Parenting
Being a parent can be tough, but it can also be rewarding. Find information on many parenting issues, from nurturing infants to relating to your teenager.
UF/IFAS Publications
- Allowances for Children
- Communicating with Teens about Sex: Facts, Findings, and Suggestions
- Crying Baby Help!
- Encouraging Positive Youth Video Game Activities
- Fathers
- Feeding Your Baby
- Helping Teens Answer the Question "Who Am I?": Gender Role and Identity Development in Male Adolescence through Early Adulthood
- How Parents and Agents can Address Bullying with Youth
- Making Good Decisions: Parenting Strategies to Guide Young Children's Media Use
- Parenting During the Elementary School Years, Part 1: Preventing Misbehavior
- Parenting During the Elementary School Years, Part 2: Discipline
- Pre-teens and Teens
- Sibling Rivalry
- Snack Attacks: Be Prepared
- Teens and Dating: Tips for Parents and Professionals
- Winning Ways to Talk with Young Children
Other Sites & Publications
- Adventures in Parenting--National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Being a Single Parent--American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- Becoming Parents: What It Means for Couples--AAFP
- Birthdays Without Pressure
- Building Blocks: Family--Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Discipline--American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
- Fatherhood Initiative--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Healthy Parenting Initiative--U.S. Department of Defense
- Helping Children Cope with Crisis: A Guide for African American Parents--NICHD
- Helping Your Child Through a Divorce--KidsHealth
- Helping Your Child Through Early Adolescence Series--U.S. Department of Education
- How Becoming Parents Affects Your Relationship--KidsHealth
- Kids and Alcohol--KidsHealth
- Marriage Education for Couples Becoming Parents--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- The Myth of the Bad Parent--National Mental Health Information Center (NMHC)
- The Myth of the Perfect Parent--AAP
- Nine Steps to More Effective Parenting--KidsHealth
- A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years--KidsHealth
- Parenting--AAP
- Parenting Multiples--KidsHealth
- Parenting Skills: Nurturing and Guiding--AAP
- Parenting Skills: Sharing and Caring--AAP
- Parenting Tips--AAFP
- Parenting Your Adopted Teenager--Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Preparing Youth for Peer Pressure--National Mental Health Information Center
- Problems and Solutions of Co-Parenting--AAP
- Questions and Answers about Sex--KidsHealth
- Stresses of Parenting--Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- Surviving Toilet Training--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Taking Action Against Prejudice--AAP
- Talking to Your Child About Drugs--KidsHealth
- Teaching Your Child Tolerance--KidsHealth
- Time Out--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Toilet Training and Bedwetting--MedlinePlus
- Toilet Training Goes High Tech --healthfinder.gov
- Understanding Your Teenager's Emotional Health--AAFP
- What Parents Can Do to Change Their Child's Behavior--AAFP
- What Teens Want to Know about Sex, Love, and Relationships--The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
- When Both Parents Work--AAP
- Return to Children, to Families, or to Relationships
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
- Family Album Radio
- Florida After School Enrichment Project
- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
- School IPM
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FirstGov for Kids
- Florida DCF
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Other University Sites
Organizations & Associations
- American Public Health Association
- International Parenting Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Even Start Asssociation
- National PTA
Other Sites & Publications
- Child Care Aware
- CYFERnet
- Florida Electronic Library
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Child Care Information Center
- National Fatherhood Intiative
- National Network for Child Care
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
- Parents as Teachers National Center
- USAA Educational Foundation
