Todd mentioned that shift+parent has some new functionality in the "What's New" post.
(http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2013/04/whats-new-changed-after-ef fects-next.html - See "changes to Shift+parenting behavior:")
However, I've noticed another change that is less than desirable. When shift+parenting, the child layer jumps to the comp center coordinates (eg. [960, 540]) instead of the anchor point coordinates of the parent as it would in CS6.
Is this intended and/or should I report a bug?