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Should W-2 force new moms to take parenting class? (The Capital Times) - Do poor moms make bad parents? That's the theory behind a Republican bill that would force new mothers on Wisconsin Works' (W-2) paid maternity leave program to take a parenting class within one

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.

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.

Watch out super nanny - Australian parents are doing it for themselves! (EurekAlert!) - The first large scale scientific evaluation of group-based positive parenting programs has found that the intervention reduces clinically significant behavioural problems in children by 36 per cent.

Blogging Baby Sleepover: blog roundup for Monday November 21 (Blogging Baby) - We win some, we lose some, and some days we realize just how fleeting the wonder of parenting is. Today on the blogs… Charlene at crazedparent laments that her three-year-old, Nolan, refused her offer of besos during the preschool dropoff this morning. Metrodad is a little guilty because he pretended he didn’t notice Peanut’s poopy diaper this morning before the nanny took over - but

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

Study: kids behave better after programs (UPI) - PERTH, Australia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Australian researchers say parenting programs are essential to better behaved children and better parenting. A study by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth showed a 36 percent reduction in behavior problems in 4- to 6-year-olds.

For Some Parents, Giant School Projects are a Nightmare (Free Lance) - Parenting is difficult. Almost every day, we parents face new challenges. But most of us muddle through. We teach our children to walk, talk and stop biting the other kids. And then one day, all of our good work is shot down because our children bring home a school project.