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RESOURCES: Parenting/Family

Information on Parenting and Family Issues

• NEW! Tips for Parenting Together - Whether you’re married, living together, dating, divorced, or disagreeing on most things, We Can Parent Together offers you tips to come together for the benefit of your child.
• For information about social-emotional readiness of children (birth to age 5) for school - parent guide (PDF).
• The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has resources to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids and information you need to protect your child from drug abuse.
• REsource for Advancing Children's Health (REACH) identifies, validates, and disseminates highest-quality scientific findings which support children's mental health. It includes family resources including links to disorder profiles and treatment options.
• Resource Guide: Taking a Closer Look: A Guide to Online Resources on Family Involvement. This document prepared by the Harvard Family Research contains Web links to research, information, programs, and tools from over 100 national organizations. It provides information about parenting practices to support children's learning and development, home-school relationships, parent leadership development, and collective engagement for school improvement and reform.
• For information on children's health issues, including immunizations, nutrition, safety, child psychology, childhood diseases, pediatrics and kid's health related information, including feelings and emotions, visit the Kid's Health Directory and Children's Health Directory.
• The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Facts for Families series includes "Eleven Questions to Ask Before Psychiatric Hospitalization of Your Child or Adolescent". The questions are intended to help families make decisions about the mental health care placement of their children and youth, to review, visit their website. For the full catalog of the series, click here. Other titles in the "Facts for Families" series include:
  • Know When to Seek Help for Your Child,
  • Know Where to Seek Help for Your Child,
  • Know Your Health Insurance Benefits,
  • Making Decisions About Substance Abuse Treatment,
  • The Continuum of Care,
  • Advocating for Your Child,
  • Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation,
  • Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents.