LIBabies.com Web News Archive

Ed Schaefer Endorses Shared Parenting Initiative (KXMA-TV Dickinson) - Today former North Dakota Governor Ed Schaefer guest-hosted Scott Hennen’s Hot Talk radio show. During the show a supporter of the North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative called in, and right after the call Gov. Schaefer stated that he does support Shared Parenting.

Incarcerated Women Receive Parenting Training: Trying to break the cycle (Tulsa World) - OKLAHOMA CITY -- When Rita Cooksey asked for volunteers for a new kind of parenting class at Oklahoma City's Hillside Community Corrections Center, she expected to bring together a few women inmates, their parents and their children.

Learn more about foster parenting and adoption (Marin Independent Journal) - The Marin County Division of Social Services will have an informational meeting on foster parenting and adoption from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Dec. 6 at 10 N. San Pedro Rd., Room 1018.

Joy of parenting turns to fear (Centre Daily Times) - Many poems celebrate the joys of having children. Michigan poet Jeff Vande Zande reminds us that adults make mistakes, even with children they love, and that parenting is about fear as well as joy.

Pitkin couple rewarded for years of foster parenting (Leesville Leader) - PITKIN - Several years ago, Gavin and Charlene Dauzat looked across their extensive property and saw a trio of adolescents riding one of their cows, a particularly docile creature named “Granny.”

Radio Highlights (San Francisco Chronicle) - SUNDAY To the Best of Our Knowledge. Hour 1: "Death by Nostalgia." Hour 2: "The Mind, Music & Math." KALW-FM (91.7) 8 a.m. Positive Parenting. Alissa Quart, author of "Hothouse Kids." Jim Trelease, author of "The Read-Aloud Handbook." KOIT-FM (...

Ridgecrest to host parenting workshop (Tuttle Times) - BRIDGE CREEK — Do you ever wonder why you became a parent or maybe at some point you have wanted to quit or run away but you knew couldn’t? We know parenting can be difficult and that’s why we want to partner with you in this important task.

Police still looking for tot, teen mom (Mohave Valley News) - ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - Police in St. George, Utah were still looking Sunday for a toddler who was taken from a foster home where his 16-year-old mother had been sent to learn parenting skills.

Parents as Teachers receives $1.25M federal grant (BizJournals) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it awarded Parents as Teachers National Center a five-year grant totaling $1.25 million. The money will go to support a project aimed at creating and increasing parenting support specifically designed for fathers.

JOHN ROSEMOND PARENTING TV: Habits take toll on children (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - W hile winging it from Charlotte to Des Moines last month, I passed the time by reading, cover to cover, American Airlines' most excellent in-flight magazine, "American Way" (September 15, 2006). Contained therein were compelling stories about various South American destinations, but what I found most interesting were current stats on television habits.