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School pilots guide to parenting (The Herald) - A radical guide to parenting which gives families advice on how to motivate children to do well at school is being piloted at a Scottish primary.

Good parenting advice (The Herald) - Parents have rarely been so criticised. Popular punditry lays the blame squarely on them for many of society's ills, from violent crime to teenage drinking.

Parenting for teens to be cut (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star) - Teen parenting program to close in some Fredericksburg-area localities this summer

Best prevention for violence is committed parenting mixed with lots of love (Baltimore Sun) - Janet's World By this time, you are probably wondering: "Why haven't I seen Janet interviewed on Larry King Live regarding the Virginia Tech shootings?"

Better parenting begins with improving your communication skills (The Ann Arbor News) - When Pam Stout left her business administration job at the University of Michigan to stay home with her three children, she thought she would instantly step into the cape and boots of Supermom.

Leave parenting to adults Kids are kids, not partners (Chicago Sun-Times) - Ah, for the unerring wisdom of a child . . . ''It's just the two of us,'' said one single-mom physician in Manhattan of her daughter, 11. ''That makes her more like a partner in some ways than a child.''

Parenting by Marilyn Heins : Grandparents, parents need to talk (Arizona Daily Star) - Q "How dare you write that mothers of three kids dump their children on grandma so they can go to a spa! (In my April 1 column, I advised a grandmother that it's OK to have the older children visit without the babies.)" . . .

Hands-on parenting has a place online, too (The Nashua Telegraph) - Neil Rubenking, lead software analyst for PC Magazine, shared his personal strategy for exercising parental control over how his two children surf the World Wide Web: "I'm sitting in my home office and through the door I can see my kids," he said, adding that putting computers in common... ... - By TOM ABATE San Francisco Chronicle

Parenting workshop (The Ann Arbor News) - Speakers: Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller. When: Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: First United Methodist Church, 120 S. State St., Ann Arbor. Cost: $60/person, $90/couple. Register by Monday.

Is a spanking effective? (Detroit Free Press) - WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- When California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber recently tried to outlaw spanking of children younger than 4, she ignited a firestorm of ridicule and argument. In one camp: parenting experts and pediatricians who believe spanking is ineffective and potentially abusive, and that there are other, more developmentally appropriate methods to discipline a child.