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Informing Parents About Children, Health and Education -
Part Three - List of Parent Information Resources

Children and Youth, Families, Health, Education/Careers

TOPIC	Articles	Factsheets/FAQs/Tips
Children and Youth (Child Development, Adolescent Development)
Child Development	The Early Years (Child & Family Canada Why the Early Years Are so Important (Child & Family Canada Child Growth and Development (Sask. Inst. on Prevention of Handicaps) Middle Childhood (Child & Family Canada) Pre-teens: they're all originals! (BC Council for Families)
Adolescent Development	Adolescence (Child & Family Canada Challenging the Myths of Adolescence (BC Council for Families) Transition to Adolescence (Growing Healthy Kids) Normal Adolescent Development (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychology) Transition to Adulthood (Growing Healthy Kids) Boomerang kids ... making it work (BC Council for Families)
TOPIC	Articles	Factsheets/FAQs/Tips
Families (Parenting Styles, Instilling Values, Work-Family Balance, Separation/Divorce/Step-families,  Adoption & Families,  Unemployment & Families,  Moving & Families,  Child-Parent Communications, Discipline & Behaviour, Healthy Playing
Parenting Styles/Roots	Root Your Family in Rituals (Child & Family Canada) Encouraging Cooperation (Child & Family Canada) Sharing the Work (Child & Family Canada) The Grandparent Connection (Child & Family Canada) Parents at Play (Child & Family Canada) Privacy (Parent Info Helpline) Holding on to our Teens (Ohio State University)	Resolving Different Parenting Styles (Canadian Health Network) Get Smart About Family Life (BC Council for Families) Getting My Children to Listen to Me (Canadian Health Network) Hints for Healthy Parenting (Child & Family Canada) Morning Routines, Starting the Day Right (Child & Family Canada) Tips to be an Involved Father (Dadscan.org) Sibling Harmony (Invest In Kids Foundation) Creating a Family Council (BC Council for Families) Your Family: Talking & Listening to each Other (Child & Family Canada)
Instilling Values/Wisdom	Talking to your Kids About Racial Stereotypes (Child & Family Canada) Talking to Children About Failure (North Dakota State University)	Helping Young Children Tell the Truth (Child & Family Canada) How Well Do You Know Your Child? (Child & Family Canada)
Work-Family Balance	How's Your Balancing Act? (BC Council for Families) National Work-Life Conflict Study (Health Canada) Work-life Balance (Child Care Canada) Antidotes to Stress (Child & Family Canada) Resolving Work-Family Conflict (BC Council for Families)
Separation/Divorce/ Step-Families	Children and Family Break-up (Canadian Mental Health Association) Stepfamily Life... (BC Council for Families) Children and Family Break-up (Child & Family Canada) Promoting Mental Health for Children of Separating Parents (Canadian Paediatric Society) Talking to Children About Divorce (North Dakota State University) Co-parenting After Divorce (BC Council for Families) Parenting Through Divorce (BC Council for Families) Children First (North Dakota State University) Games Adults Play (North Dakota State University) Talking With Your Child's Other Parent (North Dakota State University)	I Am a New Step-Parent (Canadian Health Network) Supportive Ideas for Raising Your Child in Separate Homes (Child & Family Canada) Hints for Separated Parents (Child & Family Canada) How Will Separation Affect Our Children? (Canadian Health Network) When Parents Separate or Divorce. Helping Your Child Cope (Family & Child Canada) How Do I Stay Close to my Children? (Canadian Health Network) How to Help Our Children Adjust (Canadian Health Network) Because LIfe Goes On (Health Canada)
Adoption and Families	Adoption: So Many Issues (Child & Family Canada) Open Adoption in Canada (Child & Family Canada) Answering Your Child's Questions (Adoptive Families BC) Articles on Adoption (Adoptive Families BC)	Talking to your Child About Adoption (Canadian Paediatric Society) Talking to your Child About Being Adopted (Child & Family Canada) Effects of Adoption on My Other Children (Canadian Health Network)
Unemployment and Families	Talking to Children About Tough Times (North Dakota State University)
Moving and Families	Geographic Relocation and Child Problem Behaviour (Human Resources Development Canada) Changing Schools: Children's Concerns (Parent Info Helpline)
Child-Parent Communications	Creative Conflict Resolution (BC Council for Families) Special Language of Encouragement (Calgary Health) Improving Communications Skills (BC Council for Families) Recognizing the Source of Conflict (BC Council for Families) New Looks and Behaviours: How to Respond (Parents Info) The Parent-Teen Relationship (Health Canada) Parent-Child Relationships (Parent Perspective) (Health Canada) Parent-Child Relationships (Child Perspective) (Health Canada)	Getting My Children to Listen (Canadian Health Network) Ten Ways to Encourage Children (Calgary Health) Five Ways to Avoid Discouraging (Calgary Health) 98 Ways to Say "Very Good" (Child & Family Canada) How Well Do You Know Your Child (Child & Family Canada) How to Stop Fighting With Our kids (Canadian Health Network) My Parents Don't Trust Me (Canadian Health Network) I'm Losing Control of My teen (Canadian Health Network)
Discipline & Behaviour	Guiding Children's Behaviour (BC Health Planning) Effective Discipline (Canadian Paediatric Society) Children and Difficult Behaviour  (Canadian Mental Health Association) Learning Self-Discipline (Child & Family Canada) The Guidance Approach to Discipline (North Dakota State University) Curfews: When to start (Parents Info) Parenting the Difficult Child (BC Council for Families) Parent Abuse: Abuse of Parents by Children (Health Canada)	What Should I Do When My Child Misbehaves (Canadian Health Network) Setting Consequences (Child & Family Canada) When Teasing Isn't Pleasing (Child & Family Canada) How to Use Time-Out (Canadian Paediatric Society) Tips for Challenging Behaviour (Child & Family Canada) Conflict Resolution (Child & Family Canada) Gangs: What To Do (Parent Info Helpline)
Healthy Playing	The Value of Play (Child & Family Canada) Learn to Play, Learn to Learn (Child & Family Canada) How Free Play Hurts Boys (Child & Family Canada) Superhero Play (Child & Family Canada) A Kindergarten Perspective on Play (Child & Family Canada) Constructive Play (Child & Family Canada) Cooperate and Have Fun (Child & Family Canada) Play for Development  (Child & Family Canada) Educational Toys (Child & Family Canada) Toy Safety  (Child & Family Canada) Musical Play  (Child & Family Canada) Imaginative Play (Child & Family Canada) Science & Discovery (Child & Family Canada) Active Play (Child & Family Canada) Dramatic Play (Child & Family Canada) Play for the Brain (Child & Family Canada)

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

 

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