THIS PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - please excuse our mess

Topics:
            CHILDREN



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.