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e-Parenting
Network
Struggling
to stay awake, the Newfoundland father of twin boys searches vainly
on the Web for information. He'd simply like to find a way to keep the
six year-olds from constantly battling… A mother in the remote northern community of Fort Churchill searches for information on the correct position of a bicycle helmet for her three-year old daughter. She finds several different sources of information and is concerned that her toddler will not be protected… In Toronto, a new mom struggles with feelings of inadequacy and failure. Her two month-old refuses to take the breast and she's managed to convince herself that it's all her fault… The story repeats itself from coast to coast in communities across Canada. Access to reliable information - and the chance to hear from knowledgeable people - in plain language - is not easy. Whatever your status: urban or rural, male or female, high or low income, the issues are the same. Where do you look? Who do you trust? How can you find someone who can talk to you about what you're facing? The
Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH), together with its partners,
the Community Access Program of Industry Canada and the Canadian Library
Association, is developing a technology-based parenting series for families
across Canada with a shared interest in parenting and child development.
e-Parenting Network will link parents in communities with evidence-based, consumer friendly and practical parenting information that has been reviewed by qualfied child development experts. It will create a learning community that provides support both parent-to-parent and through qualified health care professionals and raise the awareness of the many uses of computer technologies as a method for knowledge development. CICH will ensure that all material for e-Parenting Network is designed with the parent in mind: deliver content in an easy-to-understand, straight-to-the-point fashion, without getting caught up in high-tech "bells and whistles" that are too often a part of new media projects. e-Parenting Network is all about accessibility: bringing the expertise closer to the parent - either live through the Internet or via the e-Parenting Network web site. While eight modules won't solve it all, or answer everyone's questions about every parenting issue, this initial set should be considered just that - the first measured step in what can grow to be enormously popular and a useful tool for parents in any community. e-Parenting
Network's test session will include 5-10 families from each of Canada's
10 provinces and 3 territories and is scheduled to air in May 2002.
Keep an eye on the CICH web site (www.cich.ca) for the airdates of the
remaining sessions.
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