This information was developed by early education and mental health experts at The Family Conservancy from a variety of evidence-based resources. The Family Conservancy is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation. Some links provided may direct you to another website for additional resources.
 

Child Abuse Prevention
To report child abuse or neglect, please contact one of these hotlines, which are both staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year:

• In Missouri, call 1-800-392-3738 or visit the Missouri Department of Social Services' website
• In Kansas, call 1-800-922-5330 or visit the Kansas Department for Children and Families' website

General Information

• Love and Logic
• Parents as Teachers
• Practical Parenting Partnerships
• The Beehive (family resources)

Infants & Toddlers

• Zero to Three Institute
• Parents as Teachers

Safety

• Federal Bureau of Investigation kids' page
• Federal Bureau of Investigation — Internet safety for kids
• National Child Identification Program
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children — FAQ child safety
• KidsHealth — Preventing abductions
• National Runaway Switchboard -Call 1-800-RUNAWAY if you are a teenager who is thinking of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home.

Reading to Your Child

• Reading Rockets

Fathering

• National Center for Fathering
• National Fatherhood Initiative
• Strong Fathers
• Fatherville

Early Childhood Research & Public Policy

• KIDS COUNT Census Data Online
• Metropolitan Council on Early Learning — Early Learning Research
• US Census Bureau
• National Institute for Early Education Research
• Kansas Action for Children
• Children's Defense Fund
• Missouri Kids Count Data

Child Care & Advocacy Efforts

• Child Care Aware® of Kansas' online e-search
• Child Care Aware® of Kansas Action and Information Center
• Child Care Aware® of Missouri Information and Action Center
• Child Care Aware® of America
• Kansas Department for Children and Families
• KDHE
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association for Family Child Care Accreditation
• Missouri Accreditation of Programs for Children and Youth          

Children's Campus of Kansas City

• Children's Campus of Kansas City
• Project Eagle
• Juniper Gardens Children's Project, University of Kansas
• Economic Opportunity Foundation Head Start

Special Needs

• Autism Society of America

Financial Opportunities for Girls

• Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City

Parenting Books

• Your Child's Self Esteem by Dorothy Corkille Briggs
• Beyond Discipline by Ed Christopherson  
• Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson
• Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World by Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelson
• Children The Challenge and How to Love Your Child by R. Dreikurs
• Between Parent and Child; Between Parent and Teen; and Between Teacher and Student by Haim Guinott
• Siblings Without Rivalry; Liberated Parents, Liberated Children; and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish           
• Your One Year Old; Your Two Year Old (etc. through teen years) by Ilg and Ames 
• Becoming A Love and Logic Parent by Faye and Cline
• The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman