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Dr. Leman Gives Parenting Seminar Here April 13-14 (The Chattanoogan) - First Things First will bring Dr. Kevin Leman to Chattanooga to present Running the Rapids – Guiding Teenagers Through the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence, a teen parenting seminar.

Inmates praise program helping parenting skills (WAVE 3 Louisville) - Prison inmates who have completed a parenting program say it has helped them better connect with their children while behind bars.

For ADHD Children, Mother's Depression, Early Parenting Predict Conduct Problems (Newswise) - A mother's depression predicts whether children with ADHD will develop conduct problems, according to a new study that also found early positive parenting to predict fewer conduct problems. The strength of the findings led the researchers to conclude that maternal depression may be a risk factor, whereas positive parenting may be a protective factor.

Parenting Center offering SmART class (The Advocate) - The Parenting Center is proud to announce its newest class, "SmART", a unique art program design to encourage the social, emotional and intellectual growth of children 18 months to 5 years.

Cathy M. Rosenthal: 'Freecycling' pet owners upset woman (San Antonio Express-News) - Dear Cathy: I belong to an online parenting group where the members chat about all sorts of topics.

Google PageRank Lawsuit Dismissed a Second Time (BetaNews) - The San Jose Mercury News this afternoon reports that a US district judge in San Jose has dismissed a case against Google originally filed in March 2006, that alleged its page rankings that pertain to relative placement in search results unfairly rated a particular provider of parenting information lower than other sites in the same category.

Should kids give mom, dad a parenting evaluation? (Arizona Daily Star) - A questionnaire at www.family360.net allows kids to give their parents performance reviews. Would this be a good idea in your family?

SCHOOL BRIEFS (Dallas Morning News) - StandUp Parenting will hold an information open house for the startup of a new support group at 7 p.m. Monday at the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave.

JOHN ROSEMOND: AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING: 'Bad choice' terminology is robbed of meaning (Contra Costa Times) - SHOULD PEOPLE BE held responsible for the choices they make? The mother of one of Atlanta's infamous "Barbie Bandits" seems to think they should not. At least she thinks her 18-year-old daughter should be exempt from said responsibility.

Registered users sign in here: (Northwest Herald) - Jami Kunzer writes about parenting four times a week. Click to read blog. The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of NWHerald.com or Shaw Newspapers.