Internet Links for Parents

American Library Association
Sites for Parents and Caregivers.
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Child & Family WebGuide
From Tufts University, the Child & Family WebGuide describes trustworthy
websites on topics of interest to parents and professionals. These sites
have been selected based primarily on the quality of the information they
provide with the goal of giving the public easy access to the best child
development information on the Web. Covers birth through adolescence.
http://childandfamily.info

Child Safety on the Information Highway--From the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm

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Common Sense Media
A non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to giving parents, educators and kids a choice and a voice about the media they consume. This site's goal is to provide trustworthy information and create a forum where adults and kids can learn from each other, speak out, and participate in creating a responsible and enjoyable media environment for everyone.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Family Education Network
FamilyEducation brings together leading organizations from both the public and private sectors to help parents, teachers, schools, and community organizations use online tools and other media resources to positively affect children's education and overall development. Parents may find practical guidance, grade-specific information about their children's school experience, strategies to get involved with their children's learning, free email newsletters, and fun and entertaining family activities.
http://www.familyeducation.com/home

GetNetWise-- a public service brought to you by Internet industry
corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that
Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining
online experiences.
http://www.getnetwise.org/



Internet Privacy and Safety Bookmark for Kids and Parents
Includes addresses of informative web sites about Internet Safety
and Privacy for children. (Prepared by the Association for Library
Service to Children)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/forlibrarians/internettech/
internetprivacysafety.htm

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Kids-in-Mind
Staff rates movies, DVDs, and videos based on a number of objective standards, not the viewer's age or the artistic merits of a film, enabling adults to determine whether a movie is appropriate for them or their children according to their own criteria.
http://www.kids-in-mind.com/

 

NetSmartz Workshop: Keeping Kids and Teens Safe on the Internet
This site "uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet."
http://www.netsmartz.org/

Nick Jr. Parenting
The parenting section of this popular children's site contains reviews of movies, features on playful parenting, picky eaters, kids and money and more.
http://www.nickjr.com/parenting/index.jhtml


Parent's Choice Foundation
Established in 1978, Parents' Choice Foundation is the nation's oldest not-for-profit evaluator of children's books, videos, toys, audios, computer software, television, and magazines. The Foundation's mission is to provide parents with information to participate wisely in their children's learning.
http://www.parentschoice.org

The Partnership for Reading
A collaborative effort of the National Institute for Literacy, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services that offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research.
http://nifl.gov/partnershipforreading

PBS Parents
Public Broadcasting's counterpart to PBS Kids.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/

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Reading Rockets
A national multimedia project from PBS offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
http://www.readingrockets.org/

SuperKids Educational Software Review--for parents and teachers that provides reviews and ratings of educational software by teams that include educators, parents and children from across the United States. An independent publication, the site also includes related feature articles.
http://www.superkids.com

Zero to Three
ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization whose mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.
http://www.zerotothree.org/index.html

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