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Panel agrees: Good parenting prevents teen drinking (Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald) - Good parenting is the key to preventing underage drinking and drug use. That was the consensus reached during a panel discussion between officials and educators Thursday evening during a special Town Hall meeting at Peake Elementary School.

Tempe Union teen parenting program all grown up (The Arizona Republic) - When Maritza Rojas graduates from Compadre High School in May, she will have bucked a trend. The majority of teen moms drop out of school.

DOD counseling program starts at Pacific Air Force bases (Stars and Stripes) - MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — You can call them directly on their cell phone if you have a crisis at home, a parenting dilemma or an issue at work. Or if you’re just stressed and need a professional to talk to.

LifeStyle - Parenting (Canada.com) - What's your favourite comfort food? Last winter, my husband and I took a February ski vacation at Mont Blanc, a small ski resort near Mont Tremblant in Quebec.

Family balancing act (The Mercury) - SHARED parenting is always a juggling act and while Ellie Taylor admits it's easy to drop the ball, she's also one of the lucky ones.

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).

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.

MARTINEZ / Judge somehow keeps Polk case proceeding / In a trial made for eye-rolling, Brady's supervision praised (San Francisco Chronicle) - If the trial of Susan Polk has become a circus -- and by most any measure, it has -- then Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Laurel Brady is the ringmaster. Three weeks into a murder trial that has almost become satire -- what with Polk's constant...

How to Boast Your Kid's Brain Power (Washington Post) - Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health reported this week that a rapidly thickening cerebral cortex could be the new marker of the highly intelligent child. Here in Washington, where parenting is a competitive sport, will we soon see brain scans on refrigerator doors or slipped into...

Protect children from Internet threats (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Oconto County University of Wisconsin-Extension Parenting Resource Center is offering two free presentations on protecting children from sexual predators on the Internet.