/Peninsula Parent newsmag SFPP@aol.com
- Save the Children, www.winternet.com/~jannmart/nkcindex.html
- SIMBA The Ghetto Solution, 12-year commitment as a
mentor of inner-city residents, Roland Gilbert, Founder,
510.987.8311, 800.nulife8, www.simba.org,
or roland@simba.org.
- Single Dad's Index, www.vix.com/pub/men/single-dad.html
- Single Fathers, www.pitt.edu/~jsims/singlefa.html
- Single Parents - www.makinglemonade.com
is a website for the single parent comunity that's full of
resources, advice and evenfun stuff that addresses the challengse
of single parenting. Read about parenthood disasters, share single
parent poetry, find articles on children and divorce, even sign up
for the site's dating service. A chatroom as well as other
activities is available for kids of single parents.
- Single Parent Project, www.alaska.net/~rwarner/sppjtml.htm
- Sons & Daughters, www.parentsplace.com/readroom/authors/elium
- Star Child Review, an educational funhouse for junior
astronomers, starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/starchild/starchild.html
- Tecticular Cancer websites: www.tcaw.org
and www.acor.org/diseases/tc/
- Doug Bank at dougb@comm.mot.com
- Visitation Homepage, a men's resource for distant
parenting. How to use video conferencing over regular phone lines
to keep distant parents and grandparents together with children no
matter how far apart they might be. www3.sympatico.ca/hitechfairdude/yourpage.html
or hitechfairdude@sympatico.ca
- White House for Kids at www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/kidshome.html
- Yahooligans is a kid-friendly guide to dinosaurs,
hobbies and homework answers. www.yahooligans.com
- You can, answers to typical kid questions like "why is
poop brown" and "why farts smell". www.beakman.com
- Youthwork - Lots of sites and information for youth -
www.youthwork.com
- Yuckiest site on the web - science towards the
icky-sticky and the creepy-crawly, www.yucky.com
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