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Grazia MD to oversee Emap health and parenting titles (Media Week Online) - Emap is to bring its health and parenting magazine division Esprit under the wing of Grazia managing director David Davies, following the closure of Slimming and Health Plus magazines.

Parenting: Here's a 'Parenting at its Best' award (Bradenton Herald) - I am constantly on the lookout for stories of and usually from parents who have managed to think clearly under stress and handle extraordinary parenting situations extraordinarily, parents who have exhibited unusual courage under not-so-friendly fire, parents who should be recognized (but rarely are) as paragons of parenting virtue (when they are often regarded oppositely).

Foundation to hold parenting seminars (Quad-City Times) - Two Love and Logic seminars geared toward parenting will be held Monday at Bettendorf High School auditorium. The library foundation is funding the program, which is co-sponsored by the Bettendorf Community School District.

FYI: On-air parenting (Contra Costa Times) - Discussions of tantrums, nutrition and other parenting worries hit the airwaves every Sunday morning via two local radio talk shows. "Childhood Matters" tackles parenting issues with registered nurse Rona Renner at 9 a.m. on 98.1 KISS-FM and 540 KRXA-AM. And the all-Spanish "Nuestros Niños" goes live at 8 a.m. on 1170 KLOK-AM, 99.5 KLOK-FM, and 89.1 KBBF-FM.

Parenting class must be taken in English (St. Petersburg Times) - A judge orders standard parenting classes when a Mexican couple's children are placed in foster care. But first, the couple must learn English.

Teacher who expects best not being mean Parenting John Rosemond (Times Leader) - Q: AS AN elementary teacher, I require that my students complete assignments and behave appropriately in order to earn the privilege of playtime and fun activities. As a result of my classroom policies, there is no shortage of parents who think—and even tell me!—I’m “mean.” They seem to think it’s worse for their children to miss a party than fail to do an assignment or misbehave in class. When I

MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) Joins with Man in the Mirror to Offer $1 Parenting Resources (PR Web via Yahoo! News) - ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) March 22, 2006 -- Two of the nation’s premiere family-friendly organizations, MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) and Man in the Mirror, have teamed up to make affordable parenting resources available nationwide.

CHILDREN & PARENTING (The Hindu) - Noon meal scheme — a saviour As an Indian one felt very proud of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's assertion in his Budget speech that the midday meal scheme, reaching 8 crore Indian children, is the biggest such programme in the world. In the Kashipur villages of Orissa, ...

Shared parenting best for children (Bismarck Tribune) - The proposed North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative is perhaps the best piece of thinking to have been presented in a long time. For too long, children involved in custody disputes have been used as leverage to gain an advantage in proceedings.

Set the bar high for all children (Macon Telegraph) - I am on the lookout for stories of and usually from parents who have managed to think clearly under stress and handle extraordinary parenting situations extraordinarily, parents who have exhibited unusual courage under not-so-friendly fire, parents who should be recognized (but rarely are) as paragons of parenting virtue (when they are often regarded oppositely).