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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 with 4 Kids: Daughter getting inconsistent messages (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Q. I share custody of my 4-year-old daughter with my ex-husband and every time she comes back from a weekend visit, she's a mess. He lets her stay up as late as she wants and eat candy instead of meals. It takes days to get her back to normal, but he says she's fine and he won't change anything.

Money better spent on existing welfare programmes (Stuff) - Instead of "Big Brother" tactics to monitor children's wellbeing, money could be better spent on existing programmes to bolster parenting skills, suggest community welfare providers.

WEDNESDAY, JAN 25 (The Brampton Guardian) - PARENTING WORKSHOP: Brampton Library is hosting a free workshop to help newcomers to Canada cope with a wide range of parenting issues at the South Fletcher's Branch, 500 Ray Lawson Blvd. from 2 to 3 p.m. The Parenting for Newcomers workshop deals with the development of children and offers cultural insights into parenting in Canada.

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]

Parents forum examines media effect on youths (The Oregonian) - Wilsonville - The Network of Community Parenting, a Wilsonville group of parents of teens, will hold a free forum Wednesday night on the effects of various forms of media on youths.

Madonna Accepts Jovis Apology Still Waiting For Eltons (ContactMusic) - LATEST: MADONNA has accepted JON BON JOVI's apology for criticising her parenting skills, but is still waiting for SIR ELTON JOHN to apologise for hi

'It's tough doing things differently from others. You can feel quite isolated at times' (Guardian Unlimited) - Lena Munday, a 28-year old part-time PhD student, does not just flirt with ideas of eco-parenting in bringing up her son, Finn. It's a whole way of life.

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