Youth Development Links

Useful links in our community

K-12 Parent Education Program
Parenting classes for parents of school-aged children
www.edenpr.org/famctr/k12classes

Family Center
Classes for parents and children, birth to age five
www.edenpr.org/famctr

Eden Prairie Community Education
Classes for preschool children through adult
http://www.edenpr.org/comed/

Eden Prairie Parks and Recreation
Classes and events for preschool children through adult: swimming, park programs, Arts Center, Community Center
www.edenprairie.org click on “Parks & Recreation”

Eden Prairie Library
Classes, events and resources
www.hclib.org

YMCA
School-age childcare in Eden Prairie Schools (before and after school, non-school day and summer programs)
www.ymcatwincities.org

Familink Resource Center
Questions about housing, financial assistance, education, childcare employment, family or health care support, legal services or other resources, call 952-294-5950

PROP (People Reaching Out to Other People)
Food shelf and emergency assistance.  www.propfood.org

Other Youth Development-Related Links

Search Institute
Research on the 40 assets of healthy youth, ideas for an engaged community, and finding the hidden strengths in teens
www.search-institute.org

University of Minnesota Extension
Youth development research, parenting topics
www.extension.umn.edu/youth

Shoulder to Shoulder
Web-based resource for parents of teens, including tips, stories, and newsletter
www.shouldertoshoulderminnesota.org

National Institute on Media and the Family
Research, tips and topics related to the impact of media on young people
www.mediafamily.org

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Hot Links and Useful Sites

Teen drinking linked to watching R-rated movies

by Sharon Jayson, USA Today, 4/26/10

New Dartmouth Medical School research on 2,406 children shows that middle-schoolers who are forbidden to watch R-rated movies are less likely to start drinking than peers whose parents are more lenient about such films.

Researchers found that among those whose parents let them watch R-rated movies "all the time," almost a quarter had tried a drink without parents' knowledge. That compares with barely 3 percent who tried a drink among those who were "never allowed" to watch R-rated movies. See the full article here.


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