Single Parents and Alternative Families

With many families now consisting of one parent, just dads, grandparents, foster carers, adoptive families, disabled parents - each with their own problems - it's good to know their are lots of useful sites with useful advice and information

1. Single, Solo and One Parent Families
2. Dads Only
3. Grandparents Rights
4. Alternative Parenting - Fostering, Adoption, Disabled & Gay

Single, Solo and One Parent Families

• Action For Children - aimed at parents and children going through a family break up
• Care For The Family - promotes the welfare of lone parents & their kids
• Gingerbread -the leading support organisation for single parents
• Lone Parents - learn the art of survival as a single parent
• MOSAC - support for non-abusing parents when your child has been abused
• Shared Parenting - promoting responsible shared parenting
• Single Parent Travel Club - join other single parents on family trips and jaunts
• Womens Aid - for women who have suffered domestic violence

Single Dads - Solo Fathers

• Dads Uk - forum for single dads
• Families Need Fathers - keeping children and dads in contact
• Fatherhood Institute - the UK's national information centre for fathers
• Fatherville - USA site - written by real fathers

Grandparents

• Grandparents Association - advice and information for troubled grandparents
• Grandparents Plus - helping grandparents find the best information
• 50 Connect - devoted to those of us over 50

Alternative Families

• Adoption.org.uk - the most popular site on adoption
• Adoption Interlink - information for anyone interested in adoption
• Bliss - support for parents of premature babies
• British Agencies for Adopting & Fostering - for information and guidance
• Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood - info for disabled parents
• Disabled Parents Network - support for disabled parents
• Fostering Network - for everyone involved in fostering be it personally or professionally
• Multiple Births Foundation - advice on how to cope with a multiple birth
• Tamba - for parents who have twins ... triplets ... or more!