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X-Teams: The joy of parenting (The Manila Times) - WHEW! I AM terribly exhausted, both physically and emotionally. And I will tell you why. I have been the family driver for my one and only daughter—Rachel. This continues to be my wrinkle in this wonderful field of parenting.

Parenting role can take toll on grandparents (Dayton Daily News) - Derek is an overwhelming challenge to his caregivers. He is active, curious and extremely talkative. Derek is a picky eater, occasionally wets the bed and is an endless bundle of energy. In short, Derek is a normal 3-year-old boy, so why was a psychologist seeing him?

Parenting | Mothers and Sons (New York Times) - Sgt. Daniel Tallouzi, who was wounded in Iraq during a mortar attack in Baghdad, with his mother, Mary, at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, N.J. In the attack, a piece of shrapnel the size of a quarter pierced both hemispheres of Sergeant Tallouzi's brain.

Parenting key to success in first grade (UPI) - Infants termed difficult -- cry a lot, very active -- with high-quality parenting can become the best adjusted students in first grade, a U.S. study says.

No formula for parenting siblings to celebrity status (The Springfield News-Leader) - Maybe it was in the water. Genetics probably had something to do with it. And then there's family.

Exporters feel 'tough love' tactics (Stuff) - It's curious that compared with the fuss over the rights of parents to smack their kids, most of us ignore the strict parenting approach, known as "tough love", that the Reserve Bank adopts to keep us naughty citizens from spending too much money on houses and the like.

Article Tools (Daily Dispatch) - 1. M-Net, 7pm: The Simpsons – Maggie goes on a path of destruction in the Simpsons home after Marge follows advice in a parenting magazine and throws away her pacifier.

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

Therapist shares practical tips on parenting with residents (Moorpark Acorn) - Today's parents must simultaneously juggle numerous responsibilities on several fronts to meet the emotional and physical needs of their families, said Bette Alkazian, a licensed marriage and family therapist and parenting coach who owns a practice in Thousand Oaks.

PARENTING: Changing a toddler's behavior (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - "She just stopped listening," says Lynn. Things Abbie could easily do before — brush her teeth, get dressed by herself, go to school without crying — were now things that set off temper tantrums. "I think that was a power struggle more than anything."