Hillside Family Forum

The Media and Our Kids

National Institute on media and the family
www.mediafamily.org: Includes the Kidscore Video and Computer Game Buying Guide, which rates popular games for violence, sexual content, offensive language, etc.
Connect for Kids
www.connectforkids.org: Has a "Media and Television" section about the impact of the media and how to manage the media in your home.
Media Awareness Network
www.media-awareness.ca/eng/: Resources and practical suggestions for managing media exposure at home
Violence and the Media
www.parenthoodweb.com
www.lionlamb.org

A Love/Hate Relationship with Food: Eating Disorders

    http://closetoyou.org/eatingdisorders/
    http://eatingdisorders.about.com/health/eatingdisorders/mbody.htm
    www.eating-disorder.org
    www.aabainc.org (American Anorexia Bulimia Association website)
    www.something-fishy.org

Companion site to the PBS telecast of NOVA's "Dying to Be Thin"
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/
Official website for the Rochester Eating Disorders Interest Alliance
www.galaxymall.com/health/eatingdisorders/

Suggested keywords for additional searches:

    eating disorders
    anorexia
    bulimia
    nutrition

The Offender Will Be Tried as an Adult: Juvenile Justice Today

Office of Juvenile Justice
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org Bureau of Justice Statistics
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Connect for Kids
www.connectforkids.org Select "Juvenile Justice" from the Topic list
Suggested keywords for additional searches:
Juvenile justice
Juvenile offenders

Hearing Loss in Children and Adolescents

RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf
http://ntidweb.rit.edu Rochester Hearing and Speech Center
www.rhsc.org
Center for Hearing Loss in Children
www.boystown.org Early Identification of Hearing Loss in Infants and Young Children
www.hsdc.org/hrgloss.htm
American Speech and Hearing Association
www.asha.org (includes an online referral service for licensed audiologists and speech pathologists) Suggested keywords for additional searches:
hearing loss + children

Redefining the Family

Fathering Magazine
www.fathermag.com
Connect for Kids
www.connectforkids.org (Select "Single Parents", "Mothers" or "Fathers" from the Topic list) American Association of Retired People
www.aarp.org (resources for grandparents as parents) Grandparent Again
www.grandparentagain.com more resources for grandparents as parents) Child Welfare League of America
www.cwla.org (kinship care guide) Families Like Mine
www.familieslikemine.com (resources for gay and lesbian parents) Gay Parent Magazine
www.gayparentmag.com (more resources for gay and lesbian parents) Foster Club
www.fosterclub.org (resources for foster parents) Foster Parents CARE
www.fostercare.org (more resources for foster parents)

Suggested keywords for additional searches: single parents kinship parenting foster parents gay parents lesbian parents

The Arts and Our Kids

Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
www.carol.org
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Music Education Programs
www.rpo.org
Parenthood website
www.parenthoodweb.com
Creative Writing for Teens website
www.teenwriting.about.com
Music Therapy, and Using Music in Therapy
http://www.enterthefreudianslip.com

Suggested keywords for additional searches:

the arts + children
music + children

Because I Said So, That's Why!

    www.ConnectForKids.com     Select "Discipline" from the Topics menu
    www.PositiveDiscipline.com
    www.DisciplineHelp.com
    www.HealthyKids.com
Suggested keywords for additional searches: Discipline Discipline problems