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Bill proposes more resources for pregnant, parenting students (California Aggie) - Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) introduced legislation Nov. 7 that proposed the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Act. If approved, the legislation will provide $10 million for 200 individual grants that would provide resources for college-aged women with children.

Learning parenting skills while you do time (Blogging Baby) - A vast number of our society could probably use some education about parenting. I’ll even raise my hand to be a part of that group. But where to begin? How about the McNeil Island Corrections Center in Washington state. “We’re real people and we care just as much as everybody else about our children,” said one inmate. The class, called “Long-distance dads,” teaches fathers to parent from

Co-Sleeping Safely - Attachment Parenting (BellaOnline) - Of all the tools associated with Attachment Parenting, co-sleeping is the most controversial. Choosing where your child sleeps is a personal matter, and in subsequent articles I'd like to discuss co-sleeping in depth and address some of the misconceptions surrounding the issue.

Family tree gets queer as part of parenting initiative (Blogging Baby) - The Queer Parenting Initiative has created a series of posters in their “ Queering the Family Tree ” project which are meant to open up the debate on what, exactly, makes up a family in today’s world. The colorful tree diagrams have words like heterosexual, bisexual, queer, lesbian, straight, intersex, transgender, questioning, gay, transsexual and two-spirit where names would go on a normal

Attachment Parenting and Natural Living (BellaOnline) - Does Attachment Parenting equal Crunchy? Before delving into Attachment Parenting as my preferred philosophy for child rearing, I wasn’t typically what one would term ‘crunchy’.

Career vs. parenting: did you pick a boring job for its benefits? (Blogging Baby) - Metrodad has a great debate going about his career, which he says isn’t exactly the most fulfilling thing in the world. It’s stressful, and he doesn’t love it. What it does provide him with: a good salary that will allow him to give Peanut good things and a nanny, and the flexibility to someday attend soccer games and parent-teacher conferences. Metrodad wonders if he should change careers,

Spiritual growth and parenting explored in collaborative book (The Easterner) - The Womens Studies Center hosted another successful program for the EWU community. On Nov. 8, Tracy Springberry, Sarah Conover, Jonathan Johnson and Gina Petrie read from At Work in Lifes Garden: Writers on the Spiritual Adventure of Parenting. ...

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.

These children may not want another mum, but they want someone they can depend on. I aim to make them feel safe (icWales) - FAMILIES are being asked to enlist for one of the toughest of all parenting roles, as fostering carer for "difficult" young people. Advertisements appearing in the media for a new breed of foster carers in Swansea are pulling no punches.

Parenting expert attracts big crowd (Ukiah Daily Journal) - Last Thursday night, more than 150 people interested in the healthy development of young children gathered to hear a presentation by international parenting expert Dr. Matthew Sanders of the University of Queensland in Australia.