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Informing Parents About Children, Health and Education -
Part One - Background Information

    
 
bullet Informing Parents (Part 1)
bullet Informing Parents (Part 2)
bullet Informing Parents (Part 3)
bullet Educating Parents
bullet Involving Parents
bullet Supporting Parents
bullet Empowering Parents

List of Parent Information Resources

    

This section presents links to research, articles and factsheets/FAQs prepared for parents. These web resources can form the basis for preparing information or awareness materials for parents or parents can be referred directly to the online resources.

More information on families can be found at the following sites

bullet It Keeps Getting Faster: Changing Patterns of Time in Families (Vanier Institute)
bullet Strengths in Families: Accentuating the Positive (Vanier Institute)
bullet Electronic Media and the Family (Vanier Institute)
bullet The Current Status of Canadian Family Finances (Vanier Institute)
bullet Divorce: Facts, Causes and Consequences (Vanier Institute)
bullet Portraits of Fathers (Vanier Institute)
bullet Aboriginal Family Trends (Vanier Institute)
bullet Same-Sex Couples and Same-Sex Parent Families: Relationships, Parenting, and Issues of Marriage (Vanier Institute)

More information on young people can be found at the following sites:

bullet Young Canadians. Special Issue of Transition Magazine (Vanier Institute)
bullet Growing Up With Mom and Dad? The intricate family life courses of Canadian children (Statistics Canada)
bullet Children and Lone-Mother Families (Human Resources Development Canada)
bullet Young Canadians in a Wired World (Media Access Network)

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health  Fund, Health Canada

  


Key Aspects of Parent Involvement
 
 
bullet Research and Rationale
bullet Barriers to Parent Involvement
bullet Ten Strategies for Parent Involvement


Key Sites and Resources
 
 
bullet Canadian Health Network (Relationships Section)
bullet Canadian Home & School Federation
bullet BC Council for Families
bullet Canadian Home Economics Association
bullet Child and Family Canada
bullet Canadian Institute of Child Health
bullet Caring for Kids (Canadian Paediatric Society)
bullet sexualityandu.ca (Parent Section) Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.
bullet Vanier Institute of the Family
bullet Nobody's Perfect
bullet Ready or Not 
bullet Families and Schools Together
 


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