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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.

Kidman's former nanny slams her parenting skills (New Kerala) - New York: Nanny Suzanne Hansen has slammed Nicole Kidman's parenting skills in a new book. Hollywood.com reports, Hansen claims she never saw Kidman around her adopted kids and that she played only a small part in raising her children. She said: "I never saw her with her children."

Parenting and Pregnancy Website Reaches New Milestone (PR Web) - Net Services USA, LLC announced today that the re-designed website Firsttimepregnancy.com sees higher success since forum launch. [PRWEB Jan 24, 2006]

Monday, Jan. 23 (Casper Star-Tribune) - Coming Up Parenting skills * The Wyoming Children's Access Network provides parent-education seminars for divorcing, separated and never-married parents. The one-time 4-hour seminar is offered monthly in Casper, Cheyenne, Cody, Gillette, Jackson, Lander, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Sheridan and Torrington. The seminar provides information on the impact of parental conflict on children and

Mommy’s Brain (ScienCentral) - We all know motherhood changes the body. But research in animals shows it also changes the brain. As this ScienCentral News video explains, parenting seems to enhance learning and memory in both moms and dads.

For Education-Obsessed Parents, a New Disney Magazine (New York Times) - The Walt Disney Company will join the crowded but profitable parenting magazine category next month with Wondertime, the company's first new magazine since 1991.

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.

Too hard on the kids? Hardly (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - Good coaching, and parenting, can keep a sassy child from becoming a reckless adult.

Writing as a family project (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel) - The solitary act of writing isn't often considered a family activity. But the authors of "Family Writes: Parenting With Pens, Pencils and PCs" (Capital Books, $15.95) believe that if you're ready to read together, writing side by side is the next logical step.