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Parents & Families Darwin and Northern Territory

• Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Australian Children's Contact Services Association Inc. (ACCSA)  - A non-profit association which promotes sound analysis of the role and limitations of supervised parent/child contact services, provides a network for members and promotes quality in service provision.
• Australian Parents Council represents the views and interests of parents whose children are attending non-government schools.
• Boys Forward  - Our boys need help in this rapidly changing world to step forward into frontline positions and not remain as background workers.
  
• CAPERS Bookstore - Specialising in books on pregnancy and birth, fertility issues, midwifery, breastfeeding, parenting and grief; and teaching resources for midwifery and childbirth education.
• The Fragile X Association of Australia - Information and telephone support groups as well as state-based volunteer support groups for parents.   
  
• Lone Fathers Association of Australia
  
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse  - An information, advisory and research unit focused on the prevention of child abuse and neglect and associated family violence.
  
• Northern Territory Families Department  - Tips and links for parents.
  
• Parentline  - Confidential telephone counselling service for parents and carers.
  
• PFLAG - Australian site for the worldwide organisation supporting the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
  
• Raising Children Network - everyday tips for raising kids.
  
• Relationships Australia - Provides a range of relationship support services.
  
• Sids and Kids Northern Territory  - Bereavement support services for anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child from conception onwards, from any cause; education programs to reduce the incidence of child mortality; and fundraising for research into sudden infant death syndrome, stillbirth, miscarriage and neonatal death. 24 Hour Infant Loss Support Line: 1800 686 780 (Freecall)
• Teddy Love Club - Support for parents and families who have sufferered the loss of their baby due to miscarriage, genetic inducement of labour, stillbirth and neonatal death. Counselling is available via phone, email, home or hospital visits, support meetings, an Australia wide newspaper and online pregnancy and infant loss support groups.
  
• Tough Love 
• White Wreath Association Inc. Action Against Suicide