This document consists of the 12 issues of "Parent News" (an electronic Internet magazine for parents, prepared for the National Parent Information Network) published during 1997. Each monthly issue contains feature articles describing the activities of the National Parent Information Network, summarizing research useful to parents, announcing major events and conferences, and addressing issues of interest to parents. Topics of feature articles include healthy communities; television; children's health; discipline; grandparents as parents; grade repetition; reading to infants and children; partnerships for student success; services for teen parents; child care; fathering; family and community traditions; eating habits; children with special needs; brain development in young children; preventing substance abuse; displaced children; language acquisition; latchkey children; motor skill and cognitive skill development; partnerships between parents and physicians; the Internet and families; teen drivers; foster parenting; parent information centers; and adoption. Some articles are reprinted with permission from other sources. Also included in each issue are sections that provide information geared to the interests of parents, including: (1) book reviews; (2) World Wide Web and gopher sites; (3) organizations; (4) national organization phone numbers; (5) a calendar of events; (6) newsletters; and (7) guides, brochures, and fact sheets for parents. (DR)