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PARENTING CORNER

Thank you for visiting our Parenting Corner where you can find a wide range of parenting resources related to education, health, nutrition, safety, and child development.

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PARENTING RESOURCES

Parenting Sites

  • Baby Center Global interactive parenting network
  • What to Expect Internet companion to the What to Expect When You Are Expecting book series
  • Kaboose Wide variety of parenting resources
  • Parenting Internet companion to the Parenting magazine
  • Scholastic for Parents
  • Amazing Moms
  • Baby Zone
  • Parents' Choice Children's media and toy reviews

Education

  • Countdown To School Success Guide and resources from the National PTA, U.S. Dept. of Education, and Parenting magazine
  • Edutopia  George Lucas Educational Foundation dedicated to improving the K-12 learning process by disseminating and advocating for innovative, replicable, and evidence-based strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives.
  • National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) The the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the U.S.
  • Transitioning to Kindergarten Toolkit by Get Ready to Read

Health, Safety & Development

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Healthy Children Pediatric health information
  • KidsHealth As part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth provides families with advice about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens
  • Bright Futures National health promotion and disease prevention initiative that addresses children's health needs in the context of family and community
  • Safe Kids USA Nationwide network of organizations working to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the leading cause of death and disability for children ages 1 to 14
  • US Consumer Product Safety Commission Recalls and product safety news
  • Child Development Informational resources published by CDC
  • National Center for Learning Disabilities Organization committed to promoting the success and dignity of individuals affected by learning disabilities

Worthwhile Articles

  • Don't Carpe Diem by Gennon Melton, Huffington Post (2012)
  • Apologies To The Parents I Judged Four Years Ago by Kara Gebhart Uhl, Huffington Post (2012)
  • When an Adult Took Standardized Tests Forced on Kids by Marion Brady, Washington Post (2011)
  • Uncovering Food Label and Nutrition Traps by Carrie Wiatt,  Huffington Post (2012) 
  • Is It Safe to Play Yet? Going to Extreme Lengths to Purge Household Toxins by Michael Tortorello, New York Times (2012)         

Health & Nutrition

  • Kids Eat Right  Joint initiative from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation
  • The Nutrition Source Excellent website maintained by the Harvard School of Public Health; features Healthy Eating Plate: a blueprint for planning a healthy, balanced meal, which fixes certain flaws in the USDA’s MyPlate
  • Choose My Plate Resources for nutrition and health (USDA)
  • WHFoods The world's healthiest foods
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Source: Harvard School of Public Health

Food Blogs & Sites

  • Yummly  Powerful way to search the best recipes in one stop
  • ABC Food Journal Delicious food blog written by our cousin Christina
  • Do it Delicious Recipes and food blog by Jessica Seinfeld, author or New York Times bestseller Deceptively Delicious and Double Delicious
  • The Sneaky Chef Recipies and tips by Missy Chase Lapine, creator of successful Sneaky Chef series of books 
  • Kitchen Explorers Recipes, tips, ideas and resources by PBS Parents
  • Food.com
  • Food Network
  • Weelicious Fast, easy, and fresh baby & toddler food, and recipes for the whole family
  • Wholesomebabyfood.com Fresh, fast and simple homemade baby food recipes 
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