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Parenting awareness poster winners (The Holland Sentinel) - Two graduates from Zeeland West High School's Class of 2008 created winning posters for this year's Parenting Awareness Month campaign.  Simon Huerta, Jr., who currently attends Muskegon Community College, and Lauren Fritz, a student at Aquinas College, were honored by Representative Joe Haveman on Friday afternoon at Zeeland West High School.

Woodland Hills offers parenting help (Branson Daily News) - Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson will host Revolutionary Parenting to help parents raise children to know and honor God. “Our church has really put an emphasis on families,” said Kim Fertig, event coordinator. “Our church believes most of the spiritual discipleship comes from home.”

Parenting tip: Work with teachers to explore troubles at school (Savannah Morning News) - A parent asked: "My child tells me she is having problems with her teacher at school. What should I do?''

Parenting in the White House: Obamas keep old rules in place (San Jose Mercury News) - Consider the perils of parenting in the White House. There is a movie theater, a bowling alley, a horseshoe pit, a swimming pool, five full-time chefs and dozens of household staff members ready to dish up ice cream at all hours.

Drug use and parenting don’t mix (Times Online) - We can put a name to the grainy face of the toddler in the news last week because of the way he died. But in Scotland today there are tens of thousands of children like Brandon Muir living chaotic, violent and perilous lives because of their parents’ drug and alcohol addiction.

Grandparents As Parents support group to meet (Abilene Reporter-News) - Parenting your grandchildren calls for more than just good luck!

Parenting in the NOW Presented by Acubalance Wellness Centre: Inspired by Eckhart Tolle, TCM Doctor Introduces ... (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Dr. Rob Helmer is a Toronto-based author and Doctor of Chinese Medicine bringing his two-day Conscious Parenting Workshops to Victoria and Vancouver March 14 & 15 and 21 & 22, 2009.

Parents shouldn't feel guilty, but errant children should (Honolulu Advertiser) - One of the defining features of today's parenting mindset is guilt. Mothers seem to be especially susceptible to this psychological virus — today's moms, that is. Fifty years and more ago, before the psychological parenting revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s, mothers were more immune to guilt.

Mom ordered to parenting class after giving 5-year-old marijuana-laced brownie (San Jose Mercury News) - A Northern California mother has been ordered to complete a parenting class after giving a marijuana-laced brownie to her 5-year-old daughter.

Free parenting class open to needy families (The Oregonian) - A free parenting program for low-income families in Washington County will expand with the help of a $20,000 grant from the John and Betty Gray Early Childhood Initiative of the Oregon Community Foundation. The "Make Parenting a Pleasure" classes focus...