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Minnesota Parents Know is a resource filled with convenient and trusted child development, health and parenting information. The Minnesota Parents Know Website is founded on the belief that parents are the first and most important teacher in a child's life. Parents are likely to benefit, however, from the aid and support of experts' information on child health, development, nutrition and safety in raising strong and healthy children.
The site has been developed for parents with extensive input of parents and provides up-to-date research-based information on children from birth through grade 12, strategies to support children's learning, newsletters, expert tips, an interactive early childhood and child care search, connections to Minnesota services and resources, video clips, a parent Web literacy tutorial and a customized search function of high quality, non-commercial child development and health Websites.
One of Governor Tim Pawlenty's early childhood initiatives, Minnesota Parents Know, was funded by the 2006 Minnesota Legislature. This site is hosted by the Minnesota Department of Education and is provided for parents following extensive parent input and research. Partnerships with the Minnesota Department of Education are essential for the success of this site, and include:
Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Parent Warmline Minnesota Sudden Infant Death Center
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
Minnesota Hospital Association
Emergency and Community Health Outreach (ECHO)
New York University Child Study Center
University of Michigan Health System
Minnesota Parent Information and Resource Center (MN PIRC)
March of Dimes-Minnesota Chapter
Association of Minnesota Counties
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
If you have questions about this Website, contact MN.ParentsKnow@state.mn.us
*Links to third-party sites are provided as a service to ParentsKnow Website visitors. Please read the disclaimer notice at the bottom of the page regarding these sites. Links will open in a new browser window.