Parenting and Family

Families and Work Institute
Families and Work Institute (FWI) is a nonprofit center for research that provides data to inform decision-making on the changing workforce, changing family and changing community.

Family Involvement Makes a Difference
from the Harvard Family Research Project – www.hfrp.org
This brief highlights family involvement and other multiple learning supports including: early childhood programs, schools, businesses, libraries, and youth-serving organizations, as positive factors for promoting effective cognitive, social, and emotional development in children and youth.

AEYC-SEA’s Parent’s Page
The Association for the Education of Young Children – Southeast Alaska (AEYC-SEA) has information on positive discipline, reading books with children, brain development & bonding, and interactive activities on their Parent’s Page.

Child and Family WebGuide
The WebGuide is a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice. Topics are selected on the basis of parent recommendations; they cover all ages, from early child development through adolescence.

PBS Parents: Talking with Kids
Strategies and expert advice for talking with kids about everything. PBS Parents also has plenty of links to information such as: child development, going to school, reading and language, creativity, to name a few.

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