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Tengku Abdullah: Hold courses on parenting (The Star Online) - KUANTAN: The authorities have been urged to expedite the implementation of parental courses in the country.

Parenting classes offered (The Payson Roundup) - Eight free classes for parents will be offered at the Parent Resource Center, 514 W. Wade Lane. They include "Social Skills and Your Child," "7 Keys to Reading Comprehension," "On the Road to Reading," "Literacy Can Be Fun," and "Discipline for the Young Child."

Ministry needs parenting graduates (Prince George Citizen Online) - There has been a lot of speculation and criticism in the past few years about the Ministry of Children and Family Development, especially on child protection. The government's response has been mandating educational discrimination.

Busy month for students (Clark County Democrat) - The month of October has been very busy as both our faculty and students have been involved in many activities. On Tuesday, Oct. 10th, Parenting Day was held within our school system. Over 100 parent-teacher conferences were held. This can only result in better student achievement and success in

Mom gets one year for video (The Columbian) - A Ridgefield woman was sentenced to one year in the Clark County Jail on Thursday for what her attorney described as a "poor parenting decision." Kristina L. Stallings, 43, found a videotape of her husband raping her 6-year-old daughter and did not report the crime to police.

Parents make fun, healthy food into bugs (Desert Dispatch Online) - BARSTOW -- At a recent parenting class at Lutheran Social Services (LSS), a group of new parents learned how to make nutritious food for their kids -- in the form of bugs.

Program to teach families health tips, parenting skills (The Flint Journal) - It's a throwback to less complicated times: parents and kids eating dinner together and watching a movie or playing a game. Connexion and Asbury Church in Flint are working on an afterschool program, beginning 6-9 p.m. Friday, to steer families to spend time together.

Woman gets probation for leaving kids at home while she shopped (Pottstown Mercury) - NORRISTOWN -- A Pottstown woman must complete probation and parenting classes after police say she endangered her children by leaving them home alone while she went to shop at Wal-Mart.

For Gay Couples, Ruling Has a Cash Value (New York Times) - Gay couples in New Jersey are wondering how the State Supreme Court’s decision granting them the same rights as married couples will affect their finances.

Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrat Party) - In a speech to the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI) today, Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell called for a profound change in the way that family-centred policies are developed. He proposed that policies can only be family friendly when they put support, care and value for individuals at their heart. He described this as the Ethic of Care.