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Hospital offers free parenting program (Moorpark Acorn) - Parents and their children are invited to attend the Twilight Infant/Parent Program at the Simi Valley Hospital Child Development Center, 1900 E. Los Angeles Ave., Ste. 300, Simi Valley. This free eightweek parenting program is for one or both parents and their child between birth and two years of age.

Sports Parenting: The shining and the shameful (The Providence Journal) - The sports world can look back at 2006 with both great pride and a certain degree of embarrassment.

Dads Offer Unique Perspective On Parenting (The Morning News) - It's well known that men and women are indeed from different planets. Men and women experience the world differently. Even in our roles as parents, both genders offer a unique perspective to each other and our children.

Raymond news briefs (The Rockingham News) - Parenting Series on Jan. 9 -- The session will be at the Raymond Baptist Church community building on Route 27, across from the corner of Main Street at from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.

Online news and information for the Rhinelander region (Rhinelander Daily News) - Sister Dorothy Ann Dirkx, MA a licensed mental health provider for Ministry Behavioral Health has completed training in Child Trauma Therapy and in COMMON SENSE PARENTING, a Girls and Boys Town program.

On New Year's Eve, get up and go (The Saginaw News) - If you haven't secured tickets for a New Year's Eve night on the town, it's not too late. The challenge for some couples, however, is finding a baby sitter -- especially at the last minute, says MSU Extension Educator Holly Tiret, who works with the parenting initiative at the Saginaw County site.

Editorial: The appeal of repeal (The Carmel Pine Cone) - ANYBODY WHO’S raised children knows that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was wrong. There is no such thing as a “noble savage.” Parenting, it often seems, is about teaching the little ones not to do things they were born wanting to do.

Jewish agency offers parenting classes (Marin Independent Journal) - Parents Place, a nonsectarian program of Jewish Family and Children's Services, is offering parenting workshops in February. Workshops include sessions on cooking meals with young children, positive discipline for fathers and ways to help with children's growing independence.

Parenting skills class aims to cut child abuse (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) - INDIANAPOLIS – A new class teaches young parents-to-be how to handle the stress a screaming baby can induce.

EVENTS (The Villager) - Take part in a variety of classes including “Parenting Your 3-6-Year-Old,” Wed., Dec. 13 from 6:30-8pm, $25 per person. “Adoptive Parent Support Group,” Thurs., Dec. 14 from 7-8:30pm, $24 per couple, $15 per individual.