Parenting Information

Parent Dashboard for School Transparency

Filled with important school-level information that parents and others say they want to know about Michigan public schools, including charter schools.

Michigan Department of Education

Government resource to search for education needs and concerns.

Common Sense Media

For parents and educators, Common Sense Media is filled with reviews, guides, and advice to modern media, including movies, television, and book content.

Homeschool Central

Contains curriculum resources, local contacts and message boards for parents.

Family and Home Network

Supports stay-at-home parents with a community for articles and discussions.

Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE)

Contains statewide information and referral service for families interested in adopting children from foster care, and for adoption workers looking for homes for these children.

Metro Parent

Provides pertinent articles, local activity calendars and a message board for Metro Detroit parents.

Bedtime the Ultimate Battle by Melissa Guida-Richards

Sleep is something all humans need, but at a point in every baby's life, they will refuse to sleep like it's their job. That leads to very exhausted parents and caregivers. Bedtime, the Ultimate Battle is written from the realistic perspective of a mom in the trenches just like you. (And you, too, Dad.) It will provide you with dozens of easy, budget-friendly ways to help get your baby to sleep, gathered from the most recommended parenting books, blogs, and viral posts

Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman

After moving to Paris and having a baby, former Wall Street Journal reporter Druckerman noticed that French women just weren't that uptight about child-rearing issues. Meanwhile, French children turned out to be well behaved but hardly repressed. Druckerman investigated and discovered that French parents are in some ways deeply strict and in some ways surprisingly permissive-no beat-the-odds enrichment classes at age three.

Helping Your Anxious Teen by Sheila Achar Joseph

Written by a psychologist and expert on adolescent anxiety, this book is an essential how-to guide for parents, showing how their own behavior can either help or exacerbate their teen's symptoms, and outlining specific skills parents can use to support their child. Readers will learn that when it comes to anxiety, simple interventions can make a big difference in how teens manage their feelings.

Mama You are Enough by Claire Nicogossian

Mothers are struggling with the challenging and unexpected emotions that surface during their journey through motherhood. In the confines of a safe, judgment-free space, they share about the heavy guilt they carry from losing control and yelling at their children; the crippling fear that they are failing their families; and the exhaustion of juggling work, home, and family. In this breakthrough book, Dr. Claire sheds light on these shadow emotions and provides a path to thriving joy, inner calm, and radiant confidence. Drawing upon her own experiences of raising four children and many years of counseling mothers as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Claire shares practical tips, strategies, and encouragement to help women in all stages of motherhood.

Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies

Using the principles developed by the educator Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a “terrible two” into a mutually rich and rewarding time of curiosity, learning, respect, and discovery. With hundreds of practical ideas for every aspect of living with a toddler, here are five principles for feeding your child’s natural curiosity, from “Trust in the child” to “Fostering a sense of wonder.”

Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline

If you want to raise kids that who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the real world, take advantage of the win-win approach to parenting. Your kids will win because they'll learn responsibility and the logic of life by solving their own problems. And you'll win because you'll establish healthy control -- without resorting to anger, threats, nagging, or exhausting power struggles.

The Pediatrician's Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers by Anthony Porto

All Your Questions about Feeding, Answered. This first-of-its-kind guide provides practical, easy-to-follow advice to help you navigate the nutrition issues, medical conditions, and parenting concerns that accompany feeding. With recipes, parenting stories, and recommendations based on the latest pediatric guidelines, this book will allow you to approach mealtime with confidence so you can spend more time enjoying your new family.

Retro Toddler: more than 100 old-school activities to boost development by Anne H Zachary

Research shows that the best way for toddlers to learn is through daily, active play and Retro Toddler includes more than 100 fun, "old-school" toddler activities that promote the development of language, motor and social skills. The book includes detailed instructions for developmentally stimulating, screen-free toys that parents and toddlers can make together out of everyday household items.

Sunny Side Upbringing by Maria Dismondy

Parent educator Maria Dismondy took her greatest advice, research, ideas, activities, and educational resources from over the last 20 years and put them down on paper for us all to benefit from. The result is a month-by-month parenting resource (kind of like “a parent's best friend”) that is loaded with enriching content that fosters creative parent-child interactions rooted in the values that matter most to you.

The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson demystify the meltdowns and aggravation, explaining the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures. Complete with clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles, and illustrations that will help parents explain these concepts to their children.

Oakland County Child Care Council

The mission of the Council is coordinating and developing quality child care and related resources for families and caregivers.

Walled Lake Schools Preschool

Preschool program through Walled Lake Consolidated School District.

GSRP and Head Start

Enrollment is based on income, family need, and availability for both free programs

For Little People

49335 Wainstock St. Wixom MI 48393
(248) 669-9553
https://www.facebook.com/ForLittlePeopleDaycare

Foundations for Learning Preschool

620 N. Wixom Rd. Wixom, MI 48393
(248) 624-9185
https://www.wixomchristianschool.org/preschool/

Rosebrook Child Development Center

48200 W 12 Mile Rd. Wixom, MI 48393
(248) 374-9400
https://www.rosebrookchildcare.com/wixom

The Learning Experience

1725 North Wixom Road Wixom, MI, 48393
(888) 290-6366
https://thelearningexperience.com/centers/wixom-mi/

BookFlix

Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration.