LIBabies.com Web News Archive

Parenting is a tightrope (Clinton Herald) - Parenting is a tightrope. We don’t want to come across as dictators, because that usually backfires, but we cannot be our children’s best friends either, because they desperately need us to be their parents.

Parenting guru says best gift is kids who eat and sleep well (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - TORONTO (CP) - Roses and breakfast in bed may be a classic Mother's Day gift, but parenting guru Ann Douglas says what moms really want is children who eat and sleep well.

FAMILY BRIEFS: ADHD parenting discussion (Bradenton Herald) - The Family Partnership Center presents ADHD Parenting Discussion and Support Group 7-8:30 p.m. every fourth Monday of the month at Faith United Church of Christ, 4850 S.R. 64 E., Bradenton. There will be free childcare available by reservation only. Information and directions: 756-3007.

National Parenting Expert Recommends Cancellation of Mother’s Day (PR Web) - Parenting Expert Hal Runkel, LMFT is recommending the cancellation of Mother's Day. He says that too much emphasis is placed on this one day to honor mom. Instead we should honor mom every day of the year. (PRWEB May 9, 2006) Trackback URL: http://prweb.com/pingpr.php/UGlnZy1GYWx1LU1hZ24tRmFsdS1IYWxmLVplcm8=

National Parenting Expert Recommends Cancellation of Mother’s Day (PR Web via Yahoo! News) - Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 10, 2006 -- “There should be no such thing as mother’s day”, says national parenting expert Hal Runkel, LMFT, author and creator of the award-winning and best-selling ScreamFree Parenting Program.

Parenting guru says best gift is kids who eat and sleep well (Canada.com) - Parenting guru Ann Douglas tries to give moms and dads a handle on tough situations in her two new books Mealtime Solutions and Sleep Solutions (shown).

Lutheran Social Services offers free parenting classes (Desert Dispatch Online) - BARSTOW -- Free parenting classes are being offered by Lutheran Social Services of Southern California (LSS). Classes are open to any parents of children up to five years of age in the 92311 zip code area and vicinity, according to Kathy Dust of the LSS.

Personality plays a role in parenting style (Belleville News-Democrat) - Even the coolest, most confident mother has stolen a glance at the smiling, cooing baby in the next stroller and wondered, "Hmmm, what's that mom doing that I'm not?"

Parenting: How can I help baby enjoy tummy time? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Q. I keep hearing that "tummy time" is important for babies, but mine hates it. What should I do?

Poll pours shame on parenting (The Daily Telegraph) - MAMMA Mia, what were Bec and Lleyton Hewitt thinking? That's the question more than 10,000 angry Confidential readers were asking after the shameless publicity stunt the tennis ace and his soapie wife pulled, when they held their baby girl like a Logies trophy on Sunday night.