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Moms, dads can commiserate, share tips at Parenting Place (Denver Post) - Loneliness and isolation were not the emotions Gail Wagner expected to feel when she became a first-time mother nearly two years ago. The 43-year-old Boulder resident says her initial foray into parenting was fraught with unexpected challenges, from the basics of breast-feeding and changing diapers to the sheer exhaustion that comes

Parenting 101 series begins Jan. 3 (The News-Review) - ROSEBURG: Parents and guardians looking to improve their child-rearing abilities can register now for Parenting 101 classes.

Gardeners get parenting practice (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) - I love to garden. For most of my life, it’s been my favorite way to relax, to create and to feel one with nature. On the weekends, I’d be up before sunrise, dressed and ready to take on the garden at dawn’s first light.

Local parenting classes offered in Durant (Herald Democrat) - DURANT, Okla. - The Bryan County OSU Extension Center is providing parenting classes on positive discipline and guidance.

Formulaic comedy offers few laughs (The Charlotte Observer) - "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" is perfectly acceptable schmaltz, another movie ode to permissive parenting and inadequate birth control. So if you didn't get your "the more the merrier" jollies with the remake of "Yours, Mine & Ours," here's a sequel to the first "Dozen" that opens today.

No-nonsense juge settled thousands of parents' fights (The Plain Dealer) - Thick silence and stern faces in a courthouse waiting room told of years of fighting. Fighting about parenting. Fighting about money. Raw, bitter emotions kept the former couple and their two attorneys battling for more than a year about child support.

Questions that'll get the family talking (Chicago Tribune) - NEW YORK -- "Communication" is a popular buzzword when it comes to parenting, but it's something much easier said than done. What is your greatest hidden talent?

Ex-Mayor Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Charge (AP via Yahoo! News) - A former Burbank mayor pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine but can stay out of prison if she completes a drug diversion program and drug and parenting classes.

Bank foundation gives $10,000 to help children (The Buffalo News) - The First Niagara Bank Foundation has donated $10,000 to Catholic Charities of Buffalo for its Children's Services program. The program includes foster care, adoption and a support program for pregnant and parenting teens and young adults.

NEW YORK (Houston Chronicle) - NEW YORK - Businesses lost $1 billion in revenue during last week's three-day transit strike, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. Transit workers walked off the job Tuesday, shutting down the bus and subway service that millions of commuters rely on each day.