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New parenting program for first-time expectant moms and dads available in Hamilton (Hamilton Mountain News) - First-time parents expecting their baby from December 2006 to early May 2007 can now enroll in a free, prenatal and parenting program - The Parenting Partnership.

Americans might learn from Indian parenting (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - In the Asian countries, particularly India, we do parenting differently. This became firmly implanted in my mind when I visited an American friend of mine.

Parenting & Gay Marriage (R News) - The medical community has weighed in on the issue of gay marriage. The American Academy of Pediatrics is the country's largest pediatric organization. It released an article this month, summarizing 25 years of studies on the effect same-sex parents have on children.

Parenting workshop July 19 (Harbor Light) - SPECIAL TO HARBOR LIGHT NEWSPAPER A parenting workshop, based on the best-selling book, "How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk," starts Wednesday, July 19 from 6:30 p.m.-8:00p.m. at the Women's Resource Center in Petoskey.

Parenting will cut metro area crime (The Clarion-Ledger) - It is sad that the Jackson mayor has had to come to this point. Since the shootings in Pearl, I followed this metro area's violence. I travel to Louisiana two or three times a year. I have always stopped in Pearl or Jackson to enjoy a meal and purchase gas. I have always looked over my shoulder.

Life Support: Parenting tips that were never written down (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - The problem with children is, there's no User's Guide, no owner's manual, no 800-number you can call for Tech Support. And so as a parent you just have to wing it when a child asks if she can, for example, play with the WeedEater.

Does Your Portfolio Pass the Test? (The Motley Fool) - Independence Day sparked all sorts of debates with my neighbor. Over a couple of rather unhealthy plates of barbeque, we got to chatting about everything from parenting to Social Security to immigration to financial independence.

Mom Inventors (ABC 7 Chicago) - Following the latest national trend of mom inventors, three Chicago area women have found innovative solutions to parenting dilemmas.

Journal Sentinel buys parenting Web site (The Business Journal of Milwaukee) - The publisher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Thursday that it has purchased MilwaukeeMoms.com , an online brand in the metropolitan Milwaukee market for parents raising children under six years of age.

Grandparents Returning to Parenting (KOLD News 13 Tuscon) - Thousands of Arizona grandparents are taking a second chance at parenting, on their retirement income. "Cory is 6, Wyatt is 11, and Dillon is 9," Lesley Wimberly said, as she looked at a picture of her three grandsons.