Parents' Links

By Susan Pohlmann

Here are some useful (and occasionally whimsical) websites where youcan get more information on some of the topics covered in A Kid's Life:

For more information about great books, check these out:
American Library Association
Amazon Online Bookstore

A good woodworker uses the very best chisel he can lay his hands on.
To help your kid sharpen his skills, go to:
Cool School Tools

To find out who your government officials are and obtain their addresses, click
here.

Find out how other parents are coping at these popular sites:
Parent News
Parent Soup
Parents-at-Home

Take an interesting and informative trip to the
San Francisco Exploratorium.

To learn more about man's best friend, go to The Source:
American KennelClub.
Here's a site devoted to games people and dogs play called: Dog-play.

Quit whining and find out what a sensible person would do at The Official Site for Dr. Laura.

This site offers advice, current news, movie reviews and lots of other useful stuff that parents need to know: ParentNews.

To find out more about your roots, check out these genealogical organizations: The National Genealogical Society (NGS), The United States National Archive and Genealogy Online.

Susan's Picks: These have been selected for their usefulness, fun-quotient or just plain oddity.

If your kids can't work it out nonviolently, send them here for instruction on Medieval combat arts, among other useful things: The Society for Creative Anachronism.

The plot's a little slow but if you want to tune in one of the 24-hour webcams perched atop buildings and trees all over the world, here's where to do it: International Webcams.

Even if you live under the 45th parallel, you can still watch the Northern Lights come out. Click Northern Lights to get a real light show.

Click here to get the latest word on Lyme disease,anorexia and the common cold, among other health concerns. They've also got adaily health tip.

We're always looking for new, better sites, so this list will change from time to time. If you know of a site we should see, let us know!