Translates scientific knowledge into teen and family friendly language to help understand mental health and surrounding issues.
Click here for Family & teen pages which detail mental issues such as depression, anxiety, bipolar, ADHD, suicide and OCD.
Click here for family resource includes a series of free downloadable books such as ‘Teening your Parent’ and ‘Parenting your Teen’ both of which help families develop understanding and improved communications about the trials and changes that occur in this confusing and often challenging times.
A modern day version of ‘Dear Diary’, ‘Go Ask Alice!’ offers an online Q&A resource for students and parents providing readers with reliable, accurate, accessible, culturally competent information and a range of thoughtful perspectives so that they can make responsible decisions concerning their health and well-being.
Click here for the Q&A Library is bursting with advice and information about literally thousands of uncensored questions from the more mainstream such as Relationships, emotional support, nutrition & sexual health, to the more specific such as body decoration, oral health, skin conditions, hair and sleep. All valuable and easy to navigate!
Fact sheets or as it says on the site ‘Just the facts please ma’am!’ – a limited range but good if you want simple information about alcohol or stress.
Resources to help open up communication channels between parents and their teenagers about a range of issues body development, emotions, family life, nutrition, infections, mental and general health.
For high school students it offers a wealth of help with studying, note taking, test taking and transitions to college with advice about exercising, healthy eating, homesickness and beating the ‘freshman 15!’
The jobs section also has helpful information and insight to help kids choose the right college, find a job and general life after high school advice and guidelines.
The American Psychological Association teen site approaches mental health concerns on a variety of topics from How to help children and teens manage their stress to Parenting: The teen years
An A-Z Health version of Wikipedia with facts sheets from acne, depression and headaches, to healthy eating, Anger and Understanding Your Child.
FAQ on suicide, symptoms of depression and suicidal danger signs, most common misconceptions about suicide, what students should do if a friend had depression, what hospitalization does for depressives and a recommended reading list.
FREE downloadable books on SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, LGBT issues, etc.
Advice on how to talk to children about suicide after they have lost someone close to them. Explains feelings, vocabulary to use with younger children and a suggested reading list for kids.
Pediatricians answer questions and offer explanation for some of the more common health concerns with teens.
Depression Information
Common questions about suicide answered and discussed.
Child Health explanation
How childhood depression can be prevented, signs, signals and communication skills with kids.
Links to information about adolescent and child mental health
Depression Information
U.S. government resource after resource after resource for helping families prevent substance abuse and suicide.
Mental Illness and Substance Use in Young Adults – great as a place to start researching and gathering resources
A comprehensive site aiming to help parents prevent, intervene, help treat and recover from a child’s involvement with drugs and substance abuse.
The Partnership to end Addiction site includes a drug guide, newsroom and hosts a resource center toolkit including books, brochures, movies and reports.
With PSA’s, Videos and resources Drug free World aims to help student learn the “truth about drugs”. Videos are in segments to learn about individual drugs and see the harm they can cause to themselves and to society.
Resources are available for parents here to support their kids and offer support and guidance to them.
One of the most comprehensive and in depth sites to help parents, kids and educators stay safe online. Info pages and forums cover topics such as cybercrime, privacy, sexting and safety online and while not in the most kid friendly language, is a great resource for those looking to support their kids.
WiredSafety.org's work falls into five major areas:
Help and support for victim of cybercrime and harassment
Advice, Training and Help for law enforcement worldwide on preventing, spotting and investigating cybercrimes
Education for children, parents, communities, law enforcement and educators
Information and awareness on all aspects of online safety, privacy, responsible use and security and
Resources that can be downloaded or printed and used for offline presentations, community events and classroom activities
Site also includes a link to Tweenangels helping kids aged 7-12 safer online.
and a link to teen Angels helping kids aged 13-17 stay safe
as well as offers a parenting help guide
Sponsored by the center for parent / youth understanding, This site is designed to offer information and tools that will help you lead the kids you know and love into living safely & wisely.
The cultural context of children and teens is changing at breakneck speed, especially when it comes to technology. These changes leave kids facing a host of unprecedented problems, challenges, and choices.
**This excellent video about social interactions and lonliness shows how kids can get caught up in a web of trying to be popular but at the sacrifice of not building real-time friendships.
Details articles and sites that will help parents and mentors understand more about using technology as a tool for identifying risk and promoting resilience in their communities.
Site for teens, by teens: The Network for Family Life Education at Rutgers University is committed to providing honest, accurate information about sexuality and related health issues. The site included an online magazine, discussions forums, info center and Sex ed videos which help teens learn from each other. The forum is particularly insightful in seeing the kinds of concerns teens have and the responses are accurate and give additional resources and readings for teens.
This is the only family planning service in Malaysia and is provided in English and Bahasa.
Site offers services such as breast screening, contraception services, HIV/AIDS counseling and family planning. Clinic hours can be found on this page.
A safe site where young people can visit to gain factual answers to their questions and parents can find resources to support them.
For parents it has a host of resources that can be used to enhance their relationship with their young person and help them transition through child rearing to youth development during the early adult years.
For teens, the site answers all your questions about love, relationships, sex and sexuality and becoming the best you can be!
With the slogan “Rights. Respect. Responsibility” the site aims to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.
Resources are provided on a variety of topics and some are specifically geared to people of the Muslim faith and/or in Arabic.
This information, provided by University of Illinois Extension educators, gives successful strategies to assist parents in helping their children succeed in school.
Study habits, time management, learning styles and test taking are all included in this simple and effective guide to helping kids succeed in school.
TheParentReport.com was developed as an extension. The Parent Report an internationally syndicated radio program. Established in 1990, The Parent Report radio program has provided parents with objective, useful tips to help make their job of raising children a little easier and a little more rewarding.
Every child has the power to succeed in school and in life and every parent, family member and caregiver can help. The question is: How can we help our children succeed? The answer comes from a combination of common sense and research about how children learn and about how to prepare them to learn
The purpose of this booklet is to make available to you information that you can use to help your child to succeed in school. The booklet for parents includes
information about things that you can do at home to contribute to your child’s school success;
activities that you can use to help your child acquire the skills to succeed in school;
answers to often-asked questions about how to work with teachers and schools; and
tips on how to help your child with test taking.
The web site of Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders. Also available in Spanish.
Helps anyone learn about eating disorders in detail, access resources, and stories of hope, recovery and survival. Provides a link to a parent, family and friends network.
This site is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders and provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Their goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living.
1st year college information for students about to start to college.
‘Transitions’ is an online publication that provides first-year students with information on topics including time management, relationships, sexual activity, mental illness, suicide and addictions. The guide also includes mental health self-help information and contains recommendations where students can go to get help on their campus.
FREE: Making the most of your campus experience in English or French
Series of interviews that reflect on life as a third culture kid to help identify that, in fact, you do belong somewhere – just maybe not in the traditional sense and finding others with similar experiences help you find you sense of community and belonging.
For Parents: In this Third Culture Kids and Parachute Kids: Building Their Resilience,
Research shows that relationships with trusting adults and peers are vital to a child’s development and resilience. But how do these principles apply to internationally-mobile children and families? We ask two experts on Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and Parachute Kids to discuss how parents, schools, and counselors can support the children under their care.
For Kids: Share stories, make friends, and get access to loads of useful resources from like-minded people from around the world, and a light hearted approach with 31 signs you are a third culture kid (humorous!)
Facebook page – I’m a third culture kid don’t try to understand me
Denizen Mag - Denizen is a collection of essays, articles and stories about Third Culture Kids and talks about careers, experiences and relationships. Worth a long time exploring and some excellent advice, guidelines and support.
A Third Culture Kid’s guide to College: Written by students this site offers a wealth of personal stories, blogs and resources for kids who are looking ahead to the college years having been moved around and relocated several times.
TCK’s connecting with non-TCK’s – how to fit in and keep your sense of self