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Young father's dedication might improve with parenting classes (Denver Post) - Dear Amy: I'm 19 years old and have a 6-month-old baby. My son's father and I are engaged, but recently it seems as if he doesn't want to be with me.

Sports Parenting: Good sports, good friends (The Providence Journal) - As the team podiatrist for Brown University athletes, Dr. Peter Sardella has had an opportunity to examine a lot of talented feet over the last 10 years. But he's also had a chance to find out what's going on upstairs a little bit, too.

Advice by Marilyn Heins, M.D. : Parenting Although it may be difficult now, teach your kids how to do chores (Arizona Daily Star) - Q I have twin boys who are almost 11. They are good kids who take school seriously, have loads of friends and enjoy lots of extracurricular activities. They don't do any chores around the house at all because I never asked them to. I went back to work last year and now realize what a big mistake I made.

Parents 'rely on TV for advice' (BBC News) - Many people are relying on television programmes for parenting advice, new research has suggested.

PARENTING: Let teenagers make decision on living situation in divorces (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Question | I currently have joint custody of my son who has been threatening for some time now that when he turns 14 he is going to go live with his father, who's been encouraging this. He'll be 14 soon, and my husband and I have no doubt but that he's going to make good on his threats. We also think things at his father's may not work out for him as well as he thinks they will.

Yeah Baby Expo has parenting tips (News 10 Now) - The Yeah Baby Expo makes it's first-ever stop in Central New York. The all-day extravaganza provides current and future parents with the latest products and services available for families and kids.

Parenting play back (Sun-Sentinel) - They are getting older, they don't have as much energy as they used to and in many cases they don't have the income that they once did. Yet more and more Palm Beach County grandparents are opening their homes to their grandchildren.

Barbs over baby spark a big fuss / Eye of a storm: Even in the tolerant Bay Area, nontraditional parenting can cause a (San Francisco Chronicle) - Longtime Bay Area television news anchorman Pete Wilson has found himself in the headlines this week after criticizing a San Francisco city official for joining a phenomenon flourishing in the region: the nontraditional family. Controversy over Wilson'...

Morning briefing (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - More than a dozen national and local parenting experts will offer advice on discipline, Internet safety, bully-proofing a child, talking about sex, raising responsible kids and other child-rearing topics Saturday at Beech Acres Parenting Center's For the Love of Kids Practical Parenting Conference at the Duke Energy Center, Fifth and Elm streets, downtown.

Teen pregnancy topic of gathering (Green Bay Press-Gazette) - The Adolescent Parenting Coalition of Brown County will present Children with Children: The State of Teen Pregnancy in Brown County from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Oct. 23.