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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.

Couple sentenced for forgetting child on driveway (San Francisco Chronicle) - (01-30) 14:31 PST REDWOOD CITY -- A visiting New Mexico couple who apparently forgot one of their eight children on a San Mateo driveway overnight were sentenced today to three years of probation and ordered to attend 25 parenting classes. Elias...

Three Months Probation For Leaving Infant On San Mateo Street (KRXI-TV Reno) - REDWOOD CITY -- A New Mexico couple was sentenced to three years probation Monday and will be required to take parenting classes after leaving their 19-month-old daughter alone for hours on a San Mateo sidewalk in June.

Child behavior advice (The News Sun) - WAUKEGAN — Parents of Waukegan elementary students will have the opportunity to hear parenting advice from a national expert on child behavior.

Health Care Foundation Offers Mini-Grants For Infants (The Times-Union) - The Health Care Foundation of Kosciusko County Inc. is dedicated to improving the health of Kosciusko County residents by encouraging parents to nurture healthier babies through prenatal and children’s health-focused programs, developing better-equipped parents through parenting education and creating stronger relationships within families and between English- and Spanish-speaking cultures.

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

Advice by Marilyn Heins, M.D.: Parenting: Enforce agreed-upon rules (Arizona Daily Star) - Q: I am a 32-year-old mother and I have two great kids. My oldest is almost 11. She has a very hard time dealing with the word "no."

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) - The fun way to learn This creative initiative from Namibia uses the appeal of comics to teach children and teachers the basics of computer usage. More

Parents of adopted children seek guidance (Town Online) - As any parent knows, bringing home a new baby changes everything. And when that baby is adopted, parenting can become even more complex.