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Parenting mag orders up Mustard Pancakes (KidScreen Magazine) - Mustard Pancakes , the live-action preschool series currently airing on the Ion Television Network, has partnered with Parenting Magazine for a series of cross-promos.

'Parenting Inc.' Charts Rising Costs of Baby Gear (NPR) - Traditional baby products have skyrocketed in price, with some strollers and cribs retailing for thousands of dollars. Pamela Paul's new book, Parenting Inc, describes how companies convince parents to pay so much for baby goods that end up cluttering their homes.

Cultural biases may influence parenting studies, scientist finds (EurekAlert!) - When two University of Illinois scientists set out to learn about the differences in Chinese and American parenting behaviors at mealtime, they learned something important about the reliability of cross-cultural research.

Dockside Services to Offer Professional Foster Parenting Program in Partnership With Ivy Tech Community College (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Dockside Services, Inc., a leading provider of foster care systems, today announced that it will be offering a Professional Foster Parenting Program in conjunction with Ivy Tech Community College, a 23 campus community college system that serves as Indiana's workforce development engine.

David Ambroz: An Elegant Solution, Act II: Foster Parenting (HuffingtonPost) - In the endless shuffle of social workers, judges, and therapists, foster parents might be the best hope for children in foster care.

Prison dads get parenting classes (The Auburn Citizen) - There may be ex-wives but there are no ex-children. That's the philosophy of a new parenting project at the Auburn Correctional Facility, which is searching for volunteers for its program.

School project eggs-actly what the students needed (Barrie Examiner) - Nine-year-old Emma Cosworth never knew parenting could be so hard until her ‘husband,’ 10-year-old Hank Johnson, dropped their ‘baby’ down the stairs. “Hank dropped it. I was a little disappointed, but he tripped, so it’s OK,” the West Bayfield Elementary School student said. The ‘baby’ in question is [...]

PARENTING: Cloth diapers do the trick in saving the environment (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Rebekah Sciaroni did not aspire to save the Earth when she switched to cloth diapers. She simply wanted to speed up the torment parents call potty training. After all, disposable diapers are so absorbent some tots ignore that stinky, sagging mess.

ST. JOHN: Adventures in parenting (The Biloxi Sun Herald) - 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.

Religion calendar for April 5 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - STAR-TELEGRAM Bible studies, workshops and seminars Love & Logic’s parenting seminar presents “Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun! Creating Happy Families and Responsible Kids,” 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday through April 29 in Trinity Hall at Trinity United Methodist Church, 3321 W. Park Row Drive. Cost: $20 for series including workbook — make checks payable to Trinity UMC. Contact: Mary Foutz at ...