Parent Resources

Understanding your teenager

Recent research on teenage brain development

Frontline: Inside the Teenage Brain:

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/ Lori

Internet Safety

Common Sense Media

Onguardonline.gov

Media Smarts.ca Online Games/Activities to teach/practice internet safety rules

Safe Passage: Teaching Kids to be Safe and Responsible

Stay Safe Online: Protecting your Children

http://www.staysafeonline.info/content/protect-your-children

Online Privacy Alliance: Kids Privacy

http://www.privacyalliance.org/kidsprivacy/

http://safekids.com/

http://safeteens.com

Parenting Resources

http://www.pta.org/ PTA's official site. Includes information on parenting, education topics and issues, and how to help your schools.

http://www.parenting.org/ Advice on many parenting topics and issues from Boys Town. Can be searched by age group or topic.

http://www.familyeducation.com/home/

http://www.pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/

http://www.parentingteensonline.com/

http://www.focusas.com/California.html

Planning for the Future

http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/Public?topicID=12&operation=topic United State's official site for parents to help plan their students' path to a college education. Includes how to find help paying for college, information about colleges and college life, and more.