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ParentsEmpowered.org
Terrific website w/ up-to-date research on
prevention and parenting
Tips on successful parenting strategies at various ages and
stages.
Parenting Teens
Online
An interactive, monthly
e-magazine for parents of teenagers
MVParents.com
Search Institute's research-based resource
for parents with tips, ideas, and
strategies for raising smart, strong, responsible kids
National PTA website for parents
Drug info, signs of use, tips for parents.
For parents of kids 3-17. The hard-copy, available through
the Forum, has a useful, simple section on specific drugs and
their effects.
A how-to guide from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the
National PTA.
TimeToTalk.org
TimeToTalk provides easy-to-use guides and tips to help you have
ongoing conversations with your kids to keep them healthy and
drug-free.
BoostUp.org
This is a resource that aims to get people talking and thinking
about graduation. On one hand, it allows people to e-mail or
text words of encouragement and wisdom about graduation. On the
other hand, it provides information and resources pertaining to
some of the major factors for dropping out of school.
Above the Influence.com
This website helps youth become aware of
the influence on them to better prepare youth to combat peer
pressure and to become informed enough to have the confidence to
make good choices and refuse negative ones.
TeenHealthFX.com
This website is a resource for any and
all questions regarding your health, your relationships, and
your body.
MPowerYouth.org
Mpower is a new youth awareness campaign
that's harnessing the power of music to change youth attitudes
about mental health and fight the stigma facing the 1 in 5 youth
with mental health problems.
YouthActionNet.org
YouthActionNet strengthens, supports,
and celebrates the role of young people in leading positive
change in their communities.
TeenNewsNet.com
This site is the premiere location for
everything that matters to teens today. It is their goal to be
the ultimate voice of youth. Students can submit any story in
any form of writing they wish.
Free
Child Project
The Free Child Project provides tools
and training to youth and adults that engage children and youth
in social change.
Youth on Board
Youth on Board helps young people and
adults think differently about each other so that they can work
together to change society.
Internet Safety
This site will provide you with the
know-how to safely navigate your online life and even help your
parents to understand it.
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County-by-county and state data about risk behaviors and
risk and protective factors. (The data can usually be found on
pp. 18-19 of the County or State profiles.)
Annie E. Casey Foundation site tracks state-by-state and
national indicators of child well-being (including birth weight,
teen birth rate, mortality rates, poverty rates, dropout rates,
etc).
Tracks national indicators of child and youth well-being
(including multiple indicators of social and emotional development;
income, assets, and work; education and skills; demographics; and
relationships).
PolicyForResults.org
An online set of tools for focusing policy
strategies on achieving measurable results for kids and families.
This website provides research-based policy strategies shown to
achieve the targeted results.
Connect For
Kids
"Information and
tools to help visitors learn about issues
affecting children, families, and communities and to take action to
improve policies and programs, and, ultimately, the fabric of our
nation as a whole." CFK
is managed by the
Forum for
Youth Investment.
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