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Parenting workshops set (Standard-Journal) - TURBOTVILLE — A parenting workshop, “Parenting 101,” will be offered from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Warrior Run High School.

Johnson Elementary counselor holding parenting classes (Kingsport Times-News) - KINGSPORT - Parents are invited to learn some parenting tactics from a school counselor Thursday. Johnson Elementary School Counselor Heather Gliserman will talk about teaching responsibility during the fifth of six afternoon parenting classes.

Parenting program needs more participants (Statesville Record & Landmark) - In the turmoil of divorce, its effects on children can sometimes be overlooked. Partners in Parenting, a program administered by Piedmont Mediation Center , is hoping to change that, said Terri Masiello, executive director of the Piedmont Mediation Center .

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

Dead child's mother faces tough questions (CBC British Columbia) - The 24-year-old mother of the toddler killed by an uncle in Port Alberni was questioned about her parenting on Thursday – at the coroner's inquest looking into her daughter's death.

Home-Start seeking volunteers (Mudgee Guardian) - Mudgee Home-Start is seeking volunteers from the community to become involved in its home visiting service, helping families by sharing parenting experiences.

Parent Power: Believe It or Not Parents Do Have Power! (Manhasset Press) - The Manhasset Community Coalition Against Substance Abuse is presenting "Parent Power," a CASA Wellness Week Parent Seminar with David J. Wilmes, the best selling author of Parenting for Prevention: How to Raise a Child to Say No to Alcohol/Drugs and a featured expert on numerous local and national media programs including USA Today, CBS Morning News, and ABC's Good Morning America.

NewsChannel5 Germ Test Finds Deadly Bacteria (Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News) - Do you know where germs live? NewsChannel5's anchor Adam Shapiro put several places to the germ test.

Trying to help families is not so simple (Sunday Mail) - THE role of parenting can never be underestimated in its level of complexity, the daily challenges and its overall importance to the functioning of society.

Mum facing jail over truancy (Manchester Online) - A MOTHER convicted three times of failing to ensure her daughter attends school is facing jail. Linda Smith, 52, of Copse Drive, Bury, was fined £200 for a first offence in 2004 then conditionally discharged for two years and given a parenting order for a second offence last year.