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Just like children, no two parenting books are the same (Asbury Park Press) - Parenting is the hardest job around, yet children don't come with an owner's manual.

Positive parenting to be taught in Calabasas class (The Acorn) - The Parent-and-Me positive parenting class is an informative playtime that aims to maximize a child's potential.

Parenting, photo class offered in Millstone (Examiner) - Millstone Community Education is offering an editing digital photos class April 22 and 29, 10 a.m.-noon; fee: $64. And, "Parenting Your Adolescent Son," April 25, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; fee $25.

GreatSchools.net Nominated for Best Family/Parenting Web Site (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - SAN FRANCISCO----April 13, 2006--GreatSchools, Inc., an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve K-12 education by inspiring parents to get involved, today announced that its web site, GreatSchools.net, has been nominated for a 10th Annual Webby Award in the Family/Parenting category.

Rogers to speak on parenting student-athletes (Community Press & Recorder) - Dr. Scott Rogers, head coach of the two-time state champion Mount Notre Dame basketball team, will present "Parenting Successful Student Athletes" Wednesday, April 26.

Riverside County Community News: Murrieta Unified offers parenting class (North County Times) - MURRIETA ---- Parent Project, a six-week class for parents struggling with strong-willed or out-of-control preteens and teens, will be offered Monday through May 22 by the Murrieta Valley Unified School District.

Studies refute column on gay parenting (Wausau Daily Herald) - In response to Lee Webster's April 13 column about gay couples' inability to raise healthy children, I would like to pose the following question: if gay couples should not be allowed to adopt children because of the absence of a parent figure of each gender, should it not follow that single parents not be allowed to adopt?

Profnet Wire: Entertainment & Living: Steroids in Sports (Newswise) - 1) Parenting: Children's Anger -- Triggers and Solutions for Coping; 2) Parenting: Parents Should Seek Play-Based Programs for Young Children; 3) Television: TV Industry Struggles Against Digital Distribution Upstarts

Rogers to speak on parenting student-athletes (Community Press & Recorder) - Dr. Scott Rogers, head coach of the two-time state champion Mt. Notre Dame basketball team, will present "Parenting Successful Student Athletes" Wednesday, April 26.

Ronnie Polaneczky | To curb dropouts, lives need meaning beyond parenting (Philadelphia Daily News) - TO PREVENT high-schoolers from dropping out, the wisdom goes, we need to get at kids while they're young. So we sink money into parenting programs, to teach young or inexperienced parents how to engage their kids' minds from the very start.