CUB SCOUT PACK 21

Parent Resources

Internet Sites for Parents of Cub Scouts

Parenting Issues

• Children Now - covers of variety of child health and safety issues; includes links to other sites covering child education, safety, media, health and other topics
• Children and Television - a series of articles dealing with children's perception of televised violence
• The Cybermom - primarily an on-line chat site, with different topics covered in the Cybermom's various rooms
• Family Education Network - a non-partisan organization dedicated to helping parents and communities play an active role in their children's education and in legislation that affects families
• Family Planet - family-oriented articles, interviews, services, activities and news
• Parent Soup - includes list of parenting resources on the World Wide Web, opinion polls and a bulletin board for discussion of current events
• ParentTime - a Time-Warner site that is personalized for each parent, based on his or her child age and interests

Child Safety

• Safety on Internet - tips on how to play it safe on the Internet (written for parents to read through with their children)
• Child Safety on the Information Highway - a publication of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Software that monitors and blocks various inappropriate sites and subject matter
  • CyberPatrol
  • Net Nanny
  • SurfWatch
• Bicycle Safety Tips

Movies, Videos and Literature

• The Movie Mom's Guide to Movies and Videos for Families
• The Children's Literature Web Guide - a comprehensive list of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults
• Public Domain Electronic Children's Books - Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling and others
• Environmental Books for Children - the DuPage Environmental Awareness Center's searchable database of environmental literature geared toward K-12 children
• The Page at Pooh Corner - a tribute to A.A. Milne and the characters in Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner

Educational and Cultural Sites

• The Franklin Institute's Hot List of educational sites on the Internet
• Old Sturbridge Village - a living history museum in Massachusetts, the village shows what life in a New England village of the 1830's was like
• The National Museum of American Art
• The Louvre
• The Sistine Chapel

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