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Intriguing kid and parenting facts, brought to you by the BBC (Blogging Baby) - Filed under: Lifestyle , Media The BBC ran a very interesting article recently called "100 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Year" (thanks to /. for the link). Buried in the list of errata are several intriguing parenting- and kid-related morsels. Did you know that: Since being published in 1969, Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold one copy everyy minute.

One of a Kind Parenting Resource Now Online (PR Web via Yahoo! News) - (PRWEB) January 2, 2006 -- Baby-skim.com is proud to announce their new parenting resources website. All new parents need a helping hand when it comes to finding everything they need for their little one and this is the reason that Baby-skim.com was created.

MyChildToday.com, a New Free Parenting Resource, Officially Launched, Allowing Parents to Obtain Useful Information for (PR Web) - Parenting is a growing experience between parents and their children. Even the most experienced parents may need some advice. MyChildToday.com has launched and will be there to help. [PRWEB Jan 2, 2006]

Free Youth Affairs parenting programs (Sun-Sentinel) - Details: Drop-ins are welcome; advance registration is not necessary. A Jan. 27 "Single Parenting" session is scheduled for 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the Palm Beach County Library's Jupiter branch

The Freedom of Attachment Parenting (BellaOnline) - Not long after my son was born I had a visit from a friend, also a new mother. We were eager to chat and compare notes, and indulge in grown-up conversation and cheesecake.

2006 resolutions in parenting from Sarah Gilbert (Blogging Baby) - Filed under: Child Development , Lifestyle I'd like to be a better parent in 2006. I think I'll always be in this parenting ambivalence, some days thinking smugly that I must be the best mama in six counties, other days feeling as if I should hide my boys so that child services can't take them away. I'm not going to suddenly become perfect. But here's what I'm striving toward this year:

Active parenting (Public Opinion) - Parents of Chambersburg Area School District students are heading back to the classroom to learn how to help their children cope with bullying, negative peer pressure and other challenges students might face during adolescence.

Classes offer students life and family skills (Fairmont Sentinel) - FAIRMONT -- Setting household budgets, problem solving, preparing nutritious meals, parenting skills, clothing care and "survival" sewing are some of the skills that Fairmont High School students learn in family and consumer science courses.

PARENTING: Toddler discovers the 'magic button' (Miami Herald) - Q: My just-turned 3-year-old daughter started masturbating about six months ago, seemingly to calm herself when she was upset. That didn't bother me, but she's doing it more and more frequently, and I'm beginning to get concerned. How can I get her to stop?

Politics, Derelict Parenting and a Panda: The Year That Was Impossible to Ignore (Washington Post) - Wait, don't start the new year yet; I'm not done with the last one! Who could want to shelve a year that gave us Borf, Tai Shan, Ben Ladner, "Chief" Chad Cordero, Joseph "Prince of Darkness" Steffen, the Minutemen of Herndon, the real Deep Throat, the return of Marion Barry, the prospect of...