Mick’s Picks:
Parenting

• Administration for Children and Families – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  This federal agency funds state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.
• Child & Family Web Guide – Tufts University
  Links to sites about infants, children and teens, topics by age, index search, special topic, family/parenting, education/learning, typical child development, health/mental health and resources.
• ChildStats.gov
  The official web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
• CYFERnet (Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network)
  National Children, Youth and Families at Risk (CYFAR) Program, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, allocates funding to Land-Grant University Extension Services for community-based programs for at-risk children and their families.
• Family Development and Resource Management, Texas AgriLife Extension Service – Family Life
  This website is part of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service offering practical information for families: raising children, housing and environment, eating well, managing money, and staying healthy.
• FirstGov for Parents
  Becoming a parent, babies and preschoolers, young children, teens, young adults, adoption, child care, child support, crime, education, education financing, health, parenting resources and safety.
• March of Dimes
  Web site of the March of Dimes which identifies the child as their mission. The site includes a health library, research, nutrition information for maternal-child health.
• Medem™ – Smart Parents’ Health Choice
  E-mail newsletter with recall notices, pediatric news and two regular columns.
• MEDLINEplus, Health Information – Parenting
  Latest news, coping, general/overviews, research, specific conditions/aspects, directories, organizations and teens.
• National Institute of Child, Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  NICHD conducts and supports research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations.
• National Parent Information Network (NPIN)
  Innovative teaching tools and interactive products to empower students of all ages.
• Parenthood.com™
  Caring for children, education, news and financial matters, nutrition, family, organization, parenting, health/medical, and support.
• Texas Department of State Health Services – Take Time for Kids (TTFK)
  This website focuses on the health and safety of young child to improve access to education and resources among communities to decrease sudden death syndrome (SIDS), motor vehicle deaths, obesity and child abuse.