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Classes Help Convicts with Parenting Skills (NPR) - A number of programs around the United States offer parenting classes to convicts serving long sentences. The classes are designed to help inmates be better parents both while incarcerated and after they return to society. James Chambers, who is serving a 30-year prison sentence, is among the students. From member station KUOW, Andrea Smardon reports.

What should be your parenting resolutions? (MSNBC) - “Today” contributor Dr. Ruth Peters offers advice on how to fine tune your childrearing skills for the new year.

Youth Bureau Offers Parenting Class (Oswego Daily News) - OSWEGO, NY - The Oswego City-County Youth Bureau will present the Early Childhood STEP Parenting Class beginning Jan. 10. The course includes seven 2-hour sessions for parents who have children up to age six.

Conference Focuses on Latino Parenting (RedNova) - By The Idaho Statesman, Boise, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Dec. 28--The Nampa School District and the Center for Community and Justice is co-sponsoring a regional Latino Parent Involvement Conference from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.

CHILDREN & PARENTING (The Hindu) - Power of memory A child, aged two years and nine months, displaying a car poster at a press conference in Bangalore on Wednesday. He has an amazing talent of identifying the names more than 150 cars and other automobiles. He can also name the Capital cities ...

Adventures in parenting: the post-Christmas flu (Blogging Baby) - Filed under: Child Development , Feeding & Nutrition , Health and Safety I don't think I'm alone. But I sure am grumpy about it. It seems as if half of the world has contracted a dastardly Christmas-week stomach flu. Case #384871: Everett, who helped the family sleep in 'til 12:30 p.m. yesterday and then spent the day on the couch napping and watching all of his new "bideos." (Most

Children's Resources (Martha's Vineyard Times) - The Family Network provides support and resources to all Island families with children up to age six. Services include play groups, parenting discussions, a monthly newsletter, health and development screenings, and support groups.

'Drugs Are Real' Topic of Free Parent Forum Jan. 12 (La Cañada Valley Sun) - A free parenting forum on how to identify the red flags that might indicate a child is involved with drugs will be offered from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Roger Barkley Community Center, 4469 Chevy Chase Dr., La Cañada Flintridge.

Blogging Baby Sleepover: Tuesday, December 27 (Blogging Baby) - Filed under: Lifestyle , Media Well, it looks like the parenting blogworld is trying to get life back to the usual, after a weekend of Christmas revelry and excess. Turns out, trying to regain some sense of normalcy isn't exactly easy, as Tonya from Adventure Journalist: the notebook finds out, trying to get out of the Big Apple and back to Colorado (anyone know how to do laundry with

Wyoming -- Tuesday, Dec. 27 (Casper Star-Tribune) - Coming Up Parenting skills * The Wyoming Children's Access Network provides parent-education seminars for divorcing, separated and never-married parents. The one-time 4-hour seminar is offered monthly in Cheyenne, Cody, Gillette, Jackson, Lander, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Sheridan and Torrington. The seminar provides information on the impact of parental conflict on children and teaches