healthfinder® just for you: Parents
healthfinder®'s just for you: Parents sections features topics such as adoption, birth defects, and child care.... Details >
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
10 Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy
Although these tips are designed for parents, they can be used by adults more generally in their relationships with teenagers. Research supports these common sense lessons can also help teens delay be... Details >
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy |
Adventures in Parenting
This booklet offers strategies on parenting practices that are based on scientific research that can be used by parents and guardians of children of any age. It also includes stories of how some pare... Details >
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health |
Explaining Adoption to Your Children, Family, and Friends
This fact sheet addresses the complicated issue of adoption, defining it, explaining it to others, and dealing with the feelings that arise. A complete bibliography, resource list and resources for ad... Details >
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Administration for Children and Families |
Find a Health Center Near You - Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood affiliated health centers nationwide provide high quality, affordable reproductive health care and sexual health information to nearly five million women, men and teens and operate ... Details >
Planned Parenthood Federation of America |
Foster Parent Adoption: What Parents Should Know
This factsheet is written for foster parents who are considering adopting a foster child or children. The information will also be helpful to a foster parent who already has adopted or to a new foster... Details >
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Administration for Children and Families |
Info 4 Parents
This site was created for never married parents as well as separated and divorced parents to obtain the resources, information, and referrals that will enable you to be what you want to be--better par... Details >
Children's Rights Council |
Interested in Becoming a Foster or Adoptive Parent?
Based on data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, there are about 568,000 children in foster care, of which an estimated 118,000 are awaiting an adoptive placement. States... Details >
Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families |
National and Regional Listing of Member Agencies - Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of America provides this listing of public and private nonprofit agencies across the country that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each yea... Details >
Child Welfare League of America |
Parenting A-Z
This page links to subjects of interest to parents--from adoption to working parents.... Details >
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families |
