Parenting Websites

There are a range of websites that contain high quality, accessible information on a range of parenting topics.

Families NSW - www.families.nsw.gov.au
Families NSW is a prevention and early intervention strategy funded by the NSW State Government to help parents give their children a good start in life.

The Raising Children website - www.raisingchildren.net.au
Informationfor parents of children up to 8 years

Parenting SA - www.parenting.sa.gov.au/pegs/
From the government of South Australia the site contains Parent Easy Guides that bring simple, easy-to-read information on many of the issues faced by parents from birth through adolescence.

Healthy Start — www.healthystart.net.au
Healthy Start is an Australia-wide strategy to support parents with learning difficulties and promote a healthy start to life for their young children.

Early Childhood Australia - www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
Early Childhood Australia advocates to ensure quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating to the education and care of children from birth to eight yearsThe Early Childhood Australia website focuses primarily on supporting best practice.

Centre for Community Child Health - www.rch.org.au/ccch
The centre promotes good health practices, preventive action, early detection and early intervention.

Father-Inclusive Practice — www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/fac/efathers/includingfathers
This website offers information about the inclusion of fathers in parenting. It includes information, resources and fact sheets which promote father inclusive practices.

Mental Health Association—www.mentalhealth.asn.au
The Mental Health Association website offers state-specific information and fact sheets on mental health issues. This includes information on childhood disorders and resources for children who have a parent with a mental illness.

Child Welfare Information Gateway—www.childwelfare.gov
This is a U.S. government website providing access to print and electronic publications, websites and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency.

Tufts University Child & Family Webguide—www.cfw.tufts.eduThis is a directory of websites that have been evaluated by child development experts from Tufts University and can be searched by topic (e.g. family/parenting, typical child development) or age group (e.g. infants, teenagers).

NSW Health - www.health.nsw.gov.au
NSW Health publishes a wide range of materials about health related issues, including resources about parenting issues. Resources are available in a range of community languages.

Source: NSW Department of Community Services Research to Practice Program