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Responsible Co-Parenting ' class offered (Altus Times) - ALTUS - Family and Consumer Science Educators from across the state recently attended a “Co-Parenting” in-service at the Oklahoma County Extension office in Oklahoma City. Mitzi Pate, Jackson County Extension Educator was among those attending the in-service.

Online Parenting Classes Give Proven Keys to Family Health and Success (PR Web) - Free online parenting class focuses on oft overlooked but proven parenting style: daily family meals. Children nurtured by daily dinners enjoy better health and emotional stability. Adding “Dinner Talk” or epic storytelling tends to perpetuate family values. [PRWEB Feb 22, 2006]

CHILDREN: Some `expert' parenting tips shouldn't be held in high esteem (The Charlotte Observer) - In the late 1960s, newly emerging parenting experts told parents that high self-esteem would lead to better grades and behavior and prevent drug and alcohol use.

JOHN ROSEMOND: AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING: Mature young teen relates better to older boys (Contra Costa Times) - Q: Our 14-year-old son looks at least two years older and is more mature in many ways than most boys his age. He recently started hanging around with a group of boys who are two years older than him and have driver's licenses. These boys don't have bad reputations; in fact, they're good kids who make decent grades and stay out of trouble. Still, we are concerned. Should we insist that he find

Parenting: Making partings a sweeter sorrow (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Q. My 4-year-old screams when she's upset about having to leave any place she likes. It's getting so I don't want to take her anywhere because it's embarrassing when we have to go home.

John Rosemond: Discipline myths vs. facts (The Wichita Eagle) - In the late 1960s, the newly emerging parenting experts told parents that high self-esteem would lead to better grades and better behavior, and would prevent drug and alcohol use. Unfortunately, it just hasn't turned out that way. In fact, not only has research failed to establish a reliable connection between "feeling good about oneself" and either high achievement or good behavior, it also

New workshop aims to enhance parent skills (Kingsburg Recorder) - Title 1 and Safe and Drug Free funds have made it possible for parents of students at Kingsburg Charter schools to learn about parenting and positive parenting skills.

The Parenting Parallel (Poynter Institute) - Being a boss and being a parent may require some of the same skills, but the analogy has its limits.

Crying son must work out his fears (Bradenton Herald) - John Rosemond Parenting My 5-year-old son was so nervous on the first day of kindergarten that he threw up shortly after getting there. Since then, he's been crying every morning about having to ride the bus that many of his classmates also ride. He cries on the way to the bus stop, cries while he's waiting, and I have to almost literally push him on it when it arrives.

'Rattled' is a snake in the grasp (USA Today) - Disreputable developers, environmental devastation, overwrought characters and skillful farce. In Rattled, first-time novelist Debra Galant covers the same satirical terrain as the more famous Carl Hiaasen (Tourist Season, Skin Tight, Skinny Dip). Compared to Hiaasen, however, Galant shows greater compassion for her suburban characters.