Parent Resources
It's My Life
It’s My Life (IML), a branch of PBSKids, is an interactive website to help tweens and teens understand that other kids are going through the same thoughts, emotions, issues, and struggles. Students can read informative articles, share their stories, play games and activities, take quizzes and polls, watch video clips of other kids their age, get advice from older kids and experts, and submit their own comments and questions.
Public School Parent's Network
PSPN educates parents on the common issues a middle school child experiences. Additional links and articles are provided on this site.
Study Skills and Homework Help for Parents and Students
This site gives loads of homework help, parent homework help, and study skills for the elementary, middle and high school student.
The Ultimate Parent Survival Guide
The author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Stephen Covey, keeps a website with resources for Parents, Teens, Kids, and Educators. This specific link directs you to the Parent’s Survival Guide with articles covering “The 5 Things That Annoy Teens the Most About Parents”, quizzes to assess a family’s communication patterns, and strategies to improve communication within the family unit.
Stop Bullying
The website offers advice, information, and resources for parents, educators, bullies, victims, and bystanders.
Sylvan Learning Centers
Sylvan offers programs for Math, Reading, Writing, Study Skills, and Homework Help. The closest locations are in Washington or St. Peters. Check out the website for location details and program information.
National Alliance for Mental Illness
NAMI is a supportive organization helping individuals and families dealing with mental illness and the related
2-1-1
A free, confidential 24/7 United Way helpline that connects callers to resources in the area for basic emergency needs, financial assistance, physical and mental health services, work initiatives, seniors and persons with disabilities care services, support for children, adolescents, and families, and more. Visit the website or dial 2-1-1 on any touch-tone phone.
454 teen
Resource through St. Louis Children's Hospital to identify and understand adolescent emotional and mental health concerns.
Take 25
Information for child safety presented by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. This site also provides resources for Internet safety, such as on-line guide books for having conversations with your kids about safety on the internet!
Love & Logic
The Love & Logic philosophy prepares kids for the real world by teaching them to accept responsibility for their choices by experiencing the logical consequences of their actions. This website offers great free resources to add to your parenting "tool kit." The counselor's office includes a "lending library" of Love & Logic books and CDs, stop by to check it out!