Other Resources

Spiraling Music
Wonderful musical projects for children and communities that teach about human rights, global ethics and the rights of children.

Links to Child-Friendly Organizations

Foundation for Healthy Familiy Living

Offers training and education to schools and agencies about healthy touch and infant massage. Giving and receiving touch is one of the primary ways parents and babies form secure, loving attachments, and is especially important for special needs kids.

Attachment Parenting International

Promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents. These practices nurture and fulfill a child's need for trust, empathy, and affection, providing a lifelong foundation for healthy, enduring relationships.

The Natural Child Project

This extensive, easy to navigate web site is rich in parenting resources and information. Director Jan Hunt sends a monthly newsletter with lots of helpful advice, and offers phone counselling as well.

Watch Out for Children

Mothers respond to the interference of advertising and marketing and report on it's effect on children.

Mothers Acting Up!

Mothers and others and others, on stilts and off, who exercise protective care over someone smaller, who are dedicated to mobilizing the gigantic political strength of mothers* to ensure the health, education and safety of every child, not just a privileged few.

Ask Dr. Sears

Launched November 2000, Ask Dr. Sears is an extensive collection of short articles for parents on virtually every aspect of children's health, development and behavior. Includes tips on breastfeeding in public, encouraging good behavior, feeding a picky eater and much more. www.askdrsears.com

UN Child-Friendly Cities

An International Secretariat for Child Friendly Cities has been established by UNICEF, UN-HABITAT, the Italian Committee for UNICEF and the Istituto degli Innocenti, which aims to provide information and support to interested municipalities with the key objective of sharing experiences and encouraging networking among cities committed to improving the quality of life for their children and fulfilling their rights.