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More Grandparents Parenting All Over Again For Grandkids (FOX 4 News Kansas City) - The Kenyon Brock case is a reminder that lots of grandparents are raising their grandkids. According to the AARP, one out of 12 kids are now being raised by a grandparent or other relative. The reasons vary from parents in the military to parents in jail, but the growing reality is that many grandparents find themselves parenting all over again.

Government Children's Plan encourages teachers to take on parenting duties (Guardian Unlimited) - Parenting skills are on a "downward spiral" forcing schools to bring up the next generation of adults, a teachers' union official claims

Assault father's parenting course (BBC News) - A father who assaulted his seven-year-old son by slapping him is told to complete a parenting course.

Is Your Child Scared of School? Parenting Tips from Dr. Vicki Folds of Children of America Educational Childcare Centers (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Parenting tips to ease apprehension on first day of school from renowned childcare expert Vicki Folds, Ed.D. of Children of America Educational Childcare Centers

Skinned Robo Teddy will Instill a Healthy Fear of Robots in Your Kid [Parenting] (Gizmodo) - One of the great joys of parenting, as I understand it, is being handed a malleable lump of proto-humanity that sees you as some kind of god, absorbing everything you do and say as a lifelong lesson....

Helping Parents Enjoy Parenting (KELO Sioux Falls) - Becoming a parent or sending a child to preschool are both experiences that can be straining.

Jim Devereaux Parenting 101 (The Frederick News-Post) - I'm not aware of any schools that offer degrees in parenting, but I figure I have sufficient years of experience to qualify as a professional. I was certain I made the grade when my kids gave me a fancy coffee cup and a nicely framed plaque, both proclaiming me the greatest dad in the world.

'Pushover parents to blame for generation of children who lack discipline and moral boundaries' (Daily Mail) - A decline in parenting skills has created a generation of children without moral boundaries, a teachers' leader has said.

FLDS parents to take court-ordered classes (Deseret Morning News) - Promising to teach tolerance, awareness and respect of others, the court-ordered parenting classes for members of the Fundamentalist LDS Church are scheduled to finally begin later this week.

Don’t Check Parenting at the Door (The Source Weekly) - This letter is an outcry…a complaint, if you will, to the parents of Central Oregon. I work in a retail establishment and I’ve been noticing that, ever since school let out, parents have been mistaking my job as a retail sales specialist for a babysitter. A retail store is not a place that you can take your children, set them free, and expect the staff to “watch out” for your rowdy children ...