Child Development

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Children’s Development Resources on the World Wide Web

Web site URL Description

National Network for Child Care http://www.nncc.org/ The National Network for Child Care web site provides relevant

information on the health and safety of children, quality child

care and education for children with special needs. In addition,

it also provides a brief overview of a child's physical,

intellectual, and social/emotional development from infant to

school age.

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National Parenting Center http://tnpc.com The National Parenting Center web site provides information on

current parenting-related articles, "seal of approval" reviews of

products and services available to children and parents.

Parent News

Parent News http://www.parentnews.com / Included in this web site is current news, family facts,

supplemental homework assignments, and movie reviews from

doctors, psychologists, and educators.

Parent Soup http://www.parentsoup.com/ Parent Soup is an extensive web site about parenting that

contains useful tools, online communities, chat rooms with

experts and daily polls.

ParenthoodWeb http://www.parenthoodweb.com/ ParenthoodWeb provides information and tools for parents

including kids health tips, family safety, product recalls, recipes,

chat rooms, downloadable coloring pages, and E-cards.

Parenting Q&A http://www.parenting-qa.com/ Parenting Q&A is a web site for all parenting questions. The

answers can be found through a database of previously asked

questions or e-mail correspondence, which are answered by

experts.

ParentingDoc http://www.parentingdoc.com ParentingDoc provides parenting information and advice for

the most common parenting and child-rearing problems.

ParentingDoc also discusses challenges that parents face and

gives parents the opportunity to participate in bulletin board

discussions with experts.

Parents Edge http://www.parentsedge.com Parents Edge is an educational resource that explores current

issues in parenting, and offers advice on homework, reading

and math skills, and Internet learning for children.

Parents.Com http://www.parents.com Parent.Com is an online magazine that provides information on

a variety of topics, including child development, pregnancy,

health, safety, fun, and travel.

PediaNet http://www.pedianet.com/ PediaNet provides information on immunizations and product

recalls, tools such as a prescription guide, doctor locator, and a

growth development indicator.

Pediatric Development and Behavior

Homepage

http://www.dbpeds.org/ The Pediatric Development and Behavior Homepage provides

access to clinically relevant information and educational

materials about the developmental, learning, and behavior

problems of children for professionals, students, and parents.

Positive Child Development Guide http://www.growinghealthykids.com/ The Positive Child Development Guide is an online guide to the

life transitions that children face from the prenatal stage to

adulthood. The web site provides healthy child and youth

development strategies for parents.

ProTeacher http://www.proteacher.com ProTeacher contains child development theories, research and

resources including learning styles and special needs for

elementary school teachers and counselors.

Schubert Center for Childhood

Development

http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/schubert/ The Schubert Center for Childhood Development is a web site

of Case Western Reserve University, which supports research

in child development, as well as in areas of mental illness and

mental retardation.

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