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Blue Coat K9 Web Protection Earns the National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval (SYS-CON Media) - Blue Coat(R) Systems , the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that the National Parenting Center has awarded its 2006 Seal of Approval to Blue Coat Systems' K9 Web Protection, a free Internet filter that enables parents to block and manage unsolicited Web content such as pornography, violence and hate speech. K9 Web Protection is offered through the Blue Coat

Lawyer: Parenting techniques will be issue in caged kids trial today (News Journal) - NORWALK (AP) - Discipline and parenting techniques will be a key issue in the trial of adoptive parents accused of locking some of their 11 special-needs children in cages, a defense attorney said.

Blue Coat K9 Web Protection Earns the National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Blue Coat® Systems , the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that the National Parenting Center has awarded its 2006 Seal of Approval to Blue Coat Systems' K9 Web Protection, a free Internet filter that enables parents to block and manage unsolicited Web content such as pornography, violence and hate speech.

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.

Parenting: Take it easy as you introduce variety of foods (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Q: What's the best way to introduce new foods to young children? My son is 4 and it seems like he only eats spaghetti and Cheerios right now. I really want him to have different healthy foods in his diet.

Safe investing (Moneymanager) - Q. I recently separated from my husband and am now on a single parenting payment from Centrelink. I am allowed to earn up to $150 gross before it starts to affect my payments. I have $60,000, from the sale of our marital home, which is in a saver account.

President of foster parent association charged with abuse (KTRE-TV East Texas) - ORANGE CITY, Fla. A Florida man who heads an organization that promotes foster parenting has been charged with molesting two children.

PARENTING | Don’t undermine dad’s discipline (Kansas City Star) - Q. I usually discipline our 7-year-old daughter, but occasionally I ask my husband to help out. She is generally well-behaved but occasionally gets very mouthy. My husband is totally ineffective in handling her. He either yells and screams, negotiates or simply gives in to her inappropriate behavior. I frequently have to step in and take control of the situation.