Resource Links for Parents

• Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics

Get answers to your allergy and asthma questions, information on medications and a guide to recognizing when your child’s symptoms need medical attention.

• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)

Research and treatment of allergic and immunologic diseases.

• Food Allergy Research & Education

Learn about allergens, symptoms, food allergy reactions, how to manage a food allergy and other important topics.

• Putting On Airs

1. Town of Stratford Asthma Coalition
2. 203-385-4090

• Kelly Mom

Breastfeeding support and information.

• La Leche League International

Breastfeeding support, information and education.

• American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC)

Prevent and treat poison exposures.

• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products. Find information on over 5,000 product recalls and recall alerts.

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

News, tips and safety guidelines for passenger safety, car seats, recalls and many other traffic concerns.

• Safe Kids Connecticut

Detailed information about Connecticut laws and expert advice on injury prevention for your family. Up-do-date information on car seat and motor vehicle safety, bicycle and water safety, poisons, burns and more.

• Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Learn ways to protect your family’s health and help them feel their best.

• Healthy Children

Good nutrition is essential to good health and the AAP encourages parents to think of their nutritional decisions as health decisions.

• Let’s Go

A nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program.

• Let’s Move

About putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years. Giving parents helpful information and fostering environments that support healthy choices.

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Provides valuable information for attaining optimal physical, mental and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

• CT Department of Health

Health, safety and human services.

• Kids Health

Provides a wide variety of information in 3 different sites for parents, kids and teens.

• Mayo Clinic

Find information on hundreds of conditions and easily check your child’s symptoms online.

• Wait Until 8th

Pledge to empower parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until 8th grade.

• Healthy Children

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) website for parents and caregivers.

• Healthy Toys

Research toxic chemicals in every day stuff.

• Potty MD

Help kids to stop and to go.

For a list of mobile apps from the American Academy of Pediatrics, please click here.

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

The most current scientific research.

• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Provides complete, reliable, and up-to-date information about vaccines for parents and your healthcare team.

• Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)

Safety, efficacy and use of vaccines.