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Watching TV Can Improve Parenting And Child Behavior (Medical News Today) - Watching television parenting programmes like ITV's Driving Mum and Dad Mad really can help improve parenting skills and modify children's behavioural problems, according to a study at The University of Manchester. [click link for full article]

Shift parenting 'hurts families' (Guardian Unlimited) - It is a lifestyle many busy couples will recognise: 'shift parenting', where children are passed between parents like a baton in a relay race, rarely spending time all together.

FAMILY BRIEFS: Church of Christ to host parenting workshops (Asheville Citizen-Times) - ASHEVILLE -- The Biltmore Church of Christ, 823 Fairview St., will offer a parenting class, "Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours," beginning at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 3 and running for 13 weeks.

Local youths target parenting to prevent bullying (The Oshkosh Northwestern) - They know they are going to rebel, after all its part of being a teenager.

Shift parenting 'hurts families' (Guardian Unlimited) - A phenomenon familiar to dual-income couples is eroding family life, claims constitutional affairs minister.

My Family (Click 2 Houston) - Parenting has always been tricky. Adding an online world adds a new layer of difficulty. More See the submissions for our "Best Thanksgiving Photo" PhotoVote contest.

PARENTING | Time is the best gift for boys (Kansas City Star) - DEAR MR. DAD: My two boys are constantly seeking their father’s attention — wanting him to do everything for them and screaming until he pays attention to them. Occasionally he will take them to the zoo, but he never goes out and plays ball with them or plays with them in general.

PARENTING | Keeping your kids away from drugs (Kansas City Star) - Tips from Aletha Solter, author of Raising Drug-Free Kids: 100 Tips for Parents (DeCapo Lifelong, $13.95 paperback):

Read, ask questions about conflicting studies (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - In the world of parenting, new hypotheses about what causes autism, allergies or sibling rivalry come out almost on a weekly basis. Unfortunately, that leaves parents not knowing what to do

Enterprising mum's putting on a parenting exhibition (The Evening Telegraph) - AS any frazzled new mum knows, the run-up to the birth and the bewildering array of information to take in once the baby arrives can be a huge strain.