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American Dietetic Association: Child and Adolescent Food and Nutrition Programs This overview of nutrition programs in the United States outlines each program and its effectiveness, and includes useful statistics about child and adolescent nutrition.

A Child’s Development Calendar Games, book titles, and ideas to help you share in your child’s playing and learning.

Children’s National Medical Center Designed for children ages 5 to 12, the Children’s National Medical Center has a newsletter, puzzles, games, membership cards, and more.

Child Welfare League of America CWLA is an association of almost 1,200 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist more than 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.

The Cyber Parent Useful information for personal growth and development, family health, and child development.

Help for Parents Gives parents a set of tools to use in a variety of situations. It starts with parenting behavior that keeps families working well together and builds positive personality characteristics in children.

KidsHealth: For Parents, Kids, and Teens from the Medical Experts of The Nemours Foundation Doctor-approved health information about children, from before birth through adolescence. Separate areas for kids, teens, and parents—each with its own design and age-appropriate content. Hundreds of indepth articles and features, and the site continues to grow every week.

KidSource Goal: Provide knowledge and advice to help parents better raise and educate their children.

Positive Parenting Provides resources and information to make parenting rewarding, effective, and fun! You can register online for classes or workshops in your State.

National Association of Elementary School Principals The mission of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) is to lead in the advocacy and support for elementary and middle level principals and other education leaders in their commitment to all children.

National Head Start Association The National Head Start Association is a private not-for-profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to meeting the needs of Head Start children and their families.

Single Parents Network A hub of Web sites, articles, information, support boards, more, for anyone looking for single parent information.