The health of a society depends upon the health of its children. The health of an adult depends upon what happens when they are young. Data overwhelming indicates that preventing physical and mental health problem is cost-effective and leads to much better, happier, healthier outcomes.

INSTRUCTIONS: Bullet point format

For the sights below write a summary essay explaining a) what you learned from this assignment, b) what 6 sites you liked best and why and c) which 3 did you find disappointing and why?

For EACH website, talk about what they do and what you learned.


American Academy of Pediatrics - https://www.aap.org/en-us/Pages/Default.aspx (Links to an external site.)

UNICEF - https://www.unicef.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Children's Defense Fund -  http://www.childrensdefense.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Child Trends - https://www.childtrends.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Child Welfare League of America - https://www.cwla.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Exchange Every Day - https://www.childcareexchange.com/eed/ (Links to an external site.)

National Association for the Education of Young Children - https://www.naeyc.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Children's Health Fund - https://www.childrenshealthfund.org/ (Links to an external site.)

The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights - https://www.theyoungcenter.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Hear Us - support for homeless youth - https://www.hearus.us/ (Links to an external site.)

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law -https://www.americanbar.org/groups/child_law.html (Links to an external site.)

National Center for Children in Poverty - http://www.nccp.org/ (Links to an external site.)

First Focus - https://campaignforchildren.org/child-poverty-target-endorsers/ (Links to an external site.)

Here is a link that has many different child and youth organizations  that you may want to look at.

http://www.childrightscampaign.org/resources/research-links (Links to an external site.)

All of these resources are good to keep for your file for future reference.