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On Parenting: A Child’s Head Needs Protection from Concussion (US News & World Report) - Bumps can lead to serious brain injury. So the noggins of active children need to be helmeted.

Area Calendar (The Pantagraph) - Events scheduled between Nov. 12 and Nov. 15 MONDAY Community -- Reserve a spot for Parent Cafe discussion of parenting topics; 5 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at The Baby Fold, 612 Oglesby Ave., Normal. Dinner at no cost. Call (309) 888-5539. Another Parent Cafe is planned for Jan. 9.

Skip the Psychobabble! Parenting Experts Offer Straightforward Advice in New 'Smart Parenting' Book (Broadcast Newsroom) - STONY BROOK, N.Y., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Parenting experts Dr. Carl Arinoldo and wife Linda Arinoldo, M.S., have co-authored a recently released book, Essentials of Smart Parenting (Nova Science Publishing 2007), that eschews complex terminology for easily understood guidance, providing busy parents with helpful advice that hones parenting skills while reducing related stress.

Class teaches literacy, parenting skills (Rocky Mount Telegram) - TARBORO – Monday through Thursday an uncommon group of students can be found in the trailer behind Stocks Elementary School.

Flexibility is the key to successful parenting (The Oregonian) - W hen I'm asked how I keep up with parenting five children alongside my writing career, I realize I have no easy formula, kind of like my mothering. I do a lot by instinct, by learning along the way, by love and passion and prayer.

Raising children ends; parenting doesn't (Plattsburgh Press Republican) - PLATTSBURGH -- The snake nests of video game cords are gone from the bedroom floor, as are the heaps of clothes. Hold-over toys are shelved. The never-made bed has a neat spread and plumped pillows.

Baby Seen Left In Pickup Truck In Troy Found To Be Doll Baby (WHIO-TV 7 Dayton) - A few anxious moments Saturday morning for Troy police on the report of a baby in a plastic bag alone in a parked pickup truck. The baby was found to be a doll used in a parenting skills class at Troy High School in the care of a high school senior boy.

Helicopter parenting can harm children: experts (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Do you call your college-aged child every day, solve all their problems and interfere with their jobs? You could be a helicopter parent.

New Parenting Initiatives pushes traditional methods (KHON 2 Honolulu) - Author and syndicated columnist John Rosemond is in town to kick off a new parenting initiative. Rosemond is known for what he calls the traditional method of raising children.

Hip parents to share stories at book fair (Miami Herald) - M any working parents find themselves chasing the same calling: to be hip even with drool on their shoulder or pacifiers falling out of their briefcases. But if you're a member of the hip parenting movement, it's all in a day's work.