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Websites on Life for Parents and Caregivers
The following web sites may be helpful as you continue your most important job of parenting our future leaders.
Health Canada
www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Here, you will find statistics and information related to current health issues affecting Canadian youth.
Child and Family Canada
www.cfc-efc.ca
This web site will help you locate key organizations and information regarding the health and care of Canadian children.
Concerned Children's Advertisers
www.cca-kids.ca
To extend the learning potential of Concerned Children's Advertisers' commercial messages, www.cca-kids.ca was launched in Summer 2000 to reach out to Canadian parents, educators and children. This information-rich site provides practical tools to deal with self-esteem, peer pressure and media literacy.
For parents, the site provides media literacy and healthy life coping skills tips to share with the entire family. Educators can download the entire TV&ME kit and access other resources to help integrate the program into the classroom. For children, www.cca-kids.ca provides practical tools related to our current and past commercials and places to turn to when they need someone to talk to.
All of CCA's commercials that provide children with tools for dealing with life's challenges are available for viewing on cca-kids.ca. Have a look!
Parents' Help Line
If you need to speak with someone about the specific challenges you're facing as a parent, please call one of the Parents' Help Line counselors at 1-888-603-9100.
To view Concerned Children's Advertisers television commercials, produced to assist children in making wise media and life choices, visit http://adult.cca-kids.ca/comm/series.htm.
We hope you find TV&ME useful and as always, we welcome your feedback. Be sure to email
us with your comments at info@cca-kids.ca.
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