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    • Home
    • Pinellas County, FL
      • Services to Help Parents
      • For Moms (or soon to be)
      • For Dads (local)
      • Child Health & Wellness
      • Education
    • Farmer's market Booth
      • Farmers Market Calendar
    • Online Resources
      • Moms Support
      • Dad Support
      • Family Support
      • Step/CoParenting Support
      • FB/YouTube/ IG
      • Activities for Kids

The Village

The VillageThe VillageThe Village
  • Home
  • Pinellas County, FL
    • Services to Help Parents
    • For Moms (or soon to be)
    • For Dads (local)
    • Child Health & Wellness
    • Education
  • Farmer's market Booth
    • Farmers Market Calendar
  • Online Resources
    • Moms Support
    • Dad Support
    • Family Support
    • Step/CoParenting Support
    • FB/YouTube/ IG
    • Activities for Kids

Parent Stress Hotline 1-800-632-8188 Run by Parents Helping Parents nonprofit

Websites

Strengthen Your Family

Common Sense Media -provides ratings and reviews on all types of media and technology so parents and caregivers can make smart media and technology choices for their children.


The Gottman Institute Parenting - this well known institute for marriage and relationships also has a vast amount of free videos, exercises, reading materials, and podcasts for all stages of parenting. 

  

Power of Families - weekly newsletter, podcast, e-courses and posts to inspire parents to be proactive in building a strong family.

Parents Helping Parents - connects parents with other parents in both a virtual or community support group to share challenges, express frustrations, and ask questions.


Talking With Kids - non-profit organization, Children Now, teaches parents how to talk to their children about difficult topics, such as terrorism, HIV/AIDS, violence, death, divorce, etc.    

Parenting Tips & Tools

The Center for Parenting Education  -vast amount of recommended articles, books, and websites for a variety of parenting challenges.   


Kids In The House - 9,000 videos from more than 500 doctors, experts, celebrities, and parents- this site has resources on every parenting challenge.


National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC provides research-based resources, tips and ideas for families about children's education. Find helpful ideas to engage with your child's learning at home.   


Parenting 24 Seven - site offers a free parenting course (video format) with 10 topics to help parents  improve their relationships with their children. 


UNICEF Parenting  - site brings together information from some of the world’s leading experts to support you with helpful tips, insights and facts.  

Children's Mental Health Links

CREATE Kid Edu - programs and materials that educate children and families on how the body physiologically reacts to emotions and ways we can use the body to better cope with them. 


Curious Neuron - teaches parents about the brain- body connection and how to manage their emotions and stress. Check out their podcast also! 


Other Parents Like Me-  online parent to parent support platform designed to help parents of children struggling with mental health issues heal.   

Websites Continued

Specific Parenting Issues

Extreme PIcky Eating - website from the authors of the same titled book. Offers parenting resources and support for caregiver of children with extreme food aversions.


Taking Cara Babies - pediatric sleep consultant Cara offers 1-1 consultations and online classes to help sleep train your 0-4 year old. 

Parenting Littles

Big Little Feelings - behavioral and potty training courses for littles.  


Sesame Workshop - videos to help address tough topics with your children using characters from Sesame Street.  

Parenting Teenagers

Center for Parent and Teen Communication - practical strategies for parenting teens today and tips that support healthy family relationships. Articles on the teen brain, puberty, discipline, character building, and more. 


Daniel Wong- teen parent coach and motivator teaches parents strategies to help their teens thrive.  Daniel's website is full of advice on how to motivate your teenager.


Parenting Teens & Tweens- from the author of "You're Not a Failure, My Teen Doesn't Like Me Either" and "Loving Hard When They're Hard to Love," Whitney Fleming offers lots of tips, tools, and advice. 

Family Organizers

OurHome-  utilizes a shared account for the family to manage tasks, events, and lists. Features a points and rewards system for chores, a shared calendar, and a collaborative shopping list to help families stay organized.    


Cozi Family Organizer - provides a shared family hub for managing schedules, tasks, and lists in one place. The app syncs information across devices and notifies family members of updates on events and list changes.   


ScreenCoach-  kids earn screen time tokens through chores, schoolwork, exercise, and other real-world activities. Help reduce daily screen time battles with this app.    

Parenting Support

The Happy Child Parenting app - gives you access to cutting-edge research and tips that will help you raise a happy, well-adjusted child.  


Hearty  -  offers pre-selected ideas for spending time with kids 4-10 y.o., that are fun, easy-to-do & new every week. All activities have video tutorials.  


In Love While Parenting -  app to help build happy couples in their parenting journey.   


Parents - app that uses AI for parenting advice, plus the app has relaxation techniques for parents, science-backed parenting courses, techniques, and more.  

Safety Apps

Bark- parental control app great for teens as it monitors text messages and social media for concerning content in addition to managing screen time and location.


Qustodio- safety app that features screen time limits, app blocking, web filtering, location tracking, and the ability to monitor calls and texts.  

Parenting Littles

Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy


How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: a survival guide to life with children ages 2-7 by JoAnna Faber & Julie King

  

The Tantrum Survival Guide: tune in to your toddler's mind (and your own) to calm the craziness and make family fun again by Rebecca Schrag Hershberg 


Transforming Toddlerhood: how to handle tantrums, end power struggles, and raise resilient kids without losing your mind by Devon Kuntzman

Parenting Spirited Kids

The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross W. Greene


Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy


The Highly Sensitive Child by Dr. Elaine Aron


Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Parenting Teenagers

Brainstorm: the power and purpose of the teenage brain by Daniel Siegel


Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour


He's Not Lazy by Dr. Adam Price


How To Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen so Teens will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish


Parenting a Teen Girl: a crash course on conflict, communication & connection with your teenage daughter by Lucie Hemmen


Social Media Wellness: helping tweens and teens thrive in an unbalanced digital world by   Ana Homayoun 


A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens: talking to your kids about sexting, drinking, drugs, and other things that freak you out by Joani Geltman


Untangled (for parenting teenage girls) by Lisa Damour

All Ages

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen and Sean Covey 


Better Parenting with the Enneagram: nine types of children and nine types of parents by Ann Gadd


Brain- Body Parenting by Dr. Mona Delahooke


The Gift of Failure: how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed by Jessica Lahey 


How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish  


Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish


The Whole Brain Child by Drs. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

Specific Parenting Issues

Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating: a step-by-step guide for overcoming selective eating, food aversion, and feeding disorders by Dr. Katja Rowell  


Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Great families don't just happen, they are built.


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