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Restaurant bathrooms and parenting (The Meridian Star) - I was having lunch with my family in a very nice restaurant on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain the other day. The dining room was packed and everyone was dressed in their Easter finest.

Smacking toddlers affects sleep (Summit Sun) - MOTHERS who shout or smack are more likely to have toddlers with sleep difficulties - but researchers do not know if the aggressive parenting style is a cause or effect of the problems.

Birth Rate Among Minnesota Teens, STIs Among All State Residents Increase, Reports Find (Medical News Today) - The birth rate among teenagers in Minnesota increased 7% from 2005 to 2006, according to a report released Thursday by the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting, or MOAPPP, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. The birth rate among teens ages 17 and younger increased 10%, according to the report (Olson, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 3/29). Minnesota reported 27.

Heather Cabot: Why You Don't Need That $800 Stroller (HuffingtonPost) - Someone is finally saying what so many parents think but rarely blurt out loud. When did parenting get so expensive and why do our kids...

Mobile library coming to town (The Indiana Gazette) - Lifesteps' Family Care Mobile Library, a free mobile lending library, will be traveling to Indiana locations to provide area residents access to information on topics such as child development, divorce and separation, disabilities and special education, teen parenting, health care information and more.

Parenting class starts Tuesday in LaPorte (South Bend Tribune) - LAPORTE -- The Behavioral Health Services of LaPorte Regional Health System offers the five-week class "Redirecting Children's Behavior" beginning Tuesday at LaPorte Hospital.

SearchToons : Blogs, Google AdSense & Parenting (Search Engine Journal) - Search Engine Journal started in my bedroom, but I wasn’t grounded. Here’s a look at how monetization through companies like Google AdSense, blogging and web publishing have turned many kids of the online generation into major entrepreneurs, sometimes even without the intention.

Ask About Elementary School Enrollment (New York Times) - Marty Barr, the executive director of elementary school enrollment at the Department of Education, is answering questions from readers through April 11.

Police Shine Light on Dark Topic (KLAS Las Vegas) - Abused and neglected children are the innocent victims that paint the graphic picture of parenting problems in Clark County. Now police and specialists are reaching out to the community to give those innocent lives a voice and tell families there is help. Reporter Aaron Drawhorn has the details of the story.

Hosemans defends charge (Western Advocate) - BATHURST radio presenter Janeen Hosemans is vigorously defending charges that she defrauded Centrelink of single parenting payments in a part-heard case before the Bathurst Local Court.