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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).

Parents Of Kids Who Skip Class May Be Forced To Take Parenting Classes (Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News) - Cleveland Municipal School District leaders want to make sure students and parents understand the seriousness of recent truancy sweeps, NewsChannel5 reported.

Cheers and Chidings (Medina-Gazette) - : to Marcie and Craig Komar, parents of 3-year-old Megan Komar, for sharing their story with Gazette readers. Megan was born with hydrocephalus and the Komars are one of many area families facing the challenges of parenting a child with disabilities.

CHILDREN & PARENTING (The Hindu) - A creative outlet Tsunami-affected teenagers in Nagapattinam don the director's cap, as part of an NGO's media project. More Lost childhood YOUNG BOYS at play while their parents are engaged in manual labour in the vicinity in Hyderabad.

Family law overhaul passes Senate (The Age) - A new family law system encouraging shared parenting, mediation outside the courts and establishing a new definition of domestic violence has passed the Senate. -

Strict teacher earns parents' wrath (Bradenton Herald) - John Rosemond Parenting 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.

Pieces don’t add up to pretty picture PARENTING JOHN ROSEMOND (Times Leader) - I tried to write a column but all I could manage to write was pieces of columns. So, I strung them together and, voila! A column!

Upscale parenting magazines discover eager advertisers (USA Today) - The magazine business is having an upscale baby boom. Two new arrivals are parenting magazines Cookie and Wondertime.

Parents Of Kids Who Skip Class May Be Forced To Take Parenting Classes (WeatherNet5.com) - Parents of Cleveland students may have to pay fines after their kids skip school.

No mystery about 'fresh violence' in Middle East (USA Today) - USA TODAY's editorial "The Mideast tightrope" notes that "Palestinians elected Hamas, a terrorist organization, in recent elections." It goes on to say, however, that "there's no mystery about what could fan fresh violence: targeted Israeli killings of elected Hamas leaders and Israel continuing to withhold Palestinian (tax) money" (Monday).