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New parenting educators add services at Douglas County Family Support Council (The Record-Courier) - The Family Support Council of Douglas County recently added two parenting educators in the Parents And Children Together Program.

Queer Parenting Initiative launches family tree posters (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - TORONTO (CP) - At first glance, the family tree posters dotted along the main hallway of the City View Alternative School just seem more colourful and artistic than the conventional genealogical diagram.

Dorothy Nolte, 81, Author of Parenting Poem, Dies (New York Times) - Dorothy Law Nolte, a writer and family counselor, who wrote a weekly column on family matters for The Torrance Herald, authored the ubiquitous inspirational poem, "Children Learn What They Live."

Parenting isn't pretty: I've got 25 more years of this (Blogging Baby) - Earlier today I took Everett and Truman to my neighborhood coffee shop. The owners and patrons love my children and they make the best lattes in (1 1/2) miles. When I gathered my belongings to go outside, on Everett’s insistence, I learned that he just wanted to be outside - not go home. How could I be so cruel as to take him home? Horrors. I spent the next 15 minutes negotiating with him

FIRM FIBS, PAP SMEARS AND POLITICAL PARENTING (Financial Mail) - of the ding-dong battle taking place among our political lords and masters is that producing more smears than a successful gynaecologist must keep them so busy that they can have little time left over to meddle with the citizenry.

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.

www.theage.com.au (The Age) - Almost 200,000 people would be moved from parenting and disability payments to the dole over the next three years under the government's welfare to work changes, a Senate committee was told.

200,000 to go on dole, inquiry told (The Australian) - ALMOST 200,000 people would be moved from parenting and disability payments to the dole in the next three years under the Government's welfare-to-work changes, a Senate committee was told today.

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.

AN exposition on better parenting failed to generate much interest yesterday, and even scheduled guest speaker Dr Peter (The Jamaica Observer) - Only a handful of parents turned up at the exhibition, which was intended to promote the Safe Schools Programme, reduce violence and antisocial behaviour in schools, promote better communities and build stronger individuals.