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PARENTING: A trip with the kids? Plan first, then travel (The Charlotte Observer) - Each year, families set out on the country's interstate highways risking frayed nerves, cramped legs and juice-stained upholstery to share a few days of holiday cheer with far-flung relatives.

He wants to share revelatory weekend with ex, daughter (San Jose Mercury News) - Q My ex and I have been divorced 15 years. We're both happily remarried, and have had a very ``bonus families'' approach to co-parenting. This morning he called me, and after having a cordial conversation catching up on the kids and other family stuff, he invited our teenage daughter and me to go to a Landmark Forum event. He spent the weekend there and said he's had a lot of revelations. I'm

NPR's 'Weekend Edition Saturday' Profiles Prenatal Care Program at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York (Medical News Today) - NPR 's " Weekend Edition Saturday " profiled the prenatal care program for female inmates at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County, N.Y. The state sends all of its pregnant inmates to Bedford Hills, a maximum security prison, where they receive prenatal care and parenting classes and are permitted to keep their infants at an in-house nursery for up to 18 months after birth.

Looking for Someone to Blame (RedNova) - By Hehir, Brd The view that misguided parenting is the main cause of children's problems is promoted by the government.

What's going on (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - Parenting classes: These are offered by Jewish Family Service at Alan R. Mack Parents Center, 11223 Cornell Park Drive, Blue Ash, unless otherwise noted. Information: (513) 766-3323; www.jfscinti.org. Registration due a week before class starts:

Head start and Crookston School working together (Crookston Daily Times) - The Crookston School District and Crookston Head Start are working together this year to provide quality childcare and parenting classes to the young parents who need them.

Teach inmates to be better parents, experts urge (The Oklahoman) - Nov 11, 2005: Experts told lawmakers Thursday that incarcerated parents often lack the necessary parenting skills to care for their children, which often leads to cases of child abuse and neglect.

Disciplining your child: do you spank? (Blogging Baby) - Opinionated Parenting has an interesting post today from the wonderful writer Mother-in-Chief. She is writing about disciplipline, as you could tell from the title of this post. And she raises the point that some days time outs work effectively for her Toddler, and some days they don’t. However, she has made the decision not to spank him. She goes on to point out that she doesn’t spank

Putting together the puzzle (Town Online) - When Debra Shrier adopted a baby daughter 13 years ago, her life was transformed in ways she couldn't have imagined. "Adoption is like parenting with a twist," she said. "There is so much you learn. It changes you forever."

Local athletes examples of good parenting (Selma Times-Journal) - I really enjoyed the article on former Selma High School football player, Donald Steele. Every so often, a kid comes through the school system with the total package.