Healthy Kids, Healthy Care
This Web site (that AAP members helped to develop) is full of information for parents with children in child care. The information came from AAP standards for out-of home child care programs (see Caring for Our Children). This Web site will give you information on child care topics and ways to help you talk with your child’s caregivers about health and safety.

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Is This the Right Place for My Child? 38 Research-based Indicators for High-Quality Care  

• This is a 24-page booklet for parents, published by the National Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. It describes the studies that measure high quality child care.
• It has a 2-page list of questions that parents can use to rate child care programs. All of the questions are based on tests that tell us what is important to each child’s health, safety, and growth. Parents can take a copy of this list when they visit a child care program!

Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 3rd Edition (book) This book has national health and safety standards for children in family-and center-based child care programs. This reference is based on AAP policies on child care health and safety. Print copies of this book can be bought through the AAP Bookstore.

The entire text of Caring for Our Children can be seen, searched, and downloaded online.

Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools: A Quick Reference Guide, 2nd Edition
This guide includes content from Caring for Our Children and the AAP Red Book®. It includes color pictures from the Visual Red Book® on CD-ROM. It has information to help parents, caregivers/teachers, and health professionals agree on how to deal with the most common childhood illnesses. Included are forms, information on 50 illnesses, a symptoms chart, and information on when mildly ill children can stay in care or should be sent home. Available as an AAP eBook.

National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center
The National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) has child care information for parents, child care providers, government officials, researchers, and the public. The NCCIC has a handout, Child Care Information for Families, which answers common questions about paying for child care, filing complaints, and more.

AAP Consumer Web site
The only Web site backed by 60,000 pediatricians, HealthyChildren.org offers trustworthy, up-to-the-minute health advice and guidance for parents and caregivers, along with interactive tools and personalized content.

HealthyChildren.org is divided into multiple, user-friendly sections, including:

• Ages & Stages: Information on the health issues of infants through adolescents, including interactive content on developmental milestones.
• Healthy Living: Up-to-date guidance on fitness, sports, oral health, emotional wellness and nutrition.
• Safety & Prevention: Preparing for health scenarios that occur at home, school and on the go, as well as in-depth information on the immunizations children need to stay healthy.
• Health Issues: An exhaustive, A-to-Z list of more than 300 health care topics.