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John Rosemond, Parenting: Debunking discipline myths (Miami Herald) - John Rosemond balance1020@aol.com In the late 1960s, the newly emerging parenting experts told parents that high self-esteem would lead to better grades, better behavior, and prevent drug and alcohol use. Unfortunately, it just hasn't turned out that way. In fact, research strongly suggests that high self-esteem may dispose certain people to anti-social and/or self-destructive behavior. ''High

Parenting guru is revered, reviled (The News & Observer) - Pastor's advice cited in N.C. child's death.

Advice by Marilyn Heins, M.D. : Parenting Be honest with kids about complexities of lying (Arizona Daily Star) - Last week my column dealt with what I call preschool lies — lies told by young children. Today I will deal with school-age lies.

Youth softball teaches about more than basics of the game (Poughkeepsie Journal) - By JULIE A. RIESS, Ph.D. "Batter Up!" Nothing is a surer sign of spring than the call of the umpire on a diamond-shaped field we call the Great American Pastime. This year, it is a new adventure in my parenting travel log as my daughter has joined her first Little League softball team.

Commentary: Try this GPS device: Good parenting skills (The Palm Beach Post) - Parents today are scared, and here's how I know this.

SENIOR CALENDAR (The Wichita Eagle) - Movie, "Lady and the Tramp," 6 p.m. Friday, Newton Area Senior Center, 122 S. Sixth St., Newton. Parenting the Second Time Around, for grandparents raising grandchildren, 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Monday, Kansas Children's Service League, 1365 N. Custer. Call B.J. Gore, (316) 942-4261, ext. 1315, or e-mail bjgore@kcsl.org.

Arts can be used to improve academics (Akron Beacon Journal) - How do the fine arts help children learn? Maria Sargent, a professor of education at Ashland University, teaches a course in biomedical aspects of learning. She also directs a behavior and parenting support center for kids through 12th grade.

Common-sense pointers offer direction to parents (Seattle Times) - "Parenting Young Athletes the Ripken Way" by Cal Ripken Jr., with Rick Wolff Gotham Books, 240 pp., $25 Cal Ripken Jr. hit 431 home runs...

JOHN MCCORMACK: On the topic of parenting (Neosho Daily News) - Lately, there has been a lot of talk on my show-The McCormack Files-about individual rights. The right to make your own decisions, make your own choices. Individual freedoms. But in today's society, there seems to be a law regulating almost everything.

CHILDREN & PARENTING (The Hindu) - Conjoined sisters VANI AND VEENA, aged two and a half, at the Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad on Friday. They are scheduled to undergo surgery to separate them at the ...