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Parenting

KPL staff-selected resources. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

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Staff Recommends

The happiest toddler on the block : how to eliminate tantrums and raise a patient, respectful and cooperative one- to four-year-old by  The Complete Lesbian & Gay Parenting Guide  by  The Highly Intuitive Child : A Guide to Understanding and Parenting Unusually Sensitive and Empathic Children by  13 is the new 18 : and other things my children taught me while I was having a nervous breakdown being their mother  by  Smart but scattered : the revolutionary "executive skills" approach to helping kids reach their potential  by  Of Different Minds : Seeing Your AD/HD Child Through the Eyes of God by

Databases (most require KPL library card)

eLibrary Plus (Electric Library Plus) (Home Access)

Full text articles, plus maps and pictures and TV and radio transcripts

InfoTrac All Using PowerSearch

Magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, ebooks available in the library or at home with your KPL library card or with your Michigan Driver's License or ID by going to Mel.org
Includes Computer Database; Custom Newspapers; General Reference Center Gold; Grand Rapids Press; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; Legal Trac; InfoTrac Onefile; Health Reference Center Academic ASAP

InfoTrac Custom 120 Full Text Newspapers

A collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the last 12 months of the New York Times and the Grand Rapids Press (1996-current).

MeL Michigan eLibrary

Magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books provided to Michigan libraries and Michigan residents at home with their Michigan Driver's License or ID or from libraries in Michigan.  Also includes links to Michigan related websites.

Michigan Newspapers via NewsBank (Home Access)

Selected full text articles from Michigan newspapers.

NetLibrary

Michigan eLibrary collection of ebooks.

New York Times Index

All full text. The daily newspaper New York Times 1995-present.

World Book Encyclopedia (Home Access)

Articles from the World Book Encyclopedia.  Includes related articles from major newspapers and magazines. Graphic and multimedia enhancements, including photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.

Newspapers and Magazines

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American Baby

Exceptional Parent

Family Fun

Great Lakes Family

Mothering

Parenting

Parents Magazine

Scholastic Parent and Child

Working Mother

Community Resources

Adoption Insight

Alternatives Women's Care Center

Borgess Medical Center

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Child Care Resources

Greater Kalamazoo Mothers of Multiples Club

Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center

Websites

Born Learning

Information about child development.

Child Care Resources

A resource for daycare and preschool information from Southwest Michigan Community Coordinated Child Care.

Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange

The Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange is an information and referral service for prospective adoptive parents interested in adopting children with "special needs” and for adoption workers looking for homes for these children.

Parenthood.com

Baby names, pregnancy, what to expect and other tips.

Parenting.com

From the publishers of Parenting and Baby Talk.

Parenting.org

Parenting Help - Free Tips, Advice, Resources & Guidance from Boy's Town.

Parents As Teachers National Center

Providing parents with child development knowledge and parenting support.


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Discover a wealth of resources about child rearing.