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Youth eight to 18 years old face different challenges and issues than we did when we were their age. UW Benefits & Work/Life provides a database of parenting tools and resources to help you support your teen and make a difference in his or her life.
| Resources for Common Issues & Concerns | ||
| Topic | Title/Link | Description |
| Driving | Driver License: Teens | This is a special page for teens from the Washington State Department of Licensing. |
| Teen Driving | This site is full of tips to help new drivers. | |
| Drivers | This site provides in-depth information about drivers and driving. | |
| Teen and Parent Contract | Download this contract to clarify with your teen your expectations for driving and use of a car. | |
| Health and Wellness | UWellness | This site provides quick access to health-related services, activities, programs, and groups at the University of Washington. |
| Teen Growth | The educational health information at this site is overseen by a board of pediatric physicians. | |
| What's Up? Information for Adults who Care About Teens | This site offers adolescent health and development fact sheets published by the Washington State Department of Health. | |
| Harborview Children and Teens Clinic | This site describes the services available at the Harborview Children and Teens Clinic and provides information for appointments and referrals. | |
| Adolescent Nutrition | UW Jane Mitchell Rees, Ph.D., of the UW Maternal and Child Health Program provides information on adolescent nutrition at this site. | |
| FDA Health Information for Teens | This site contains topical health information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for teens. | |
| Bright Futures | This program at Georgetown University publishes a variety of materials to aid parents and professionals in raising healthy children from birth through adolescence. | |
| Teen Health Links | The University of Washington Adolescent Medicine Section offers a list of links on adolescent health at this site. | |
| Mass Media | Teen Futures Media Network | Teen Futures Media Network, based in the College of Education, uses media literacy to challenge youth to think differently about health issues that affect them. |
| The Role of the Mass Media in Parenting Education | This report analyzes the strengths and weaknesses in media attention to parenting issues and offers several recommendations. | |
| Money | Career Preparation Resources for Parents and Mentors | This page from do -IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) outlines parental guidance steps and offers resources on career preparation for students with disabilities. |
| Teens & Their Money | The Motley Fool offers advice to teens on how to save, earn, and invest money. | |
| Teaching Your Teen to Budget | The Family Education Network advises parents on teaching teens budgeting, saving, and credit card use, buying a car for a teen, and other financial topics. | |
| Parental Involvement in Education | Partnership for Learning | This independent, nonprofit organization provides information about improvement efforts in Washington schools and how schools can help all students meet state standards. |
| Washington State PTA | The Washington State Parent-Teacher Association is a nonprofit, membership association which seeks to bring together the home, school, and community to improve the education, safety, and health of children. | |
| Family Education: College Prep | This site is dedicated to helping high-school teens explore colleges, careers, and themselves. | |
| NEA Today | This page contains news from the National Education Association, working to improve public education. | |
| Washington PAVE | Washington PAVE is a parent-directed organization that provides information, training, and support for individuals with disabilities and their families and communities. | |
| The Big6: Information Skills for Student Achievement | The Big6 information problem-solving model is used in thousands of K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and corporate and adult training programs.
UW Benefits & Worklife has a videof of Dr. Mike Eisenberg presenting The Big6: Teaching Information Technology. This videof can be checked out through the Resource & Learning Center. |
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| Teen and Parent Contract | Download this contract to clarify with your teen your expectations for school performance. | |
| Relationships | Parent Trust for Washington Children | This organization offers a variety of educational and support services for families in Washington state. |
| Teen and Parent Contract | Download this contract to clarify with your teen your expectations for relationships and communication. | |
| Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS) | PEPS encourages positive child-rearing practices and the prevention of abuse and neglect through community-based discussion and support. | |
| Raising Resilient Kids: Foster a Bounce-Back Attitude (Videof ) | This seminar on videof with parenting expert Jan Faull, M.Ed., discusses the attributes of a resilient child and the specific steps you can take to equip your children with skills to manage life's ups and downs. The videof can be checked out through the UW Benefits & Work/Life Resource & Learning Center. | |
| Sexuality | Out Proud | This site addresses gay and lesbian issues for youth and adults, including information about coming out to parents and about how to deal with children coming out to parents. |
| Teen Sex and Teen Sexuality | This site offers information on how to talk to your teen about sex and teen sexuality and such topics as teen pregnancies, menstruation, puberty, and AIDS. | |
| Special Needs | The Fathers Network | The Fathers Network is dedicated to supporting fathers and families raising children with special needs and developmental disabilities. The site contains links to other parenting resources. |
| Questions Many Teens Ask About Their Health Care | This site is focused on the health concerns and transitioning of children and adolescents with special needs, chronic illnesses, and disabilities. The Resources page contains a list of websites of interest to teens. | |
| Parent to Parent | Parent to Parent (P2P), a program of The Arc of Washington State: Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, provides emotional support and information to families of children with special needs and/or disabilities. | |
| Strategies for Parents | Parent Readiness Check-up | Download the check-up form to rate your parenting skills on critical elements for parenting teens. Use the feedback sheet to identify what is working, what needs improvement, and ideas for positive changes. |
| Independence Readiness Check-up | These tools are designed to help identify strengths and weaknesses in many areas, including money management, self-care, and problem solving, and to help set goals for change and build on strengths. | |
| Notes for developing Parent-Teen Contracts | Use these guidelines to involve your teen in the process of developing the Parent-Teen contract included. | |
| Key Principles for Parenting During the teen years! | For quick reference, these principles will help keep you on positive ground with your teen. | |
| Tips for Parenting Teens | You may wish to print this page, listing tips for parenting and common parenting mistakes, and post it for everyday reference. | |
| Troubling Times | Parents. The Anti-Drug. | This site, created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, provides parents with drug prevention information, support from other parents, and perspectives from teens. |
| Because I Love You | BILY is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting parents with troubled children of any age. | |
| Youth Suicide Prevention Program | YSPP offers a helpline and focuses on public awareness, training, and communities in action. | |
| National Eating Disorders Association | This organization works to eliminate eating disorders by offering educational materials, prevention programs, and an information and referral helpline. | |
| A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free | This site provides helpful information and resources for parents on preventing drug use. | |
| Working | Social Security Online: Kids and Families | This site lists information for kids, teens, parents, and teachers on Social Security. |
| YouthRules! | This is a site for teens, parents, educators, and employers about federal and state rules on teen employment. | |
| Health and Safety Awareness for Working Teens | This program strives to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses and their consequences by educating students about workplace health and safety and by promoting an attitude of occupational injury and illness prevention. | |
| Additional Resources | Adolescents | The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota offers research, publications, and program materials related to youth 12 to 18 years old and their families on this page. |
| Parenthood.com: Parents of Teens | This site provides weblinks for parents of teens. | |
| Parenting of Adolescents | This site for parents of adolescents offers information, insight, and support on a broad range of topics. | |
| Family Education: Your Child 12-18 | This page offers advice on education and learning, parent-approved entertainment ideas, and how to handle the many life issues of your adolescent child. | |
| 200 Free Scholarships for Minorities | Created by Black Excel, this list has web links to further information. | |
| Lifestyle: Women: Focus on Tweens and Teens | This MSN page offers a weekly article on parenting tweens and teens. | |
| iVillage: Teen | This site provides information for parents of teens on topics including health, education, behavior, money, and social life. | |
The development of this database was sponsored by the Parent Leadership Network, College of Education at the University of Washington, and funded by the Washington State Department of Health.
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