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Parenting by Marilyn Heins: Don't nag; show teen good hygiene habits (Arizona Daily Star) - Q My daughter is 12 years old and is slightly mentally retarded.

Holness says Parenting Commission will be factored into national budget (The Jamaica Observer) - WHAT are some words you have used to your children this week?" asked parent educator, Hyacinth Pinnock, to a packed room of parents in a classroom setting at the Exeter Outreach Skills Training Centre in Vere Plains, Clarendon on Friday.

Israel High Court Mulls Same Sex Parenting (365Gay.com) - (Jerusalem) The issue of recognizing both parents in a same-sex relationship returned to Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday.

Fremd volunteer takes active parenting to new levels (Daily Herald) - It's not easy to get Tim Maher to talk about his volunteering. That's because the Palatine resident doesn't do it for the glory.

Parent coaches teach how to raise children (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) - Parenting experts say making good decisions on the small details of everyday behavior can be the difference between successful parenting and troubled family relationships.

Everymom Blog (Northwest Herald) - Jami Kunzer writes about parenting. Click here to read her blog.

A new civil defence force would defeat the politics of fear (Guardian Unlimited) - Insecurity has become the signature tune of contemporary life: economic globalisation, terrorism, crime and antisocial behaviour, cultural identity, pensions, even our approach to parenting, with children closeted from risks of any kind. And yet, in many ways, we have never been safer or healthier.

The Hipper-Than-Thou Pastor (Time Magazine) - His first hero was Letterman. He played in a rock band. Now Rob Bell is wooing young Evangelicals with a new approach to spreading the Word

In harm's way (Altoona Mirror) - Dorie Walker of Roaring Spring knows what it's like to feel she's about to "lose it" with Alex, her 14-month-old son. But she has protected herself against rage ever reaching a crisis by signing up for an in-home parenting program she read about in a pamphlet she received during her maternity stay at the hospital.

Asbos 'wrong for the under-12s' (BBC News) - Anti-social behaviour orders can become a "self-fulfilling prophecy" and should not be imposed on the under-12s, a think tank says.