ESSAYS, ARTICLES, RESOURCES
Recommended Media:
Endangered Minds: Why Our Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It Jane Healey
Your Child's Growing Mind Jane Healey
Child development and *why* certain activities are better than others for your kids...how to help with math homework, what to ask your child's teachers
Online Publications:
The Future of Children
Organizations
Save the Children
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Children's Defense Fund
LINKS
The Children's Issues Centre
The Centre aims to provide a national interdisciplinary forum for research into and discussion of children's issues.
Children's Legal Issues - Legal Information Network
Consumer legal information about children's rights, parental rights,
adoption, child support, child abuse.
1998 State Legislative Summary on Children, Youth
and Family Issues
Funding Opportunities Related to Children, Youth, and Families
The Future of Children
Kids Peace - The National Center for Kids Overcoming Crisis
Children's Rights Council
Education and Learning (Please see Topics: EDUCATION as well)
Starting points for thought from John Taylor Gatto
Dumbing Us Down, by John Taylor Gatto
The Learning Web
The Council for Exceptional Children
Media Awareness
Great site for media literacy, media and kids issues... They have for example a list of suggestions
for discussion points *during* viewing television with your kids.
Health
Child Safety
Environmental Health Perspectives - Children's Health Issues
Children's Health Issues Links and resources related to children's health issues including allergies, childhood diseases, and emergencies.