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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.

Landlords in line to enforce good parenting (InsideHousing) - The government this week unveiled its plans to hand councils and housing associations the powers to draw up parenting orders.

Making sense of overprotective parenting (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Although everyone is aware that overprotective parenting is not a good thing and that children need to experience their own lives, do you know where parents with the best intentions most often go wrong?

Parenting seminar begins Sunday; T-Mobile Job Fair slated for Feb. 1; Breakfast with the Easter Bunny; Women's group to (Frisco Enterprise) - A "Parent Empowering Seminar" sponsored by The Journey church kicks off Sunday at Rogers Elementary School in Frisco, 10500 Rogers Rd. Sunday's session, titled "Honesty," runs from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Additional sessions include "Respect" on Feb. 12 and "Kindness" on March 5.

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.

CHILDREN & PARENTING (The Hindu) - Cheers! Make-a-Wish Foundation and Disney characters brought cheer to children with life-threatening medical conditions at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad on Friday.

When It Comes to Blogs, There Aren't Enough Words (Washington Post) - Okay, Web fans, it's time for new lingo to help us get a grip on the vast self-publishing landscape known as the blogosphere. Blogs vary so much that they cry out for pithy names to describe each of their many genres.

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.

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

Blame bed-wetting on child's deep sleep (Bradenton Herald) - John Rosemond Parenting Our 3-year-old son has been day and night potty trained for nearly a year. Several months ago, just after starting pre-school, he wet the bed a couple of times.