Welcome!
Welcome to YourChild: Development and Behavior Resources, the first Web site designed especially for parents as a guide to Internet information on kids' development and behavior.
Here, at YourChild, you'll find:

• Lots of parenting and child development and behavior resources:
  • Information to help you better understand your child's development and behavior
  • Links to support groups so you can find other parents going through the same things as you
  • Links to agencies and organizations that may be able to assist you
  • Recommended books
  • Other helpful tools and resources
• Commentary from the YourChild team on controversial or important topics of the day
• Featured links to information about timely topics
• A guide to using the Internet to find the best and most reliable information about parenting and child development

If you’re on the go and want to download YourChild content to your personal media player, check out the YourChild podcast, where we talk with University of Michigan experts about the child development and behavior topics you want to learn more about. 

We want to keep improving YourChild so it can better meet your needs, so we hope you'll take a minute to fill out our online survey.  You can also use the survey to ask questions about our Web topics, and we’ll try to answer them in upcoming YourChild podcasts.

Our Mission/Vision
YourChild: Development and Behavior Resources is a Web site for parents. It is a clearinghouse for comprehensive information on children's development and behavior. We aim to help parents navigate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet and provide parents a means to link up with support groups, agencies, organizations, and other tools and resources. YourChild is a resource parents can trust, because University of Michigan experts have evaluated all our information and links.

Editorial policy
The information and links we provide are reviewed by University of Michigan experts in child behavioral health. In choosing the links we provide, we use strict criteria to ensure that the information is accurate, and the source is reputable. As much as possible, we focus on information that is based on research. In areas where there is inadequate research, we include information compatible with prevailing expert opinion.

This Web site is updated regularly, but because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, we cannot be responsible for misinformation that may be accessed through the links provided. As always, this Web site is not a tool for self-diagnosis, and is not a substitute for professional care.

This Web site does not host or receive funding from advertising.