BBCi Children's Health

In-depth info and essential contacts to help parents deal with some of the most worrying childhood illnesses.

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Children's Health

Valuable resource alerts parents to the symptoms of common illnesses, advice on immunization, remedies and emergency first aid.

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Childrens Charities

National Charities specifically for children on the Charity Choice website.

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KidSource OnLine

Comprehensive children's health resource with nutrition sections for infants, toddlers, and older children. Subjects include food allergies. However, this is a USA website so focus is on health issues in the States.

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Medinfo - Head lice

Read about the louse's transmission and breeding habits, and find out how to inspect a child for lice. Includes instructions for "bug busting."

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NHS Children First - Kids & Teens

Health resource targeted at children features a separate version aimed at young teenagers. Offers general advice on health, illness and treatments

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NHS Direct

For All Your Health Care Questions. Advice on what to do if you or your family feel ill plus information about health conditions or NHS services.

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NICHD

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development offers details about research, prevention, epistemology, and employment

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BBC Parenting Issues

BBC Website - very useful covering pregnancy, child finance, childcare, learning, babies, toddlers and primary school age children.

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Child Care - Direct Gov

Direct.gov website with information about all aspects of childcare including nannies, free childcare, schools and nurseries.

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Child Support Agency

The Child Support Agency is responsible for running the child support system - to assess, collect and pay child support maintenance, ensuring that parents who live apart meet their financial responsibilities to their children. The CSA is part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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Department for Education

Advice and information for parents including school performance, local education statistics, finding schools, bullying, school meals, etc.

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Nat Council for One Parent Families

Tel.No. 0800 018 5026

One Parent Familes, Scotland

Tel. No. 0131 556 3899

Parenting Advice

Offers expert parenting advice from pregnancy onwards. Topics include breast feeding, baby development, health and more.

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Parentline Plus

Get valuable advice on becoming a parent and coping with children from this charity, which also runs a helpline. With publications and news.

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Quick Baby Names

Baby names and their meanings - more than 20,000 searchable baby names and their meanings, with popularity charts based on US statistics.
You can also listen to the pronunciation of each name.

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