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Resources for support as you face the inevitable challenges of parenting.
For Dads - Secrets from the Mom Handbook
If you're a caregiver dad who has wondered 'how mom does it', here are a few tips from the secret Mom Handbook to save your sanity when caring for elementary-age children.
Stress and Family Life
Stress is a reality that all families face, and the effects of stress can impede our functioning in all areas of life. Two factors determine whether stress in family life leads to a maladaptive response or to new learning that makes us more resilient for the future.
Handling a Crisis With Kids
Lee Woodruff shares the lessons she learned about helping kids in a family crises when her husband, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, was seriously injured on assignment in Iraq.
On Becoming a Fearless Mother
If courage is the knowledge of what is not to be feared, there is nothing like becoming a mother to help us prioritize and recognize how trivial many of our fears are compared to what really matters.
Hurricane Katrina - How You Can Help Evacuee Families in Your Community
In small and large communities across the southern U.S., local families are reaching out to help evacuee families from Hurrican Katrina. In our town, county and city officials have been working from the beginning on a coordinated effort among businesses, churches, agencies, schools, and individuals to help evacuees in our area. In working with this effort, we are finding that there are many ways that local families can help meet the needs of evacuee families in their towns.
Forum at Parenting of K-6 Children
Find support and share with others on the forum at Parenting of K-6 Children.
Family Crises and the Miracle of Change
How to manage a crises in your family and improve your life as a result.
Military Parent Support and Information
Information and resources for parents in the military.
Parents and Depression
How to cope when depression hits.
Take Time for Yourself - You Deserve It!
Stress management, self-renewal, massage, aromatherapy, yoga, and healthy self-care for parents.
Time Management for Parents
Do you feel out of control, with way too much to do and not enough time to get it all done? Use these tips to gain control of your time and regain a sense of well-being and accomplishment.
About Fatherhood
Get the real deal on being a dad from About.
The Jill Curtis Helpsite for Parents and Grandparents
Jill Curtis welcomes parents with her warm support for single, divorced, step, gay, lesbian, and grand parents.
Family Pride Coalition
Advocacy and support for gay and lesbian parenting.

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