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Parenting Place finds a place to call home (Missoulian) - After 25 years, the Parenting Place finally has a home of its own. "We used to be located in so many backrooms," said Teresa Cowan, executive director of the nonprofit agency.

Odonnell Sought Parenting Advice From Madonna_20_01_2006 (ContactMusic) - Lesbian comedienne ROSIE O'DONNELL sought advice from her celebrity pal MADONNA on how to deal with parenting in public. O'Donnell and her 'wife' K

Parenting: My old man (Independent) - When Agatha Christie was a child, she would wake in the night convinced her father had died. She describes in her Autobiography how she would get up and creep to his bedroom and linger outside the door until she heard a reassuring snore. Only then could she go back to sleep.

PARENTING: Time, not punishment, will cure bed-wetting (Miami Herald) - Q: Our 3-year-old son has been day and night potty-trained for nearly a year. Several months ago, just after starting preschool, he wet the bed a couple of times. A friend advised us to spank, and one spanking stopped it. Then, however, he started to wake us up in the middle of the night saying he needed to use the potty. I told him to stop waking us up, and he stopped, but then he started

'After just an hour of coaching, you walk away knowing exactly what you want and believing you can do it' (The Observer) - Exponents make big claims for life coaching, insisting it can improve everything from your career to your health and your parenting skills. Sceptics think it's just the latest over-priced, under-regulated, pseudo-scientific sop for the angst-ridden me generation.

New Parenting Tool by Joyful Genius Stimulates Brain, Builds Confidence in Children (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - JUPITER, Fla.----Jan. 19, 2006--Experts say music can enrich our lives and touch our emotion; now better parenting is as easy as popping in a CD.

Community news in brief (The Cincinnati Post) - Dr. Ron Taffel, a nationally recognized childhood expert, will be the first speaker in the 2006 Parenting Speaker series presented by National City Bank and For the Love of Kids, the parenting education business unit of the Beech Acres Parenting Center.

Going Places (The Times of Northwest Indiana) - A Systematic Training for Effective Parenting class for parents with teens meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 26 through march 16, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 8955 Columbia Ave. Karen Enochs and Jim Dixon will lead the course.

Health Notes (The Times of Northwest Indiana) - Mental Health Association in Lake County offers Systematic Training for Effective Parenting classes to residents of Northwest Indiana. Classes meet 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 23 to Feb. 27, at 9722 Parkway Drive.

The problem of parenting (BBC News) - Tony Blair's plan to improve the standards of parenting through lessons and an academy for professionals is sparking a debate.