www.slamdance.com Slamdance is a
year-round organization dedicated to
serving new filmmakers from around the
world. Now in
its tenth year as an annual festival
that runs simultaneous to the Sundance
Film Festival, Slamdance has established
a unique reputation for premiering
independent films by first-time
directors working with limited budgets.
www.kidsturn.org Kids’ Turn helps
children understand and cope with the
loss, anger and fear that often
accompany separation or divorce. Kids’
Turn awakens parents to the need to
support their children during this
crisis in their lives, so that at-risk
behavior by children is averted.
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org This is the web
site for AA which s a fellowship of men
and women who share their experience,
strength and hope with each other that
they may solve their common problem and
help others to recover from alcoholism.
Primary purpose is to stay sober and
help alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
www.adultchildren.org This site offers
support for adult children of
alcoholics. It is a 12 step, 12
tradition program of women and men who
grew up in alcoholic or otherwise
dysfunctional homes. They meet in a
mutually respectful, safe environment
and acknowledge their common
experiences. They discover how childhood
affected them in the past and influences
them in the present.
www.coaf.org This is the site for the
Children of Alcoholics Foundation which
is a national non-profit that provides a
range of educational materials and
services to help professionals, children
and adults break the intergenerational
cycle of parental substance abuse.
www.al-anon.alateen.org Alanon helps
families and friends of alcoholics
recover from the effects of living with
the problem drinking of a relative or
friend. Alateen is a recovery program
for young people. The program of
recovery is adapted from Alcoholics
Anonymous and is based upon the 12
steps, 12 traditions and 12 concepts of
service.
www.divorceonline.com This web site
provides numerous articles about the
impact of divorce on children and
parents. It also has a book review
section, question/answer area (which
includes legal, financial, psychological
and real estate information), and a chat
area.
www.divorcecentral.com This site offers
fairly extensive information about
legal, financial, parenting and other
aspects of divorce. It also offers a
list of related books which can be
reviewed or purchased from the site. The
Expert Online area offers weekly
in-depth explorations of specific topics
by professionals; past appearances have
been archived and can be read.
www.divorcenet.com This site offers
daily and weekly Q&A sessions with legal
and mental health professionals, as well
as interactive bulletin boards/chat
rooms. Resources are listed by state.
www.divorcesupport.com This site offers
state-specific guidebooks, a large
divorce related bookstore, links to
resources and message centers, and, for
a fee, child support calculations for
your state.
www.aaml.org This is the national web
site for the nonprofit American Academy
of Matrimonial Lawyers. You can read or
reprint the booklet “Stepping Back From
Anger,” which is a guide for divorcing
parents, read the “Children’s Bill of
Rights,” order other publications, or
find a family law specialist attorney
through the site.
www.gocrc.com The Children’s Rights
Council is a national nonprofit
organization dedicated to assisting
children of separation and divorce
through advocacy and parenting
education.
www.splitup.com This site has
information about the legal, financial
and emotional aspects of divorce,
including state-by-state information and
professional directories.
www.divorceABC.com The web site of the
Children of Separation and Divorce
agency has good reading for kids.
Excerpts from the COSD’s books feature
children telling about how they felt
when their parents separated. From a
book for parents, there are excerpts
which provide advice on telling your
child about divorce and how to decide if
a child needs professional help.
www.kids4kids.com This site has a chat
room for teen-age children of divorce to
talk about what happens during and after
their parents’ divorce.
www.fathers.com This is the web site of
the National Center for Fathering, which
aims to inspire and equip men to be
better fathers. They offer practical
tips on various topics such as
step-dads, single dads, disciplining
teens, and more.
www.fathers4kids.org This is the site
for the National Father’s Resource
Center, which provides information about
father-related issues, including
divorce, step-parenting, parental
alienation and child support
www.momsonline.com (currently down) While the home page
of this site addresses a wide variety of
mothering and parenting topics, if you
search for “divorce” you will be able to
access their supportive message boards.
There are also “Tip and Fact Sheets”
which offer brief articles by a
psychologist about divorce-related
topics.
www.parentsplace.com Look under the
“family” section for a listing of topics
including divorce, single parenting,
bereavement, etc. Chats and message
boards on specific topics are listed in
this area.
www.parentingonline.org Parents
encouraging parents offers free
parenting classes on the Internet.
Different modules address different
issues, from divorce/separation and step
parenting through discipline and
adolescents.
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