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Benigni knows best: Creativity is key in parenting (OnMilwaukee.com) - Italian film “Life Is Beautiful” (“La vita è bella”) starring Roberto Benigni is a brilliant lesson in parenting.

Study: Divorce doesn't change parenting (UPI) - A University of Alberta study found divorce does not -- for the most part -- change parenting behavior.

they help young moms, babies stay on track (The Patriot-News) - Parenting isn't easy for Renada, but the 17-year-old Harrisburg girl has someone she can rely on for help. Renada is one of about 25 girls enrolled in Young Mothers Together, a program of the Neighborhood Center of the United Church of Christ for pregnant and parenting teens who are still in school.

Study: Divorce doesn't change parenting (EARTHtimes.org) - A University of Alberta study found divorce does not -- for the most part -- change parenting behavior. Sociology professor Lisa Strohschein used data from the 1994 and 1996 cycles of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to compare chan...

A new civil defence force would defeat the politics of fear (Guardian Unlimited) - Insecurity has become the signature tune of contemporary life: economic globalisation, terrorism, crime and antisocial behaviour, cultural identity, pensions, even our approach to parenting, with children closeted from risks of any kind. And yet, in many ways, we have never been safer or healthier.

2007/12/14 (The New Straits Times) - Johor Family Development Foundation CEO Muji Salimon (left) with a Parenting@Work module at the programme launch in Johor Baru while state National Population and Family Development acting director Zakiah Md Noh (right) and deputy director Dr Anjli Doshi (centre) look on.

Lesbians score IVF treatment victory (Adelaide Now) - LESBIANS will be able to get fertility treatment in Victoria in a major breakthrough for gay parenting rights. The Brumby Government will legislate next year to allow single and gay women to use in vitro fertilisation to conceive.

Johor Buzz: Scheme to help working parents cope with stress (The New Straits Times) - IN-line with its effort to combat social ills among teenagers, the Johor Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) has introduced a special programme called Parenting@Work to help young and working parents.

Parenting Practices Don't Suffer During Divorce, According To Large Study (Science Daily) - New research is challenging the notion that parents who divorce necessarily exhibit a diminished capacity to parent in the period following divorce. A large, longitudinal study has found that divorce does not change parenting behavior, and that there are actually more similarities than differences in parenting between recently divorced and married parents.

Roots of Empathy back in Fort schools (Fort Saskatchewan Record) - The Roots of Empathy (ROE) program is up and running for the second year in the various schools in Fort Saskatchewan. Win Ferguson, Fort Saskatchewan Elementary, Rudolph Hennig, Pope John XXIII and Bruderheim Elementary School all participate in the innovative classroom-based parenting program.