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Platinum Television Group Affiliates with Parenting Plus Magazine of South Florida (PR Web) - Platinum Television Group announces a strategic alliance with a leading Parenting Publication to promote Platinum Television's highly acclaimed "Today's Family" national television series. (PRWEB Apr 22, 2006)

Advice by Marilyn Heins, M.D. : Parenting Little ones don't know fantasy from reality (Arizona Daily Star) - Q My 4 1/2-year-old granddaughter is in preschool, and she tells elaborate stories to the other children. They are not true. The teacher told my daughter she thinks it is to get attention.

VITAL LIVES: HOMING IN ON YOUR CHILDREN'S SKILLS (Daily Record) - MUM-OF-THREE Clare Paterson knew she had to work on her parenting skills when she watched her youngest son's first attempt at making lunch.

John Rosemond, Parenting: Parents and experts say the darnedest things (Miami Herald) - John Rosemond balance1020@aol.com I was recently asked to name some of the dumbest things I'd ever heard concerning teens and their parents.

ACLU Publication Details How Children are Hurt by Restrictions Against Parenting by Gay People (Gay Wired) - (New York, NY) - The American Civil Liberties Union has released a new edition of its publication "Too High a Price: The Case Against Restricting Gay Parenting", which compiles decades of social science research, the positions of the major child health and welfare organizations and government data to show how children are hurt by restrictions on parenting by lesbian and gay men.

Saying no can be a positive (USA Today) - As the pace of society quickens, there is an epidemic of yes-people, people who try to please everyone. "It often seems easier to say yes or slide along with the status quo," says Susan Newman, author of The Book of NO: 250 Ways to Say It and Mean It and Stop People-Pleasing Forever . "In the long run, it isn't."

Judge orders Charlie Sheen to stay away from Denise Richards (USA Today) - Charlie Sheen was ordered Friday to at least 300 feet from his estranged wife, Denise Richards, and their two young daughters except during supervised visits, according to court documents.

New Parenting Legislation Focuses on Fathers (Deutsche Welle) - The falling birth rate is forcing the German government to look for ways to sponsor family-building. A new child care bill would give fathers an extra incentive to stay home: money.

Health Happenings (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - NHS Human Services will present the third annual Westmoreland County Autism Fair 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday at The Kid Company (formerly Seabase), 770 E. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg.

Blogorrhea NYC: Wouldn't You Like to Be a Tourist, Too? (Gawker) - • If you can't beat the camera-wielding tourists (figuratively or, alas, literally), join them. And make sure you take pictures of their reckless parenting techniques. [The Daily Dump] •...