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Orange County Websites

The internet has become an invaluable resource to parents over the last decade. We recently canvassed a group of Orange County parents with young children about what websites have provided them with the most useful information. The list below reflects their recommendations along with websites that I have found most useful in my work with parents as a family therapist and parent educator.

Linda Hunter, M.A., M.F.T.
Director of Education
Pretend City
(Grandmother of Nine)

Parenting Information

Child.Comwww.child.com
Comprehensive site for parenting information.

Zero to Threewww.zerotothree.org
Comprehensive site for teachers and caregivers working with newborn to three year olds. Good developmental information.

Baby Centerwww.babycenter.com
Comprehensive site for parenting information.

Pamperswww.pampers.com
Good general parenting site — Ask the expert — activities — developmental information . etc.

Raising Courageous Kidswww.raisingcourageouskids.com
A curriculum about how courage develops in eight stages.from birth to early adolescence. Offers solid information and practical ideas for supporting each stage of development.

40 Developmental Assetswww.search-institute.org/education
Developmental assets material that focus on building strengths in young people and meeting the needs of the whole child or adolescent in the process of promoting learning and school success not only aligns with good teaching practices but also reignites the passion for nurturing eager young learners that brought educators to classrooms and schools in the first place.

Baby Placewww.baby-place.com
General information on parenting - shopping resources.

Baby Bagwww.babybag.com
Shopping resource for babies

Parent's Actionwww.iamyourchild.org
General information on parenting, and advocating for children in the community.

The National Parenting Centerwww.tnpc.com
General parenting information.

Disney's Family Funwww.familyfun.go.com
Disney site with fun activities online and general parenting information.

I Parentingwww.iparenting.com
Online internet "communities" for parents. Resource for parents to exchange information and support.

The Parent's Journalwww.parentsjournal.com/realaudiointerviews.html
A fabulous series of audio interviews about a wide variety of parenting subjects - a great resource that you can listen to as you do other things.

Brain Child Magazinewww.brainchildmag.com
The site for a relatively new parenting magazine targeted at "Thinking Mothers".

Early Childhoodwww.earlychildhood.com
General information on parenting and activities with young children.

All About Kids Magazinewww.aak.com
The site for a parenting magazine.

Mothering Magazinewww.mothering.com
General parenting information for natural methods of mothering.

Ask Dr. Searswww.askdrsears.com
A comprehensive site for parenting issues.

How Much is Enoughwww.overindulgence.info
Why overindulging our children causes them so many problems and how to avoid overindulging our children.

At Home Dadwww.athomedad.com
Website for stay at home dads.

Sandy McDaniel Parentingwww.parentingsos.com
Sandy McDaniel (writes a regular parent column in the OC Register).

Health and Safety

Keep Kids Healthywww.keepkidshealthy.com
Health & Nutrition. Immunizations. Childhood Obesity. Ask a professional online.

American Academy of Pediatricswww.aap.org
Information on health, education and parenting topics.


Children's Health Environmental Coalitionwww.checnet.org
Information about environmental health risks affecting our children.

How Children Learn

Institute for Playwww.instituteforplay.com
The importance of Play as a tool for learning and how parents can use play to educate their children.

Mind in the Making: The Science of Early Learningwww.mindinthemaking.org
Important new information on how babies and young children learn.

Born Learningwww.bornlearning.org
Everyday life is a learning experience for children. Born Learning is a public engagement campaign that helps parents, grandparents, and caregivers explore ways to turn everyday moments into fun learning opportunities.

The Alliance for Childhoodwww.allianceforchildhood.net
The Alliance for Childhood promotes policies and practices that support children's healthy development, love of learning, and joy in living.

Activity Ideas

Crayolawww.crayola.com/ideas
Art activities and supplies.

PBS Televisionwww/pbskids.org
Activities with characters from the PBS television shows such as Sesame Street.

Pamperswww.pampers.com
Fun activity information.

Disney's Family Funwww.familyfun.go.com
Disney site with fun activities online and general parenting information.

Early Childhoodwww.earlychildhood.com
General information on parenting and activities with young children.

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