Online Resources

from the Genesis Center

AARP is a membership organization for seniors. It operates as a non-profit advocate for its members.

American Society on Aging is a diverse website that aims to improve the quality of life for aging adults and their loved ones.

Children's Tough Stuff A collection of online resources to assist parents, teachers, caregivers, ad leaders in helping a child cope with life's difficult situations. Includes resources for grief, drug abuse, bullying, and more.

Common Sense Media This website includes reviews of movies, websites, games and more for parents. It also has advice and education for parents and teachers regarding online interactions, websites and safety. Finally, it offers complete lesson plans regarding media usage that include safety and privacy awareness issues. These lesson plans are currently free to download.

Kids In Mind  This movie rating website for parents discards the MPAA movie guidelines and instead rates movies from 1 to 10 in three categories: Sex/Nudity, Violence/Gore, Profanity. The also include whether a movie has substance abuse, and offer a short review of the message of the movie as well as discussion guidelines for questions children might have after seeing a movie.

Kids Health has a lot of great resources for kids and parents including articles on staying safe, growing up, and staying healthy.

National Council on Aging  is dedicated to improving the lives of older adults. They also have information for disabled or disadvantaged older adults.

Keep Connected helps build strong family relationships to help kids thrive and overcome challenges.

Presbyterian 101 is a general guide to facts about the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Stop Cyber Bullying  This special resource page includes online resources all about the national epidemic of cyber-bullying. Links to websites with crisis information, prevention tips, and statistics are available.