Nonviolent Choice Directory: Help With Crisis Pregnancy & Beyond: Parenting/Childrearing

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HELP WITH CRISIS PREGNANCY & BEYOND: PARENTING/CHILDREARING

Note: Male Responsibility is such a huge subject that we have given it its own section in this Directory. Same with Adoption, Foster Care, & Guardianship. Child Care resources appear in our section on Employment. And, yes, yes, we don't have enough resources there yet...but we are working on it...same with this page...Please correct our mistakes & omissions with an email to editor(at)nonviolentchoice.info

General Information & Support
Disability
Diivorced or Separated Parents--coming soon
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgendered)
Never-Married Parents--coming soon
Nonviolence Towards Children (Including Abuse Prevention & Healing)
Single Parenting
Social & Political Responsibility for Parents, Children, & Families
Stepparenting--coming soon
Teen Parenting

General Information & Support

Child & Family Web Guide. Directory of websites on every stage from babyhood to the teen years, and covering many concerns and challenges; reviewed and rated by the Department of Child Development at Tufts University.

Child Welfare Information Gateway. From the US Department of Health & Human Services.

HipMama. This "zine started as a forum for young mothers, single parents, and marginalized voices, but has grown to represent progressive families of all varieties...[M]aintains the editorial vision that qualified it for the title 'conservative America's worst nightmare.'"

UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish.) Offers parenting help programs in many countries. Here you can look up UNICEF activities in your country or region of the world. See also the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish), a global blueprint for the responsibilities of not simply parents but entire societies and countries and humankind as a whole towards children.

Disability

Deaf Parenting UK.

Disability World.

Disability Pregnancy & Parenting International.

Mothers From Hell. (US-oriented, but a global inspiration.) Do you have a disabled child? With large doses of comedy and compassion, the Mothers from Hell offer a heartfelt, hard-won, practical, and radicalizing initiation in being the best parent you can be for your child.

Infinitec: Parenting With a Disability. Focus on adaptive technologies that can help make it possible and feasible.

Mother and Child Health: Disabilities. More resources here in the Noviolent Choice Directory.

Parents With Disabilities Online.

TASH Worldwide.

Through the Looking Glass. (English, Spanish.) One of the first cross-disability organizations to address the needs and affirm the strengths of parents who have disabilities. Describes itself as "a nationally recognized center that has pioneered research, training, and services for families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability or medical issue. TLG is a disability community based nonprofit organization, which emerged from the independent living movement, and was founded in 1982 in Berkeley, California. Our mission is 'To create, demonstrate and encourage non-pathological and empowering resources and model early intervention services for families with disability issues in parent or child which integrate expertise derived from personal disability experience and disability culture.'"

United Nations Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities and United Nations Enable. (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish.)

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

International: AIDS Orphans. Brief overview from the global Charity AVERT. Many AIDS orphans, or soon-to-be AIDS orphans, in sub-Saharan Africa and other heavily afflicted sectors of humankind are being raised by grandparents or other extended family members. Children on the Brink, a report from UNAIDS, goes in-depth. To give or receive support, and to learn more, please visit FXB: Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (English, French) or the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa's Directory of African NGOs (English, French.)

Australia:

Grandparents Australia.

Canada:

CANGRANDS. (English, French.)

Great Britain & Northern Ireland:

Grandparents Plus.

New Zealand:

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Charitable Trust.

United States:
USA.gov: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.

LGBT

COLAGE (US). "Our Mission: To engage, connect, and empower people to make the world a better place for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender parents and families."

Family Equality Council, formerly known as Family Pride (US). Describes itself as "the national non-profit organization committed to securing family equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer parents, guardians and allies. Our work consists of strategically linked initiatives. Broad in scope, but simple in vision: love, justice, family, equality. We make change. We share information. We build community. We are visible." Welcomes straight and nonparent GLBT allies alike.

Lesbian & Gay Parenting. What does the evidence say? From the American Psychological Association.

Love Makes A Family.

PFLAG: Parents, Families, & Friends of Gays & Lesbians.

Nonviolence Towards Children (Including Abuse Prevention & Healing)

Center for Nonviolent Education & Parenting. (English, Spanish.)

Childline-South Africa. Serves South Africa with the tollfree crisis telephone counselling line for children and their families--08000 55555 (languages vary from region to region of the country)--as well as child abuse treatment, prevention, and education programs and children's rights advocacy.

Children are Unbeatable! Alliance UK.

The Courage to be a Nonviolent Parent.

Healthy Families America (US). "National program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a healthy start. Families participate voluntarily in the program and receive home visiting and referrals from trained staff. By providing services to overburdened families, Healthy Families America fits into the continuum of services provided to families in many communities. The goals of Healthy Families are: to promote positive parenting; to enhance child health and development; to prevent child abuse and neglect." A project of Prevent Child Abuse Ameica (see below).

International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. (Mostly English; some French, Russian, & Spanish publications.) Mission: "To prevent cruelty to children in every nation, in every form: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, street children, child fatalities, child prostitution, children of war, emotional abuse and child labor. ISPCAN is committed to increasing public awareness of all forms of violence against children, developing activities to prevent such violence, and promoting the rights of children in all regions of the world. ISPCAN invites you to join forces with its members around the world to protect children in need: their bodies, minds, hearts and rights." Click here for links to national member societies in Australia, Belarus, Benin, Cameroon, Colombia, Congo (Kinshasa), Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nordic Region, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda, UK, and the US.

Prevent Child Abuse America. Believes "prevention is possible" and acts at the local and national levels. Campaigns for legislation on child abuse and neglect, researches and publicizes its findings to health professionals and "ordinary" citizens. Note also the sections of the website entitled "Positive Parenting Materials and Community Resources" and "Prevention Tips for Parents." Practical advice on such familiar dilemmas as how to avoid taking anger out on your child(ren), or what to do when you witness a child in your community being maltreated. Whether you intend to become a national leader on this effort, or leaflet your community with prevention tips, or commit to being kinder and gentler towards your own child(ren)...there are plenty of ways to make a difference.

Prevention Tips for All of Us. From Prevent Child Abuse America.

Project NoSpank: Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, Inc. (English, some materials in Spanish.) Includes (but is not limited to) materials on Christianity and nonviolent parenting.

Resources for Parents. From the Center for Nonviolent Communication.

Tips on Nonviolent Parenting.

Single Parenting

HOPE Network for Single Mothers (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA). Founded by prolife feminist Gail Grenier-Sweet. Great example of "thinking globally, acting locally." Creative, self-help-oriented nonprofit organization, "a volunteer-based grass roots support system" that offers "emotional and material support to single mothers and their children in the greater Milwaukee area...[D]esigned to help mothers gain a sense of community, enhance their parenting skills, and develop self reliance." Interested in starting a similar organization in your area? You can email HOPE Network for an information packet.

One Parent Families/Gingerbread UK, including the Lone Parent Helpdesk.

One Parent Association of Canada.

Parents Without Partners. Has chapters throughout Canada and the US.

Social & Political Responsibility for Parents, Children, & Families

Children's Rights Information Network. (English, Arabic, French, Spanish.) Global news site.

Children's Rights International.

Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies at Columbia University. Lucidly presents credible data to compare "industrialized" nations in these areas. Very interesting to check this information against The Incidence of Abortion Worldwide (has chart of abortion rates by country) and Abortion Policies: A Global Review (has country-by-country profiles). Herein may be, for example, some clues why the US has four times the abortion rate of the Netherlands!

Families USA. Works for all Americans to have affordable health care.

MomsRising. Grassroots coalition calling for the USA to really value motherhood and family, through public commitment to maternity/paternity leave, open/flexible work arrangements, afterschool care, children's health care, child care, & gender-equal, living wages.

Take Back Your Time. "A major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment. October 24th Is Take Back Your Time Day." Project of the Simple Living Network.

Teen Parenting

Providing Child Care for the Teen Parent: A Care Giver's Guide. (English, Spanish.) From the University of Illinois Extension.

Teen Parents: Nutrition Curriculum for Pregnant and Parenting Teens. From the University of Missouri Extension.

Using Title X to Protect the Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Teens.. Includes a handout from the National Women's Law Center on your educational rights as a pregnant or parenting teen under the US national law Title X. Also has a handout for school staff.