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Children taught parenting skills (BBC News) - A scheme to give deprived children as young as 10 parenting lessons is launched in in East Ayrshire.

Ridgecrest to host parenting workshop (Tuttle Times) - BRIDGE CREEK — Do you ever wonder why you became a parent or maybe at some point you have wanted to quit or run away but you knew couldn’t? We know parenting can be difficult and that’s why we want to partner with you in this important task.

Ten-year-olds to get parenting lessons as part of £4m scheme (The Scotsman) - PUPILS as young as ten are to be given parenting lessons as part of a multi-million-pound scheme aimed at reducing the number of young people who go straight onto the dole after they leave school.

Parenting classes for children of 10 (The Herald) - Children as young as 10 are to be given parenting lessons in a groundbreaking initiative to improve the prospects of pupils from some of the most deprived communities in Scotland.

Sick-day survival: Holding down the fort when your little one is ill (CNN.com) - One of your kids is sick and has to stay home, which probably means you have to stay home too. Keeping him or her comfortable and entertained can make the day go faster for both of you. Parenting.com shares some expert ideas.

Child & Parenting Product Company, UpSpring, Announces Launch of Walking Wings (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - UpSpring, a new Austin based child and parenting product company, which markets new innovations in the child development and safety category, announces the launch of their signature brand, Walking Wings .

The next phase in helicopter parenting (Telegraph) - CHICAGO (AP) - Some parents are writing their college-age kids' resumes. Others are acting as their children's "representatives," hounding college career counselors, showing up at job fairs and sometimes going as far as calling employers to ask why their son or daughter didn't get a job.

Parenting techniques clinic offered Thursday (The Record-Courier) -

Matthew Taylor says we should teach children parenting skills (Guardian Unlimited) - Let's teach children about parenting, says Matthew Taylor.

School violence can be addressed with better parenting, role models (Pacific Daily News) - As a kindergarten student, Eric was bullied. The big, tough first-grader grabbed Eric's bag of chips away. As an autistic kindergarten student, Eric simply blinked.