Are you stressed out? Call the Parental Stress Line: 1-800-632-8188.
24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Is your family in crisis (parent-child conflicts, marital and family issues,
suicide, pregnancy, runaway youth, physical or sexual abuse, etc.)? Call the
Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line: 1-800-448-3000. 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
The following Internet resources and documents may also be helpful to parents and caretakers:
Information on Parenting and Children’s Health:
• Parents
Anonymous - support for parents to strengthen families
• Parents
Helping Parents - support for parents and other caretakers in Massachusetts
• “My
Baby Keeps Crying...I Just Want the Crying to Stop” - information on
what to do
•
Childhood Emergencies and Illnesses from Blank Children’s Hospital
(this document is in .pdf format and may take time to download - if you don’t
have Acrobat Reader, you can get it here)
• Facts
for Families sheets from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- these address a lot of issues of concern to parents and caregivers. Or en
Español
• Talking
with Kids About Tough Issues
• National
Parent Information Network
• Kids
Healthworks - great information on lots of topics relating to children’s
health
Information on Child Abuse:
• Parenting
to Prevent Abuse from PlainTalk, Inc.
• Articles
on Child Abuse from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American
Medical Association
• Childabuse.com
- a great site on preventing child abuse
Child Abuse Prevention Organizations:
• ChildHelpUSA
• Prevent
Child Abuse America
• The Matty Eappen Foundation - working to prevent shaken baby syndrome
• The
American Humane Society - child abuse fact sheets and other information
on protecting children
• The
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Resources for Families in Massachusetts:
• Massachusetts
Citizens for Children
• Massachusetts
Department of Social Services
• Boston Medical Center Child Witness to Violence Project
•
Children’s
Advocacy Center of Suffolk County
• Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board