NEW PLANS for a NEW YEAR! Check out these shows as you begin to do your own organizing #488 Preparing Middle Schoolers for Life, #482 Down Time, #363 Managing Our Kids' Screen Time, #337 Multitasking Kids, #194 Helping Kids Get Organized and #191 Kids and Chores
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As all caring adults know, children are not only everyone's business; they are everyone's future.
Russell C. Libby, M.D., Founder, President, and Medical Director, Virginia Pediatric Group
American Academy of Pediatrics
Dupont Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware
Most universities have Web sites and a wealth of information,
And it also helps to go through the books in a public library.
Resources on Child Development From Birth to Three
Margaret Adams, M.D., Child Psychiatrist
Dr. Peggy Adams, Child Psychiatrist
Private practice in Ellicott City, MD
410-313-8119
www.waldorfschools.org
www.bobnancy.com
www.allianceforchildhood.org
www.cnvc.com0D
Toddlers and Their Mothers Series by Erna Furman
Rene Hackney, Ph.D., Parenting Playgroups
International Moms Club
Playgroups USA
Information if you want to start playgroup
Parent Q&As on Playgroups:
self confidence
self control
Playgroups: From 18 Months to Kindergarten a Complete Guide for Parents by Beth Levine and Wolper Sheila
Vicki Glembocki, author, The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells The REAL TRUTH About Becoming a Mom. Finally.
www.babble.com
Mom’s Clubs International
www.dbsa.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Mental Health America
Most important advice – find other moms in your same stage. Consult the resources but put the books down and LIVE your own experiences as well.
Jenifer Fox, President, Purnell School; author, Your Child’s Strengths::Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them
www.strengthsmovement.com
Strengths Explorer
Report of the Forum for Democracy and Education
Wendy Baber, LCSW-C, early childhood specialist, Jewish Social Service Agency of metropolitan Washington, DC
Keep your priorities straight –
plan the party FOR the child, appropriate to that child.
www.birthdayswithoutpressure.org
www.amazingmoms.org
www.birthdayparties.com
Risa Garon, LCSW-C, BCD, CFLE, Executive Director and co-founder, National Family Resiliency Center, Inc.
www.familyconnex.org
www.NFRChelp.org
Contact show guest Risa Garon at 301-384-0079 x 203
Providing Consistent Discipline After Divorce
Peter Levine, D.Phil., Director of CIRCLE (the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, University of Maryland
Families need to DISCUSS but not indoctrinate – read and discuss what’s in the newspapers.
Local newspapers
The Public Agenda Foundation has very neutral guides
Re: Activism – The Center for Civic Education
Tracy DeBoer, Ph.D,, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
To participate in RESEARCH STUDIES, parents should contact local universities/colleges, or look on the Web site of a local university.
For residents in the Maryland vicinity – go to University of Maryland Infant Studies.
