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KidsHealth is our website of the month. Click here for their Tips for Divorcing Parents. Sponsored by the Nemours Foundation, the site is actually three sites in one with landing sites for parents, kids and teens. The award-winning site provides accurate, up-to-date, jargon-free health information you can trust from doctors and medical experts. Here’s just a sample of what you’ll find:
Parents talks about children’s growth and development, emotions and behavior, infections, first aid and safety, doctors and hospitals, medical problems, positive parenting, pregnancy and newborns, etc. — everything a parent needs to know about his children’s health. There’s a what’s new feature that gives you the latest news and urgent warnings. You’ll find plenty of valuable common sense tips on helping with homework, getting your child to stop biting her nails, giving up the blankey, discipline that works, and much more.
TeensHealth has info on babysitting, driving, nutrition, recipes, sex, drugs and alcohol, fitness, etc. and a great Q&A section. It answers all those embarrassing questions teens are afraid to ask but desperately want to know the answers to. The site is designed to be used by teens and presents information in a straight-forward manner.
KidsHealth talks about health issues on a kid’s level. There are fun questions, interesting facts, games, tips, even a section that explains grown-up health problems in kid-friendly language.