Favorite Links

Birds + Bees + Kids. Educating children about sex
Amy Lang is an expert on educating children about sex. Down-to-earth and straightforward, she offers insight and recommendations easily implemented in the family setting.

Parenting without Powerstruggles
Susan Stiffelman, MFT, is dedicated to helping parents raise kids who are joyful, resilient and authentically themselves--without power struggles, negotiations, meltdowns and the various other thieves of joy that can interfere with a parent's ability to enjoy the journey of parenthood. I reviewed her book, Parenting Without Power Struggles in the summer issues of my newsletter.

Parenting From Scratch
This blog is written by a Positive Discipline Parent Educator in Portland, Oregon, Kelly Bartlett. Kelly is an assistant editor and contributing writer for The Attached Family magazine, an API leader, and a Certified Positive Discipline Educator. Her insights and perspective are thoughtful and well-written.

Evidence Based Mummy
Rachel Robinson says: I started to do my own reading and research [on parenting]. I focused on the questions that were important to me and read the scientific journals and publications rather than the standard parenting manuals. This blog is my way of passing on my learning to other parents. My hope is that I write in a way that is interesting and intelligible, and that what I write is based on research rather than my own or other’s opinions. I’m absolutely not a perfect parent but I want to do the best I can. I hope most of all it is useful to other parents. If you find it helpful, I would love to hear from you.

Inner Toddler
This is a really fun blog. Susie Lubell writes: I'm a mom, an artist and an entrepreneur. And I have tantrums sometimes. But with daycare so expensive, I can't afford therapy. So I use this blog to keep my own Inner Toddler in check. And to explore what it means to be a stay/work at/from home/studio mom/artist.

e.family news
Written by early education experts, e.family news is a free weekly electronic newsletter providing advice, strategies, tips, resources, and news about current parenting issues you may be facing. Topics covered range from the practical to the peculiar; the lighthearted to the sublime, and everything in between.

Greater Good Science Center, About Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids by Christine Carter
This blog is about science-based parenting advice. Christine Carter is a sociologist and the executive director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. She writes: Since I'm reading all the research related to raising happy children anyway, I thought we might as well make it USEABLE to parents. We hope this is a valuable counterpoint to some of the more opinion-based parenting advice platforms that are out there, especially because sorting out fact from fiction can be confusing when it comes to parenting.

Kids Talk™
Kids Talk™ is a column dealing with early childhood development issues written by Maren Stark Schmidt. Mrs. Schmidt founded a Montessori school and holds a Masters of Education from Loyola College in Maryland.

Positive Discipline Social Network
A social networking site open to anyone with Positive Discipline questions, challenges or success stories. Try it out!

Positive Discipline Association
The Non-Profit that coordinates Positive Discipline Workshops. The website has a question and answer section.