Links-Parenting & Child Development

Being a Step Parent
UK website specifically for step parents and their families. Advice and information about children, partners and ex-partners, financial issues, parenting, teenagers, everyday life and other family members.
http://www.beingastepparent.co.uk/

Childcare Resource and Referral Network
Child Care Resource is network of 18 community-based, private, nonprofit child care resource and referral agencies across Washington State. They offer consumer education, training and technical assistance to parents, child care providers, employers and the community.
http://www.childcarenet.org/

Childhaven
Childhaven's mission focuses on serving children ages one month through five years who have suffered abuse and neglect. Childhaven runs three programs: Therapeutic Child Care, Drug-Affected Infant Program, and the Crisis Nursery. Infants and children with open CPS or CWS cases may be enrolled at one of Childhaven's four child care branches in King County.
http://www.childhaven.org/new/index.php

Circle of Parents®
The Circle of Parents® National Network represents a partnership of parent leaders and 26 statewide (including Parent Trust for Washington Children) and regional organizations in 25 states. Website also has parenting information.
http://www.circleofparents.org/about_us/index.html

Elizabeth Pantley Advice
Elizabeth Pantley’s website. Offers advice on “No-Cry” solutions for sleep, potty training, and discipline questions.
http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/advice/index.html

Kinship Care in Washington
For grandparents or other family members raising children/youth. The site includes information, resources, a list of support groups, guardianship issues, etc.
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/kinshipcare/

Family and Corrections Network
The Family and Corrections Network provides help for families of prisoners. Their website offers information, training and technical assistance on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers, hospitality programs, keeping in touch, returning to the community, the impact of the justice system on families, and prison marriage.
http://www.fcnetwork.org/

New Parents Network
The New Parents Network provides parenting information through the creative use of technology by increasing access to information in order to save lives, reduce stress, and strengthen families. Their online resources are provided in English and Spanish.
http://www.newparentsnetwork.org/

Parents Action for Children
Parents' Action for Children is a national non-profit dedicated to advancing the interests of families and young children. Parents' Action develops parent education materials, connects parents with one another, and fights for issues such as early education, health care, and high quality and affordable child care. Parents' Action for Children is organizing parents as a powerful movement to ensure that our nation's policies reflect our concern and commitment to parents and their children.
http://store.parentsactionstore.org/prostores/servlet/StoreFront

Talaris
Talaris works to improve the social, emotional and cognitive development of children from the prenatal period through age five by providing parents with tools to raise their children effectively.
http://www.talaris.org/

Tufts University Child and Family Web Guide
The Child & Family WebGuide describes trustworthy websites on topics of interest to parents and professionals. All the sites listed on the WebGuide have been systematically evaluated by graduate students and faculty in child development. These sites have been selected from thousands that are available on the Web, based primarily on the quality of the information they provide. The goal of the WebGuide is to give the public easy access to the best child development information on the Web.
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/

Zero To Three
Zero to Three. Includes articles for parents on: child development, early language, health and nutrition, play, sleep, emotional development, and how parents can support baby’s learning.
http://www.zerotothree.org