Parents and teens need to know about adolescent development! Here are a few reliable, informative websites for parents and reliable, youth-friendly websites for teens.
Parent Resources
Child Development
These pages offer information on developmental milestones, and include parenting tips and resources. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Web Page - Young TeensParent Information: Teens
Written for parents of teens, these web pages provide information on important issues such as diseases, safety, healthy development, risk behavior, and school health. Resources include fact sheets, videos, and social media tools. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
HealthyChildren.org
This parent website offers information on adolescent development, dating and sex, nutrition, fitness, safety, school, substance abuse, and health issues. It also provides parenting strategies and tips. American Academy of Pediatrics.
Raising Teens: Five Basics of Parenting Adolescents
The Raising Teens Project has identified five significant ways in which parents can influence healthy adolescent development. MIT.
Parent Pages
Here, the Parenting Project offers summaries of research for parents. Cornell University.
Keep Connected: Bringing out the Best in Your Family
Resources here include free quizzes, discussion starters, family activities, and other ideas to help families explore and strengthen their relationships and help children and teens grow up responsibly. Search Institute.
The Teen Brain
This guide discusses brain development and its effects on adolescent behavior, as well as the effects of drugs on the brain and teen moods. Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.
Youth Resources
ACT Youth Network
This site provides teens with information on leadership, relationships, sexual health, and stress. ACT for Youth.
TeensHealth
This comprehensive, interactive website is designed for teens, younger children, and parents. The teen pages offer information on a range of issues and topics related to health, social life, school, and career planning. Nemours Foundation.
GirlsHealth.gov
This interactive website for girls ages 10-16 covers a wide range of topics, including health, body, nutrition, emotions, relationships, bullying, and more. Office of Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Center for Young Women's Health
Topics on this interactive site for teen girls and young women include nutrition and fitness, sexuality and sexual health, general health and development, and emotional health. Many materials are available in Spanish. Boston Children's Hospital.
Young Men's Health
Topics on this interactive site for teen guys and young men include nutrition and fitness, sexuality and sexual health, general health and development, and emotional health. Boston Children's Hospital.