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October parenting class is open (Monroe Times) - MONROE -- Active Parenting Now in 3 is a program for parents of children ages 5 to 12. The sessions will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 11 and 18 at St. John's United Church of Christ, Monroe.

Green Bay heroism starts with parenting (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - Matt Atkinson, the 17-year-old Green Bay East High School student who told authorities his friends were planning a...

Education and Parenting Author to Speak at BSU (RedNova) - By The Idaho Statesman, Boise Sep. 24--Education author Alfie Kohn will speak at Boise State University at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Student Union Special Events Center. Kohn also will give a workshop at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 5 in the Borah High School Auditorium.

Medfield support group seen as tool in modern parenting (Boston Globe) - With their rising use of cellphones, text messaging, and e-mail, youngsters are more connected than ever before, so parents should respond by forming networks themselves, a Medfield activist says.

JOHN ROSEMOND PARENTING: Kids can handle transitions (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Question | Do you have any thoughts on when and how we should begin preparing our 30-month-old daughter for moving to a new house? Should we tell her a few weeks ahead of time or the week of the move?

Parenting advice from Tom and Ray (The Times of Northwest Indiana) - Am I a jerk or a genius? My son is now 18, and when he was 15, I wrote him a check for $1,500, postdated three years.

The Saratogian - Parenting (Saratogian) - Is this a fantasy? Or is it possibly true that you can change the volume of noise at home? Can you really transform your home to an environment where everyone speaks at a normal tone, and no one is yelling or screaming at each other?

Area Digest (Santa Cruz Sentinel) - Tantrum Training, a three-week class for parents of young children, taught by the parenting organization Hand in Hand, are being offered in Capitola.

Program's top 'goal' is students' success (Baltimore Sun) - Families Learning Together works to improve parenting through literacy With her tiny hands grasping one of four puzzle pieces shaped like bears, Melinda Harding, 3, surveys the wooden puzzle board's four empty spots. Methodically, she tests each hole to see if the red bear will fit. Eventually, with a little bit of help, she finds a home for the red bear, the blue bear, the green bear and the

Local writer's 'unadvice book' advocates low-stress parenting (The Herald-Sun) - Paula Spencer describes her parenting philosophy -- Momfidence -- as just parenting by the seat of her midrise, stretch "mom jeans." It's about worrying less and winging it more.