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Welcome to AllAboutRespect.Net Click on "Respect Newsletter" for "If You Want To Know Me" .
Family Guide: Activities Starting a conversation with a young person isn’t always easy. Whether he’s your child, grandchild, student, athlete, or friend, it often can be hard to get a child or teen to express what he thinks, feels, and experiences. This is especially true for sensitive subjects like alcohol or drug use, dating, peer pressure, and similar topics. Furthermore, between your child’s busy school and social schedule and your own hectic life, it often can be difficult to make time for important discussions with your child.
One way to overcome these communication hurdles is by using “coupons.” Coupons are “conversation starters”—tools to let your child know you are thinking about her, to help you begin a dialog with her, and to build her trust and communication skills. Coupons, which can be printed from the Family Guide site [include link], can be tucked in your child’s book or backpack, or given to your child directly, to invite him to do a special activity together or to just sit down and talk.
Talking about Mexico. Mexico for kids
Literacy Center Education Network™ The LiteracyCenter.Net serves more than a million free literacy lessons a month to children in 141 countries. It provides safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. All online lessons are free of advertising and free of charge.
Web Resources | Crossing the Cultural Divide | Meeting Today's Youth Where They Are A list of sites that can provide support and education for parents.
Education World ® Technology in the Classroom: Sites to See Education World offers several internet sites for parents and children to enjoy together.
Wonderwise Parent Page by Kansas State University This site offers many supports for parents and guardians.
Discipline Help: You Can Handle Them All This link was developed by The Master Teacher, from Manhattan, Kansas. This organization supports parents (guardians) and teachers by providing insight and strategies for dealing many behaviors seen in children.
Parents' Page from Kids Health This site adresses many issues that can effect children and families. It provides recipes, strategies, and resources to help you as you live and work with your child.
Talking With Kids About Violence A violence prevention site for families (see example below)..
Interactive Pages by PBS dealing with bullying:
itsmylife.cpb.guide interactive bullying guide
It's My Life . Parents/Teachers . Bullies . Discussion Questions | PBS Kids GO!
http://www.pdkintl.org/newsroom/newsletters/fastfacts/ff12.pdf Bullying Prevention
2003Childrenandstress Ways to help your child handle stress.
These links are taken from the Character Education Informational Handbook and Guide produced by the Public Schools of North Carolina.
p78 20 Strategies for Helping Your Children Develop Good Character
p81 Ten Tips for Raising Chidren With Good Character
p83 What You Can Do to Help Your Child at Home
www.charactered.net Character Education resource page for parents.
The Good Knight Child Empowerment Network This site offers resources to help children learn to protect and defend each other.
The Safe Side - Teach your kids to stay Smart, Cool and Safe
booksearch A search engine that will allow you to make a list of books that can be used in the classroom, by referencing a topic such as friendship.
This site has many links to give you ideas to help your child to be successful in different school subjects. There is also a link for spanish speaking parents.
NIDA - Publications - Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know
How Can We Strengthen Children's Self-Esteem?
Children with a healthy sense of self-esteem feel that the important adults in their lives accept them, care about them, and would go out of their way to ensure that they are safe and well. They feel that those adults would be upset if anything happened to them and would miss them if they were separated. Children with low self-esteem, on the other hand, feel that the important adults and peers in their lives do not accept them, do not care about them very much, and would not go out of their way to ensure their safety and well-being.
Lesson Tutor : Girls, Role Models, and Self Esteem
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm parent/teacher resource
Safety Tips
This internet field trip includes information about the history of the FBI, safety tips pertaining to Internet Safety, Child Abduction, and Gun Safety and information about “Working Dogs” specially trained to protect people and to make life easier for them.
http://tcs.cybertipline.com/ Millions of teenagers go online every day, and most are safe. The way to stay safer is to understand the dangers and follow some simple rules to help you steer clear of trouble. By following these rules you’ll minimize the risks and have more fun.
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm FBI A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety
Unfortunately the same advances in computer and telecommunication technology that allow our children to reach out to new sources of knowledge and cultural experiences are also leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and harm by computer-sex offenders.
http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/abc/ parent resource
PBS The ABC’s of Child Development (1) Physical Development (2) Social and Emotional Development (3) Thinking Skills (4) Communication Skills
Books
Parenting at the Speed of Teens: Positive Tips on Everyday Issues, Search Institute, order online www.search-institute.org or call 1-800-888-7828
Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony Wolf, Noonday Press
Grounded for Life?! Stop Blowing Your Fuse and Start Communicating With Your Teenager, by Louise Felton Tracy, Parenting Press.
WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen, by David Walsh, Free Press.
Mom, I Hate My Life!": Becoming Your Daughter's Ally Through the Emotional Ups and Downs of Adolescence, by Sharon Hersch, Shaw Publishing
Queen Bees & Wannabees by Rosalind Weisman, Piatkus Books
"I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!": A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict , by Roni Cohen-Sandler, Michelle Silver, Penquin Group.
Respect: a Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Your Line is Crossed by Courtney Macavinta & Andrea Vander Pluym, Free Spirit Publishing.
Websites
Search Institute (developmental assets) www.search-institute.org
MVP Parents - resource for busy, caring parents who want information you can trust about raising responsible children and teens www.mvparents.com
Teenagers Today: Celebrating the Teen Years http://teenagerstoday.com/newsline2.htm
Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free www.family.samhsa.gov
Newsletter for Parents of Girls www.daughters.com
Parents: The Anti-Drug http://www.theantidrug.com/
The Partnership for A Drug Free American: Partnering with Parents http://www.drugfree.org/Parent/
Resource for information on substance abuse, sexual and mental health issues www.intheknowzone.com
Parents’ Sex Ed Center http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/index.htm
A Girl’s Guide to Getting Respect http://www.respectgirls.com/