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LIBRARY CATALOG Books for Adults Teenagers from around the country answer parents' frequent questions and candidly share their feelings about their parents and other important adults and offer insights and strategies for connecting with adolescents in this critical stage of life.   Books for Teens A guide for teenage fathers who want to develop their parenting skills, with an emphasis on dealing with children from birth to the age of three.   Books for Older Children Five talented New Hampshire sisters try to care for a baby that one of them has carved out of granite.   Books for Younger Children A mother and her young daughter reflect on the daughter's growing up, including her infancy, potty training, first words, and starting school, noting how nothing has been what the mother expected.   More books for: Adults Teens Older Children Younger Children   FOR MORE LIBRARY RESOURCES TRY: Child rearing Infants Parent and Child Parenting Toddlers Toilet Training

RESEARCH DATABASES  Child Development Issues related to human development from conception through adolescence. Written for the general reader  Health & Wellness Resource Center More than 400 health and medical journals and other resources that can link you to major health web sites.  ZLive Homework Help Get help with your homework from a live tutor. They will help you with your homework. Also available in Espanol. WEB SITES  National Network for Child Care We network with committed individuals around the country to bring you practical information and resources that will be useful to you in your everyday work with children.  National Parenting Center Here to advise, support and guide parents with sound, responsible advice.  Parenting From Girls and Boys Town, real parenting help.  Parenting Corner Help and information from theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics  Parenting Magazine Pregnancy, Baby, Mom and More.  SchoolMatters The Schoolmatters site allows “parents, educators and leaders to research information about public schools.” The site provides a simple to use interface to search for information and compare schools at the local, state, and national level. The results include tables and colorful graphs of school performance, staffing, and safety information as well as community demographics. Also included is a benchmarking tool, called Better Performers, which “allows you to find schools or districts in the state with higher performance than your school or district in the subject, grade level, and among the group of students you specify." A particular strength is the inclusion of numerous visually appealing graphs. This is an excellent place to start for anyone interested in comparing schools and communities.  Zero to Three During the first three years of life, your child will develop crucial intellectual, emotional and social abilities, learn to give and accept love, to be confident and secure, to show empathy, to be curious and persistent. ZERO TO THREE, is here to help you navigate this critical period. LOCAL RESOURCES  BEST Coalition Nevada Drug, Alcohol and Child Abuse Prevention Information  Parenting Project - Clark County From the Department of Family Services, a program to increase parent competency, and to provide families with skills to prevent and/or reduce child abuse, neglect, substance abuse and delinquency. Scroll down the page to see the description of the services. NATIONAL RESOURCES  Adventures in Parenting A PDF booklet that gives you real tools to become an effective parent.  Family Guide Keeping youth mentally healthy and drug free. Designed for parents and other adults involved in the lives of 7- to 18-year-olds.  Medline Plus - Parenting Links to helpful articles about important topics in parenting.  Nine Steps to Positive Parenting Nine ways to tackle child-rearing responsibilities that can help you feel more fulfilled as a parent - and enjoy your child more, too.  Parenting Resources Government resources to make life simpler for moms and dads.  Unmarried Parenting You and your child's other parent may not be married. Here are tools to make unmarried parenting possible.