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South Africa: Child Welfare Suggests Parenting Courses (AllAfrica.com) - Child Welfare South Africa has encouraged its members and organisations to develop parenting courses to equip parents to discipline their children, without resorting to physical force.

Parenting program gets grant from CDC (Daily Press) - Family Focus — a program of Mary Immaculate Hospital that targets families at risk for child abuse and helps teach positive parenting skills — has received a $198,700 grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Parenting program comes to Hillsborough (The Reporter) - HILLSBOROUGH -- The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey is bringing its successful parenting program "The 15-Minute Child Break" to the township.

Immanuel Lutheran sets parenting seminar (Leelanau Enterprise) - Immanuel Lutheran Church in Leland is hosting a DVD-based parenting seminar, Value-Packed Parenting, with Dr. Kevin Leman on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Source: Britney "Doesn't Take Parenting Seriously" (E! Online via Yahoo! News) - A week ago, Kevin Federline grudgingly consented to allow Britney Spears overnight visits with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James.

Inmates offered parenting program (The Derrick) - About 20 Clarion County jail inmates express interest. CLARION - Clarion County jail inmates will have an opportunity to develop better parenting skills through an upcoming program.

Parenting for jail inmates (KMTR Eugene) - A new local parenting program for jail inmates is getting good results when it comes to reuniting families.

Parenting interventions for the prevention of unintentional injuries in childhood (News-Medical-Net) - Teaching parenting skills could be an effective way to reduce childhood injuries, a new review of studies suggests, especially for disadvantaged families.

Parenting program to begin Monday (The Advocate) - NEWARK -- The Capable Parents Program of Pathways of Licking County will offer a three-session parenting class for children from birth to 5 years of age.

Drug tests, parenting help ordered for Spears (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in Jena, La. The British rocker's donation to the Jena Six Legal Defense Fund was announced by the NAACP as thousands of protesters were expected to march through Jena today in defense of Mychal Bell and five other teens. The group has become known as the Jena Six.