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Parenting classes begin May 1 in Menominee (Escanaba Daily Press) - MENOMINEE — Common Sense Parenting Classes will begin Tuesday, May 1 at the First Presbyterian Church located at 923 5th Street, in Menominee. The class is free and child care is not provided. To register, call Teaching Family Homes at (906) 249-kids (5437) or 1-800-292-5260.

Students learn about parenting (Culpeper Star-Exponent) - Sara McDowell, Culpeper County High School parenting teacher, asks her students what they've learned from a labor and delivery movie they viewed Thursday afternoon.

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.

'Helicopter' parents hover when kids job hunt (USA Today) - Employers are finding that parents are increasingly involved in their children's job choices, as "helicopter parenting" extends to the workplace.

...for the last time... (USA Today) - If you haven't heard about Alec Baldwin's 133t parenting skills, check out a YouTube-posted mashup pairing the voicemail he left for his preteen daughter and someone else's really cute, albeit cell-phone-challenged, kid. Baldwin may have thought that his daughter had...

Program focuses on parenting to counteract kids' exposure to negative images (Gloucester Daily Times) - Trying to raise children in an era of Britney Spears and "Bling Bling Barbie" is hard but the Gloucester Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership is helping parents counteract the highly sexualized and commercialized marketing directed at their children.

Markets (April 23) (The Hindu) - CHILDREN & PARENTING Emirates extends in-flight kids entertainment package The Dubai-based Emirates Airline has unveiled its new range of in-flight entertainment options for children.

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.

Harvey Gantt speaking here Thursday night (Salisbury Post) - Former Charlotte Mayor and City Councilman Harvey Gantt will speak at North Rowan Elementary School Thursday. Gantt, co-founder of Gantt Huberman Architects in Charlotte, will talk about positive parenting during the 7 p.m. PTA meeting.

What's happening (Tahoe Daily Tribune) - Parenting class offered