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Classes/Workshops (Palo Alto Weekly) - Traveling With Children (all ages) In this parenting workshop with Pamela Worth, MA, design and create your own custom travel kit. Discuss tips to make travel easier along with a variety of travel activities. Wed., June 18, noon-1:30 p.m. $35 per person, including supplies.

$100K grant to help Salinas fight gangs -- at home (The Salinas Californian) - Better parenting skills can help keep children out of gangs, Salinas peace advocates say, and a $100,000 grant could help them prove it.

Parenting advice workshops begin (BBC News) - A free six-week advice course for parents is launched at coffee shops around a Kent town.

Confronting absent fathers (Seattle Times) - Will everyone dismiss Barack Obama'sFather's Day call to responsible parenting as a simple political ploy? After all, the man who would...

Teach children to learn from experiences (East York Mirror) - Sometime in the recent past, parents developed a lack of confidence in their children's ability to negotiate life. This has resulted in the bubble-wrapping, or micro-managing, parenting style of toda...

Parents, quit the hovering (USA Today) - Parents, quit the hovering It’s graduation season, and all our 24/7 helicopter parenting has come to fruition, right? Wrong. Many of our kids still have no idea what they want to do, and it’s all the parents’ fault. By Debra...

Witness This Baby's First Year of Growth -- New Picture Book is An In-Depth Guide About Parenting and Helping a Baby ... (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) - BALTIMORE, Md., June 16, 2008 -- The first year of a child's life is often the most unforgettable as parents learn new ways of taking care of the child while adjusting themselves to parenthood.

Public 'cut off' by crime process (BBC News) - The public should be told more about criminals so they no longer feel "cut off" from the justice system, a review suggests.

Health calendar: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 (The Oklahoman) - Editor's note: For more information, call the number listed. Programs are free unless otherwise noted. Next week's Health Calendar will list prenatal/parenting, breathing and lungs, relationships and single-time events. To submit items, call Carolyn Flowers, 475-3381 or e-mail cflowers@oklahoman.com . For a complete listing, go to NewsOK.com and click on the Life section. SUPPORT GROUPS ...

Housework and sex: What's the connection? (CNN.com) - Jen Simmons loves to watch her husband Danny tend to their two little boys, mop the floor or hang a picture. She also finds it sexy.