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Justine Roberts: Good old parenting will keep the online bogeymen at bay (Guardian Unlimited) - Justine Roberts: The way to keep children safe in the virtual world is to give them the skills that they have always needed in the real world

Parenting doesn’t need to be a battle (Shelbyville Daily Union) - By Mat Anderson THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.) I was 14 when I thought I had life figured out. Even though I couldn’t drive, vote, shave or do anything else attributed to adults, I thought I was pretty grown up.

Advice to parents: Give your kids their (My)space (USA Today) - Larry Rosen, professor of psychology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, has long studied "the Net generation," the first to have grown up with the Internet, not to mention cellphones. In Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation (Palgrave Macmillan), he helps parents understand social networks. His advice: Talk to your kids, learn the technology and don't panic. USA TODAY's ...

PARENTING: Playground etiquette plays part in child's social scene (Stafford County Sun) - It was a show of inner strength, of self-esteem - not necessarily something you would expect to find at a place called Buzzy's Play Park. But there it was last week nonetheless.

Leader: Internet angst (Guardian Unlimited) - Leader: It is time for some rebalancing, an acknowledgment that good parenting is not only about safety but also about freedom

Parents turn in teen over cannabis (Stuff) - The parents of an Invercargill teenager decided it was time for tough parenting when they found cannabis in their son's room, so they called the police.

Former Austin resident to present parenting workshop Thursday (Austin Daily Herald) - A parenting workshop featuring a nationally-acclaimed speaker will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27 at Austin High School. Former Austin resident Dr. Michael Thomson will present “Strategies for Saving Your Sanity in Parenthood” at Knowlton Auditorium.

Portable Parenting helps at home, on the road (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Household routines are important for most young children who need a certain amount of structure in their day. They know their limits and generally how to control their behavior. ...

Mommy and me and the Torah (J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California) - Though Rabbi Menachem Creditor expects diverse crowds to show up for his upcoming parenting classes, he imagines one thing the “students” will have in common: fatigue.

The Business of Motherhood (The Pottsville Republican & Herald) - Copy Editor Katie Campomizzi-Clews explores the unique challenges of balancing work and parenting in The Business of Motherhood. Readers are encouraged to submit stories of their own trials and triumphs in the wild world of parenting to Katie for inclusion in this blog.