LIBabies.com Web News Archive

Mom Jailed After Son Missed 71 Of 100 School Days Defends Parenting (WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News) - A mother in Marion County, Fla., jailed after her son missed 71 out of 100 school days he was enrolled calls her punishment ridiculous and defended her parenting during a jailhouse interview with Local 6 News.

So the Torah Is a Parenting Guide? (New York Times) - Enough with the overparenting. Wendy Mogel is a child psychologist who says that the key to properly raised kids is Jewish law. And Jews aren?t the only ones listening.

JOHN ROSEMOND: AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING: Withdraw from diaper derby (Contra Costa Times) - KNOWING THAT I recommend toilet training between 18 and 24 months, and apparently feeling a tad contrary, a reader recently shared with me the positive experience she had toilet training her son when he was 3 years, 3 months. She writes that she didn't want the hassles, and especially the accidents, involved in training a younger child, so she decided to wait until he was 100 percent ready. At 3

REVIEW: The unfunny side of parenting (AP via Yahoo! News) - Comedy is hard. Absurdist comedy is even harder. And frantic absurdist comedy is practically impossible.

Generations shape parenting and vice versa (Asbury Park Press) - When the 300 millionth resident of the United States appears this month, that person's life will be shaped, in part, by whether Mom and Dad are baby boomers, Gen-Xers or millennials, experts say.

Bulletin Board for 10/5/06 (The Enid News & Eagle) - Northwest Family Services Inc. staff member Amber Maier will be teaching their “Parenting Through Separation and Divorce” class. The class is 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Northwest Technical Center, Fairview. To enroll, call Maier at (580) 327-2900.

Professional attitude to parenting revealed (Yorkshire Post Today) - A new generation of "super parents" who successfully juggle their career and children is emerging in Britain, a report claimed today. (04/10/2006 09:25:39)

Fremont offering two parenting workshops starting this week (The Argus) - The city of Fremont's Youth and Family Services department is offering parenting classes starting this week.

Neighborhood Place expanding its reach (The Maui News) - WAILUKU – The Neighborhood Place of Wailuku is preparing an ambitious parenting and cultural training program for at-risk Hawaiian families in a three-year demonstration project supported with a $1.1 million federal grant.

PARENTING | The best fabric for your baby (Kansas City Star) - Q. Are organic fabrics better for my baby? A. Not necessarily. While organic baby clothes and bedding are popping up everywhere, you don’t need them. Whether it’s organic or not, the best fabric for babies is 100 percent cotton that’s soft, lightweight and snug.