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Not Your Parents Internship Anymore - Latest Trend in Internships is Ugly Reality of Helicopter Parenting (Newswise) - The latest trend in helicopter parenting -- parents interfering with their kids' internship experiences, calling these companies and asking employers to go easy on their children - an exercise which says Diana Nash, director of Career Development and Internships at Marymount Manhattan College, makes employers think twice about hiring interns in the future.

Divorce doesn't have to destroy the kids (MSNBC) - Experts say high-profile messy divorces like that of Britney and K-Fed may actually be contributing something positive to the world of parenting by demonstrating so clearly what not to do when the fairy tale ends and raising awareness that more can be done to protect the kids.

Parenting tip of the week: Television controls (Savannah Morning News) - As the Savannah Film Festival comes to an end, it serves as a reminder to parents that there are some movies or TV shows that are inappropriate for children of certain ages.

Group says testimony portrayed it inaccurately (Reno Gazette-Journal) - LAS VEGAS -- The president of Nevadans for Equal Parenting is challenging claims made during testimony in the Darren Mack murder trial that his organization is a "father's rights group" responsible for the hate-laced blog postings attacking Family Court Judge Chuck Weller.

Focus On The Family Executives More Interested In Parenting Than Politics (The Morning News) - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- James Dobson has become synonymous with the empire that is Focus on the Family. Tourists clamor for photos of the group's founder when he's not taping a radio show, talking about the presidential race on a TV news show or writing another child-rearing book.

Survey offers a snapshot of hovering college parents (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - November 5, 2007 2:35 PM ET MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) - A Middlebury College psychologist says the phenomena known as "helicopter parenting" transcends race, class and...

Spears Abandons Kids To Go Chandelier Shopping (ContactMusic) - BRITNEY SPEARS' parenting skills have been called into question once again, after leaving her two sons in the car to go shopping for chandeliers. The

Speaker to discuss child discipline (Salina Journal) - Lacy Krebs, a mother and wife, will speak on "An Introduction to Parenting with Conscious Discipline" at the November's Mothers' Hour program. The meeting will be from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday at First Covenant Church, 2625 E. Magnolia.

Best Tips Mark Column Milestone (The Morning News) - Fifteen years ago this week, my "Kid Tips" column was born, with the words "Congratulations, you are a columnist" from an editor at a major newspaper. She took a chance on the concept that busy parents needed practical advice. Seven hundred eighty columns and 4,000 parenting tips later, Kid Tips is nationally syndicated as well as appearing in India, United Arab Emirates, Canada and Bermuda.

A wild child busts out (Calendarlive.com) - Art institutions used to have the kind of unquestioned authority that parents had, but times have changed -- and so has parenting. In the boomer-run home, rules tend to be relaxed, boundaries permeable, power shared, all in the name of giving the expressive self room to thrive.