Parents' Action for Children, a non-partisan organization founded by actor/director Rob Reiner helps raise public awareness about the critical importance the prenatal period through the first early years plays in a child’s healthy brain development. Parents' Action develops parent education materials, connects parents and foster parents with one another, and fights for issues such as early education, health care, and high quality and affordable childcare.
Playing for Keeps is a national not-for-profit organization that exists to help bridge the gap between what researchers have learned about play, and what parents and professionals who impact kids' lives on a day-to-day, hour-by-hour need to know to help nurture our precious children to their full potential.
Positive Parenting DuPage is a multi-faceted, county-wide collaboration comprised of dozens of organizations that work with families during the first three years of a child’s life.
Illinois Early Learning Project is your resource for helping a child start a brighter future today. This site includes tip sheets by topic, in English and other versions.
The Chicago Parent comprehensive directory of resources may be useful to parents. It’s a directory to names, phone numbers, addresses, sites and more that might offer just the service or advice that you are seeking. It is organized into 12 categories and then into further sub-categories. Click any of the general categories to see the sub-categories. DuPage Children's Museum is listed in this site.
Civitas believes that children benefit from a community of parents, grandparents and professionals who share core knowledge that promotes the well being of every child. Using the latest research in early childhood development, Civitas produces and distributes practical, easy-to-use tools that assist adults in making the best possible decisions on behalf of children. Site includes information on fathering, development, play, child care, health and nutrition.
KidSource OnLine includes in-depth, timely education and healthcare information for parents, including product recall information and links to many useful sites.
The ZERO TO THREE mission is to support the healthy development and well being of infants, toddlers and their families. They are a national, nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization that advances their mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers. |
