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Parenting classes offered free to public (Reno Gazette-Journal) - Fallon Family Focus offers, free of charge to the community, classes that help deal with parenting skills on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Adult Education center, 590 S. Maine Street. All are welcome to attend. The following classes are being offered next week:

Group to present parenting workshop (NorthJersey.com) - BERGENFIELD -- The Partnership for Caring, a program of Vantage Health System, will hold a two-part parenting workshop about communication.

Adopted child needs attentive parenting (Knoxville News Sentinel) - Q: We have an adopted girl who came to us when she was 4 years old. She is very difficult to handle and does pretty much what she pleases. For us to make her obey would be very unpleasant for her, and frankly, we don't feel we have the right to do that. She has been through a lot in her short life. Besides, we're not her real parents. Do you think she'll be OK if we'll just give her a lot of love

DIFFICULT ADOPTED DAUGHTER NEEDS ATTENTIVE PARENTING (Cullman Times) - QUESTION: We have an adopted girl who came to us when she was 4 years old. She is very difficult to handle and does pretty much what she pleases. For us to make her obey would be very unpleasant for her, and frankly, we don't feel we have the right to do that.

Shared Parenting Initiative to appear on 2006 ballot (NDSU Spectrum) - On Election Day, North Dakota voters will have the chance to decide if joint custody should be the default in divorce cases. If passed, North Dakota will be the first state to enact such a law.

Letter To The Fargo Forum From A Shared Parenting Supporter (KXMA-TV Dickinson) - Fellow Shared Parenting supporter Eric Lanum was kind enough to share with me this letter to the editor he’s sent to the Fargo Forum . I’m not sure if the Forum will print it or not, but I thought it was good enough to be published here on Say Anything.

Vote No on Measure #3 (KXMA-TV Dickinson) - Measure Number 3: 14-09-06.7 Shared Parenting - equal access to children. 1. No parent shall be denied custody of a child without first having been declared unfit, utilizing the clear and convincing evidentiary standard.

PARENTING | Roll with toddler’s obsessive tendencies (Kansas City Star) - Q. My 2 1/2 -year-old sometimes becomes obsessed with certain objects or activities. If I try to distract or redirect him, he begins to get agitated. If I put him in time-out, he’ll calm down but usually starts right back up when his time is up. Is this sort of obsessive behavior normal at this age, or is it something that needs to be addressed?

Showing that 'old-school' style (The Herald) - FORT MILL -- Eleven of John Rosemond's parenting advice books are best-sellers and his "Because I Said So!" T-shirts are a hit on the web.

Action Line: A morsel of parenting advice, plus usual tips (San Jose Mercury News) - Q I have to comment on your column where a mother wrote in concerning her two sons who have lost their birth certificates and Social Security cards due to carelessness (Action Line, Oct. 23).