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"WEBLIOGRAPHY"
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This is a brief listing of sites on the web that we have found to be informative, but it is by no means comprehensive. We take no responsibility for their content |
Divorce-Related Sites/Support For Fathers/Support For Mothers/ Parenting Sites/Stepfamily-Single Parent Sites/San Francisco Bay Area Resources/Local Kids' Turn Sites
| www.divorceonline.com This web site provides numerous articles, some better than others, about the impact of divorce on children and parents. It also has a book review section, question/answer area (which includes legal, financial, psychological, and real-estate information), and a chat area. |
| www.divorcecentral.com This site offers fairly extensive information about legal, financial, parenting and other aspects of divorce. It also offers a list of related books which can be reviewed or purchased from the site. The Expert Online area offers weekly in-depth explorations of specific topics by professionals; past appearances have been archived and can be read. The Total Parenting Handbook section of the site offers sound advice on parenting as a divorced parent. |
| www.divorcenet.com This site offers daily and weekly Q&A sessions with legal and mental health professionals, as well as interactive bulletin boards/chat rooms. Resources are listed by state. |
| www.divorcesupport.com This site offers state-specific guidebooks, a large divorce-related bookstore, links to resources and message centers, and, for a fee, child support calculations for your state. |
| www.aaml.org This is the national website for the nonprofit American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. You can read or reprint the booklet Stepping Back From Anger, which is a guide for divorcing parents, read the Children's Bill of Rights, order other publications, or find an family law specialist attorney through the site. This site has excellent information about the legal process of divorce as well. There are AAML chapters in Northern and in Southern California. |
| AFCC: The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, an international and interdisciplinary association dedicated to the constructive resolution of family disputes. |
| International Academy of Collaborative Professionals : site of the international organization supporting Collaborative Practice (a process by which divorce can be completed without ever going to court). |
| www.gocrc.com The Children's Rights Council is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting children of separation and divorce through advocacy and parenting education. Their site offers excellent, up-to-date research, legislative information, links to other sites and resources and a good book catalog. There is a California chapter |
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www.splitup.com This site has information about the legal, financial, and emotional aspects of divorce, including state-by-state information and professional directories. Visitors can participate in discussion groups, subscribe to their newsletter, or link to related sites. |
| www.courtinfo.ca.gov: Offers self-help for the California court system. The family law section includes information on divorce, separation, and annulment; custody and visitation; and child and spousal support. There are also resources to find low-cost legal help. |
| www.divorceABC.com The website of the Children of Separation and Divorce agency has good reading for kids. Excerpts from COSD's books feature children telling about how they felt when their parents separated. From a book for parents, there are excerpts which provide advice on telling your child about divorce and how to decide if a child needs professional help. |
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http://www.kids4kids.com
Has a chat room for teen-age
children of divorce to talk about what happens
during and after their parents' divorce. |
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| http://www.uptoparents.org This FREE, interactive website offers specific ways you can help your children and yourself during the divorce experience. Discover how focusing on your children's needs can be a path to your own healing. |
| www.fathers.com This is the website of the National Center for Fathering, which aims "to inspire and equip men to be better fathers." They offer practical tips on various topics such as step-dads, single dads, disciplining teens, and more. There is also a mechanism for contacting other fathers for fathering support, or finding out about fathering research. |
| www.fathersworld.com This site has lots of good links to father-related research, policy and practice. Offers live chat area/discussion groups, tips for fathers on parenting, leisure, health and more, as well as a Q&A section on legal matters. |
| www.bamin.org This is the web site for the Bay Area Male Involvement Network, which is dedicated to getting and keeping men involved with children. It describes local programs and events as well as providing links to several other father-related sites and articles. |
| www.fathers4kids.org This is the site for the National Fathers' Resource Center, which provides information about father-related issues, including divorce, step-parenting, parental alienation, and child support. The site offers lots of good links to other organizations, and also chat rooms |
| www.fapt.org This site, Fathers Are Parents Too, is a coalition of family members working to encourage both parents' participation in kids' lives. There are some financial and legal articles and links to other father-related sites. You can also subscribe to Fathering Magazine. |
| www.momsonline.com While the home page of this site addresses a wide variety of mothering and parenting topics, if you search for "divorce" you will be able to access their supportive message boards (Divorced Moms and Divorced Moms Online, among others). There are also "Tip and Fact Sheets" which offer brief articles by a psychologist about divorce-related topics (e.g., "Holidays with Divorced Parents," "Helping Children Cope With Divorce"). |
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www.supportgroupformothers.com This site offers information about Berkeley- and Oakland-area groups for mothers, as well as links to classes around the Bay Area for a variety of parenting needs (e.g., breast feeding, CPR, sibling preparation, separation and divorce, support groups, and more. |
| www.myria.com This is an on-line magazine, Myria, for mothers. It addresses general parenting issues and features a Separation/Divorce Discussion Board and a small amount of information about step-parenting. |
| www.parentsplace.com Look under the Family section for a listing of topics including divorce, single parenting, bereavement, etc. Chats and message boards on specific topics are listed in this area. Parents can search for information on a particular issue and a list of previously answered questions will be listed. Therapists answer the questions. Many other health-related news articles are reprinted here. |
| www.parenthoodweb.com This broad site can be searched for information about a particular topic; it covers everything from marital advice to health issues. An extensive array of childhood health experts and articles are listed. There is also a live chat section. |
| http://members.aol.com/ParentsPrs This is the site for Parents' Press and Parent Teen Magazine, a free monthly Bay Area parenting magazine. It offers information on numerous topics, including children's health, childcare, coping with family problems, mothers and fathers groups, and children with special needs. In particular, it offers Parent Support Online, which features parent-to-parent websites and e-mail lists, many focused on a specific interest. |
| www.ourfamily.org This Bay Area organization for gay and lesbian families offers regular family gatherings and support groups. The site has information about the organization as well as links to other sites specifically related to LGBT families an general parenting issues. |
| http://parents.berkeley.edu This is a parenting website run by volunteers at the University of California at Berkeley. While some of the information about resources is local to the East Bay, much of the parenting information is relevant for parents anywhere. There are sections on childcare, medical, school and therapy referrals, as well as recommendations on products and family activities, and extensive, culturally diverse discussions about different aspects of parenting (including divorce). Past discussions are easily searched for a given topic. |
| www.chadd.org This is the site for Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. It provides information about the organization, AD/HD, school discipline, and locating local chapters. |
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www.parentleaders.org The Parents Leadership Institute, a nonprofit agency, offers workshops, booklets, and audio-/videotapes for parents seeking to strengthen the parent-child relationship. Parents train other parents to improve their listening skills and connect with their children. Materials available in English and Spanish. |
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www.careguide.com Offers referrals and articles related to childcare and eldercare. Childcare list for all cities is extensive. |
| www.familyeducation.com/home This site is part of the Learning Network Parent Channel and has multidisciplinary (education, medical and psychological professionals) expert information on how to help your child get the most out of his/her educational environment. You can brows by your child's age. This is not a divorce information site. |
| www.iamyourchild.org This organization (I Am Your Child) offers bilingual English/Spanish parenting information on raising young children along with a list of books, articles and resources. There is an "expert advice" section as well. |
| www.altfamily.org Alternative Family Institute is a non-profit, community-based organization serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) couples, families and their members in the San Francisco Bay Area. It offers counseling, education, support groups and research in the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Community as well as links to articles, books and events. |
| www.connectforkids.org: This site offers a blend of original articles and links to related, research-based articles on other websites. There is nothing on divorce directly, but the sections on fathers, single parenting and race and ethnic diversity offer useful information and links. |
| www.parentingonline.org: Parents Encouraging Parents offers free parenting classes on the Internet. Different modules address different issues, from divorce/separation and stepparenting through discipline and adolescents. |
Step-Family/Single Parent Sites
| www.parentswithoutpartners.org This site offers a limited amount of information about Parents Without Partners, a national organization offering a community for single parents. It does include some research and some single parenting tips, and directs readers to PWP chapters in their area. |
| www.makinglemonade.com A single parenting site. Offers links to other sites, chat rooms on specific topics, social-dating connections and book recommendations. |
| www.saafamilies.org Stepfamilies of America is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to successful stepfamily living. The site provides educational information and resources for anyone interested in stepfamilies and their issues. Membership is not required to use much of the site. |
| www.stepfamily.org This is the site for the Stepfamily Foundation. If you click for "Free Information" it lists 10 steps for step-dads and step-moms, kids, young mothers, and grandparents (among others) to help form healthy stepfamilies. It offers online counseling, questions and answer areas, and other links. |
| www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/family/nf212.htm (Supporting Stepfamilies) This site at the University of Nebraska offers some pointers for stepparents about their new role(s). |
| www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/family/NF223.htm (Supporting Stepfamilies: What Do the Children Feel?) This site at the University of Nebraska offers some pointers for helping stepchildren adjust to stepfamily life. |
| www.comamas.com The CoMamas site is directed toward stepmothers and "original" mothers/ex-wives. They coined the term "stepwives" to describe the relationship between these two mother figures. They offer some tips for being co-parents, information about support servies, and a book about learning to be "co-mamas" instead of "stepwives". |
| www.clasp.org/pubs/familyformation/stepfamiliesfinal.BK!.htm: [CLASP] A fact-filled 1998 article detailing stepfamily characteristics, including racial and gender variations, and contrasting stepfamilies and single parent families. |
| Info4Parents This site, provided by the Children's Rights Council, is directed at never-married parents. It provides good preliminary information for parents seeking to stay involved with their children, whether the parent was ever married to the other parent or not. |
| www.steptogether.org This web-based chapter of the Stepfamily Association of America offers chat rooms and well-organized message boards for peers to provide support and advice to one another. It also offers resources, related web-links and information about retreats. |
| http://www.secondwivesclub.com The site for the Second Wives club: articles that cover stepparenting, family law, marriage, divorce, co-parenting, dealing with the ex access. Also provides access to stories written by second wives, professional advice, tips, advice columns, newsletters, weekly contests, links, current news feeds, free email courses, interactive diaries, photo album, the step moms bill of rights, the "other mother" art galleries, private messaging, free email accounts, book reviews, polls, over 35 discussion boards, and offline social gatherings. |
| www. stepducks.net :Families come in all forms and realize many levels of change. Lives are impacted by these changes. Changes are often uncomfortable but with proper adjustments they can be beneficial. Stepducks offers a resource for people who seek information about family, education, and change. |
| www.bonusfamilies.com Website for stepfamilies, renamed 'bonus families' to convey concept that each new member or the reorganized family is a bonus, a gift that enhances. Includes many articles including a 'bonus teen' section: articles by and for teens. Support groups and workshops. |
San Francisco Bay Area Resources
| www.lacasa.org This is the bilingual Spanish/English website for a San Francisco agency which provides help for victims of domestic violence. The page on "Warning Signs" can help you figure out whether you-re at risk for abuse, and what to do if you are being abused. It also lists their 1-800 number. |
| www.helplink-sf.org This website offers a searchable, confidential, on-line database of support groups and other human services. There are over 1600 health and human services listed in San Francisco, Marin, Napa and Solano counties. If you are looking for counseling on a particular topic, this is a great place to start. |
| www.supportgroupformothers.com This site offers information about Berkeley- and Oakland-area groups for mothers, as well as links to classes around the Bay Area for a variety of parenting needs (e.g., breast feeding, CPR, sibling preparation, separation and divorce, support groups, and more. |
| www.altfamily.org Alternative Family Institute is a non-profit, community-based organization serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) couples, families and their members in the San Francisco Bay Area. It offers counseling, educatin, support groups and research in the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Community as well as links to articles, books and events. |
| www.crisis-center.org: Provides information and referral services for Contra Costa County as well as several 24-hour crisis hotlines. |
| www.familywork.org: Founded in 1978, A.P.P.L.E. FamilyWorks® offers a wide range of courses, consultation, counseling, and support services for individuals, couples, children, groups, and families. For information about programs throughout Marin County and Bay Area communities, call (415) 492-0720. |
| Kids' Turn Shasta Cascade The local (Redding, California) site for Shasta County Kids' Turn |
| www.afccnet.org - The Association for Family and Conciliation Courts |
| http://iccfr.org/en/index.php International Commission on Couples and Family Relations |
| http://www.saafamilies.org/ StepFamily Association of America |