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Parenting hour set today at library (Muskogee Phoenix) - A free “Pause for Parenting” hour will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today in the conference room, at the Muskogee Public Library. Tonya James, M.S., C.C.P.S., Child Development Specialist, at Muskogee County Health Department will provide the consultation.

Divorce: Co-parenting that works (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Third of three parts Want to trash your ex-spouse's parenting skills? Point out that he lets the kids watch "CSI," or that she dresses the first-grader like a Bratz doll? Want to explain again why you should have custody of the kids full-time? Go on then. But don't expect Terri Romanoff-Newman to bite her tongue. Romanoff-Newman is a licensed psychologist whose clientele is primarily divorcing ...

Review: 'Parenting 101' is a family affair (The Burlington Free Press) - When the opportunity arose to review "Parenting 101: A Musical Guide to Raising Parents," I knew I only had half of the necessary tools. I know theater, but I sure don't know what it's like to raise a child or two. So with that in mind, I struck a deal with two knowledgeable sources.

Love + limits = parenting style (Orlando Sentinel) - You do the analysis, and see where you fall among 4 patterns outlined by experts. Psychologists have identified four primary parenting styles -- determined by the balance between showing love and setting limits. Too much love, and parents become enmeshed with their children. Too many limits, and parents become rigid in their relationship with their children.

Parenting: Guiding children through grandfather's terminal illness (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Read this article ]

Study Calms Debate: What's Best for the Children?: Parenting, not day care, determines child's success (Tulsa World) - Layton Bilderback, 20 months, sits with a book at the YWCA Early Learning Center. Mothers these days find themselves in two camps: those who work, and those who don't.

How do you parent? (Kansas City Star) - Psychologists have identified four primary “parenting styles” — determined by the balance between showing love and setting limits.

Parenting: Watch what you eat (Pioneer Press) - Does it matter if a parent says, "Eat your veggies," when TV says, "Eat your candy?

Bay Area IVF Specialists Launch Outreach to Same-Sex Couples (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - The Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area , one of California's oldest and most prominent fertility practices, is launching a public-education campaign aimed at the gay and lesbian community in an effort to raise awareness of parenting options for same-sex couples.

Children's task force gets money for expansion (The Lewiston Sun Journal) - FARMINGTON - Parenting education is a program provided by the Franklin County Children's Task Force, but for some parents north of Farmington, transportation may no longer be a barrier to attending.