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Parenting classes set at local church (Salem Statesman Journal) - SALEM — Peace Lutheran Church will hold a six-week parenting workshop March 30 to May 4.

PARENTING: Making therapy fun for child born with clubfoot (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Chrisann and Kermit Winslow say they were devastated when they first learned about their son's condition. As an older mom and a high-risk pregnancy (she has diabetes), she had to undergo ultrasounds almost weekly, and Kermit went with her to every one.

Christian Parenting - Public School (BellaOnline) - What kind of education is best for your child? I interviewed this Christian mom about her decision to send her children to public school.

Early living together, marriage and parenting benefits some young adults (EurekAlert!) - University Park, Pa. – Young people are always encouraged to complete their education and postpone marriage and children to achieve more rewarding lifestyles.

Helicopter parenting (Journal & Courier) - Do you hover? Take this quick quiz to find out: • Would you ever call your child's employer or college professor? • Have you ever written an essay for your child? • Have you checked more homework than your child's teacher? • Do you still put out your child's clothes each day — even though she's 12? • Do you still pick and hang up your child's clothes — even though he's 15? • Have you ever made ...

Humana '08: Bad dads and bomb moms (Denver Post) - The 2008 Humana Festival of New American Plays will be remembered as a celebration of bad parenting: Kidnapping, abandonment, ridicule, sexual abuse and even matriarchal claw-hammering took center stage this year.

Early Living Together, Marriage, Parenting Benefits Some Young Adults (Science Daily) - Young people are always encouraged to complete their education and postpone marriage and children to achieve more rewarding lifestyles. However, a Penn State study found that for some young adults, getting married or living together and having children have provided positive benefits.

Parenting doesn’t need to be a battle (The Express-Star) - 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.

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 they have always needed in the real world

Bassett teams with Perry for 'Browns' (The Springfield News-Leader) - What's love got to do with it? Everything, in Tyler Perry's latest hit film, "Meet the Browns." Angela Bassett plays a single mom who gets her mojo working thanks to hunky Rick Fox. The actress, 49, talks about pride, parenting and that Perry magic with USA Today's Donna Freydkin.