Are you a Canadian resident thinking about foster care adoption? "A Child is Waiting: A Beginner’s Guide to Adoption" answers general questions about adoption and the foster care adoption process.

This is a short list of tips for fathers on being involved in their children’s lives and using discipline not to punish but to help children set limits.

Le livre Les sentiments est destiné aux parents d’enfants de cinq ans et moins. Il traite des sentiments qu’éprouvent les enfants, de la manière don t ils les expriment et dont les parents peuvent y réagir. C’est une ressource supplémentaire pour le programme de formation Y’a personne de parfait.

This online parenting course was developed by the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute and has since been used by people all over the world. It is an interactive course that covers most topics important to parents – there are modules followed by quizzes. At the completion of the course, parents receive a certificate. This is an excellent resource for all parents, especially those who do not have access to traditional parent education classes and other community resources. For those who have absolutely no access to the internet, the modules may be accessed by sending a written request to:

Saskatchewan Prevention Institute
1319, Colony Rd.
Saskatoon, SK S7N 2Z1

16 Tools for Parents of Children 10-14

7 Super Things Parents and Caregivers Can Do

Discipline that Works
This gives a very detailed table explaining what negative behaviours to expect at different ages and tips for dealing with them.

Disciplining Your Toddler
This explains what does and does not work for the positive discipline of a toddler.

Is Time-Out Right For Me?
This is a brief description of time-out and how to use it.

Punishment or Discipline: Understanding the Difference
This is a brief pamphlet explaining the different between punishment (negative) and discipline (positive, teaching).

Spanking: What Research Says
This explains why physical punishment is not effective.

Temper Tantrums
This brochure gives advice on responding to tantrums and avoiding them altogether.

Winning Ways to Grocery Shop with Young Children
This brochure gives suggestions for avoiding misbehaviour in grocery shops but could also be applied to any public outing with children.

Child Guidance Techniques
This is a 8-page brochure that explains in broad terms how to parent positively and backs up the concepts with some short examples. It includes some questions and exercises.

Parenting Teens
This brochure outlines some common misunderstandings about the teenage years and gives positive parenting tips for

Positive Discipline
This resource gives eight creative tips for positive discipline.

Something Better than Punishment
This 8-page brochure gives several suggestions for avoiding and dealing with problems between children and parents and uses short anecdotes to explain how these principles work.

Am I Spoiling My Child?
This brochure debunks the myth that paying positive attention to children spoils them, and explains what kind of parent attention encourages good behaviour in children.

This is the electronic version of a pamphlet developed in the UK for Muslim parents. It explains how positive parenting is entirely compatible with Islamic teachings and is an excellent resource. It is available in Urdu and English.

This is a set of pamphlets that give suggestions on positive parenting for different age groups. From the link above the pamphlets can be accessed in Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Vietnamese, and Urdu.

This is a 70-page document prepared for clients of the South Asian Women’s Centre in Toronto. It explains developmental milestones and outlines positive parenting techniques, as well as giving advice on preparing children for school, nutrition, play and child stress, and explaining child abuse laws in Canada. The reading level is quite high in English.

This is a series of one- to four-page factsheets or pamphlets regarding child abuse and alternative methods of discipline (including “Discipline Without Hurting” from the CWLC). The format is somewhat difficult to work with – these would be best used if the required

This is a list that links to one-page advice sheets on dozens of topics related to positive parenting. It was developed by the Nemours Foundation, an American NGO dedicated to children’s health. Many of these resources are also available in Spanish.