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Local bank donates money to STEP Parenting Program (Canton Daily Ledger) - Wells Fargo Bank has donated $775 to Canton Union School District 66 for the district’s STEP Parenting Training Program. The donation, which brings the total amount given to the program by Wells Fargo to $3,555, is part of Wells Fargo’s Team Up for Our Schools program.

Parenting books neglect safety for teens (UPI) - CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Parenting books on teenagers are less likely to contain injury prevention messages than those that give advice on parenting small children.

Sharon Osborne attacks Madonna's parenting (Blogging Baby) - Sharon Osbourne is the next celebrity parent, (Jon Bon Jovi chimed in last week) to be annoyed with Madonna’s lofty parenting ideals. You’ll forgive me if I find it laughable that Sharon Osbourne is up in arms over Madonna’s decision to seriously limit her kids television exposure. It’s true I think there are a million ‘right’ ways to be a parent, but the Osbourne’s are not exactly the

Shared parenting better for children (Montgomery Advertiser) - Hopefully, the next legislative session will make true shared parenting a reality. Current policy relative to custody of children after divorce constitutes "winner take all" and de facto state sponsored kidnapping.

Author to discuss parenting strategies (Lansdale Reporter) - Award-winning author and educational consultant Michele Borba will be speaking on parenting strategies at the North Penn High School at 7 p.m. tonight.

'50s parenting: Abstract art -- not science (Orlando Sentinel) - My mother, who bore four children in five years to a husband who traveled on business, used to restrain my adventurous baby sister in her crib with neckties.

Knowing yourself is key to parenting (Visalia Times-Delta) - When we begin our rite of passage into parenthood, we are determined not to repeat our parent's mistakes. As new parents, we create mental checklists of dos and don'ts.

Parenting isn't pretty: when your children are touch-y (Blogging Baby) - Get. Off. ME! I want to shout, jaw clenched. And, stop wiggling or I’ll wiggle you! But I grind my teeth, and usually get by with a minor frustrated outburst of ohhhhh! as Everett shifts position again, and again, and again to get the maximum touch factor. When he creeps into our bed in the wee hours, he shifts and shimmies until he can get his feet just so under my calves. I love a

Snapple Founder Launches an All-Natural, Healthy Beverage With a Kids Sports Cap That Turns the Juice Box on Its Top (RedNova) - NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A parenting breakthrough for kids of all ages: Jordan Kerner crossed paths with grandfather of 12 and Snapple founder, Arnold Greenberg, who instantly became an advocate, and together, Greenberg and Kerner launched Waddajuice.

Head start and Crookston School working together (Crookston Daily Times) - The Crookston School District and Crookston Head Start are working together this year to provide quality childcare and parenting classes to the young parents who need them.