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Parenting classes offered (The Daily American) - New Day Inc. is offering parenting classes for parents of children and teens. For kids ages 5-10, a six-week series of Loving Solutions classes will be held at the New Day office, 109 South St., Johnstown.

Program lets dads hone their parenting skills (The Burlington Free Press) - Every Monday and Tuesday night, dads from across Chittenden County gather to eat, play with their kids, and get advice about parenting from the Fathers and Children Together (FACT) Program

Yes! Parenting classes for kids (Times Online) - Every now and then you hear an idea that makes you sit up straight and think, that's it! It's so bleeding obvious - why didn't I think of it? It happened to me yesterday morning at 7.32am. And this was the idea: that schoolchildren as young as ten be given compulsory parenting lessons.

Extension service offers series of parenting classes University Extension personnel 'wear many hats' in line of duty (The Hannibal Courier-Post) - [ PALMYRA - From testing a farmer's soil for the nutrients it needs - to training an entire city for emergency management - the specialists at the University of Missouri Extension offices throughout Missouri are offering to help. All their services are free, and if they don't know the answers, they seek help from another agency.

Judge seals filings in messy, public McGreevey divorce case (Asbury Park Press) - A judge is sealing all the court filings, transcripts and future hearings over custody and parenting time for ex-Gov. James E. McGreevey's daughter.

Lunenburg-Queens parenting magazine takes off (NewsNow.com - County of Queens) - The editor/publisher of Lunenburg and Queens county's new parent resource magazine, Roots and Wings loves her new ?baby,? but not as much as her son. Allison Rew, a Pleasantville, Lunenburg Co...

Green Parenting: It Doesn't Have to Be Nature Vs. Nurture (TheStreet.com) - A guide to raise a healthy baby and be nice to the Earth.

Mama-rama: Are we over-protecting our kids? (Lansing State Journal) - Now that my older two boys are a few months past their eighth and tenth birthdays, I'm facing some new parenting territory: how independent should they be at this age, and how do I walk that delicate line between age-appropriate sheltering and smothering?

As Baby Bumps Become the Hot Trend in Hollywood This Spring - Stars Turn to Green Parenting with Their New Eco-Babies (PRWeb) - As planet-wise child rearing takes over Hollywood - many parents are finding Earth Day is everyday. Celebrities' eco-offspring are enjoying bamboo baby clothing and phthalate-free skincare products. A top priority is reducing baby's carbon footprint while maintaining a famous little one's ultra-lux comfort. (PRWeb Mar 19, 2008) Read the full story at ...

Mentoring Child Encourages Desired Behaviors (The Morning News) - Recently I have been sharing with you "the latest advice about parenting" suggested by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. NICHD recommends that parents "try RPM3," which it describes as a "no-frills approach to parenting" developed after more than 30 years of research in parenting and child development.