Ask just about any parent about pregnancy or child rearing and you are sure to get an answer. Like politics, most everyone has an opinion, but often myths can replace facts in casual conversation.

To sort it all out, check the Internet for parenting information.

The best all-round parenting site is Parent Soup. This site covers topics from baby names to disciple and most everyone needs help with these two. You can select the age category they are in or use the powerful search engine to get you to exactly what you want.

The Baby Name Finder section is the best on the Internet. Use the Find-O-Matic to generate possible names from your preferences for number of syllables, gender, religion, first letter of name and ethnicity. Once generated, click on the name to check its origin, meaning and popularity. If you need some brainstorming help, look to the Potpourri section for cultural or historical names, names related to flowers, virtues, gems and more.

For more non-Anglo or unique names for your child, try Eponymn: International Names. Using a simple map of the world, you can click on a region and get lists of names for that area and often the meanings or history behind them.

If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, Childbirth.Org is packed with information you can use and chat areas.

My favorite section is the online "birth plan." A birth plan "is intended to express the preference and desires [you] have for the birth of [your] baby" to your physician or midwife. You consider and select things such as type and amount of pain relief, means of induction, means of pushing, umbilical cord cutting timing and much more.

The Carnation Baby Web site is a good transition between pregnancy and the first year of life. With a detailed month-by-month perspective of the first year, many of your worries can be allayed and questions answered.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (formerly The American Fertility Society) states "infertility affects about 5.3 million people in the U.S. -- about nine percent of the reproductive age population." If you are among those affected, visit the ASRM Web site for plenty of educational information.

Two other infertility sites worth checking out are Fertilitext, with more information, and Fertile Thoughts, with links to resources and a chat site. Fertile Thoughts is a new Web site still under development in many areas, but is poised to be a very thorough site in time.

If you are interested in adoption visit Adoption.Com. This Web site includes The Adoptive Parent Registry claiming to be "the world's largest online, searchable registry of hopeful adoptive parents."

If you are considering adopting a child from abroad, the U.S. State Department's International Adoption and Child Abduction Web site probably has everything you need to know or can at least show you where to find out more.

With all the information online about parenting you can become either a great parent or thoroughly confused.