SUNDAY TIMES, 22 September 2002

‘Mothers’ pride: Sally Kinnes find tons of no-nonsense parenting advice at the brilliant www.

This site does for parents what Mrs Beeton once did for household management: it is a comprehensive online reference guide that offers reassurance for anxious parents, and insight for those who need to know more.

Two sections excel. Education is thorough enough to prepare you for an A-level in choosing a school, the workings of Ofsted or how government league tables are compiled. Health, meanwhile, is written by a female paediatrician whose online bedside manner is clear and calm. The entries tell you when they were last checked and updated, and the directory is so exhaustive that even anthrax gets a mention.

Of the other sections, which include message boards and links to news archives, the best are the dispatches from the front line. Jan Assheton, the mother of 12-year-old Noah, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, contributes a heartfelt diary – “It’s not that we don’t adore our son, it’s just that he is such hard work.”

Juliet Jones contributes another. One entry describes how she sat and wept when her first baby was six months old and she found out she was pregnant again: “Steve said that he didn’t want me to think of it as ruining his life, but rather to consider it as ruining both of our lives.” You have to like Steve. His is the kind of honesty that makes this site a class act.’

THE GOOD WEB GUIDE

Overall rating: *****

‘Here is a first class site for parents. Set up by two mothers, Jocelyn James and Carolyn St Aubyn, the site offers a wealth of information on a wide number of subjects for parents and children.’

Read the full review.

FAMILY CIRCLE, February 2002

‘Need parenting advice? New website www.tigerchild.co.uk is a great-looking, authoritative yet accessible site covering everything a parent needs to know – from health to education, to the latest family-related news, from birth to 15. Want the facts on the MMR jab? A comprehensive guide to schools in the UK? It’s all here – and far friendlier than wading through a whopping book!’

GOOD HEALTH, January 2002

‘Just what parents have been waiting for – anything to do with children up to the age of 15!

‘A smart looking site with black & white photos of children and a nice use of simple colours. The information given on this site is huge, and there are over 1000 links to other specialist sites! I checked the health section and there is a long list of A-Z of children’s ailments. Photographs of common rashes are shown, plus demonstrations of first aid techniques, and even recordings of different types of wheezing! The education section is absolutely indispensable.’

DAILY TELEGRAPH, 22 December 2001

'How to Buy the Best on the Net. This week: pet faves and hates.'

‘…an amazingly well-put-together, good-looking parenting site which tells you lots of useful stuff about everything from health to where to buy kiddie gear online.’

Read the full article.

METRO LONDON, ‘Site Spotlight’, 12 October 2001

‘There’s so much badly researched child care advice on the Net that when you find a reliable and authoritative parenting website, it’s worth sticking with it…. Crucially, all the advice, which deals with a range of specific topics from the school system to the MMR vaccine, has been written by experts in their field and is thoroughly researched.’

DAILY TELEGRAPH, Weekend section, 15 September 2001

‘Tigerchild.com, an online antidote to internet agony…. one of the most professional parenting websites around.

‘This is a grown-up, almost academic site, illustrated by sepia photographs of children, with a particular strength in education and health. Education, in fact, is encyclopaedic… [There] are a zillion sites on the internet on every health topic imaginable, but the Tigerchild site has pre-selected the best. It thus offers one of the most intelligent and comprehensive paediatric resources anywhere.’

Read the full feature article on Tigerchild in the Daily Telegraph.

INTERNET MAGAZINE, Site of the Month, July 2001

‘It’s Web sites like this that could give dotcoms a good name just when they need it most!’

HEALTH & FITNESS, December 2001

‘First time mums will love www., a new website packed with invaluable health and parenting advice.

‘Designed to provide fast, reliable information on everything from measles to moods, it also has great links to relevant expert websites. The health content, compiled by paediatrician Dr Catherine Gant, is especially strong, and provides extensive advice on alternative therapies for those under the age of 15.’

NATURAL HEALTH & WELLBEING, October 2001

‘www. is an innovative new website for parents with children up to 15 years old….For more than 200 topics it currently covers, Tigerchild gives detailed overview support by links to relevant expert websites enabling parents to get ‘the inside track’ on subjects.’

THE SENTINEL, Stoke, 18 September 2001

‘If you are a parent and need advice, then this is definitely the place to get your answers.’

BURTON MAIL, 2 October 2001

‘Parents can find out about the most difficult task in the world at the click of a mouse with a new website…The new website brings together 1,000 other sites offering information health, education, parenting, childcare, leisure and shopping.’

EVENING GAZETTE, Middlesbrough, 11 August 2001

‘Included is a great leisure guide that offers information on everything from sports to summer camps. The site is easy to use and the links are simple to follow to find the information you need.’

SURREY MIRROR, 1 August 2001

‘If you need a few tips handling your youngsters there’s an information-packed website that covers topics from road safety to ideas for summer family fun.’