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Good Parenting Raises Kids' Mental Skills (CBS News) - A study shows better parenting skills may sharpen the minds of kids living in poverty.

Parenting Tips from Holistic Health Symposium (Kansas City InfoZine) - Local alternative health professinals present holistic parenting ideas at "Happy Healthy Children"

Top "Sweet Potato Queen" On Parenting (CBS News) - Oh -- and recipes from Jill Conner Browne, too! She talked about her latest book -- a humorous look at parenting filled with her usual straightforward, though sassy advice -- on The Early Show .

Crash course helps bridge parenting gap (The Scotsman) - A CRASH-course in parenting can significantly help children at risk of being left on the educational scrapheap, a controversial study suggests.

Couple in adoption scandal find their parenting skills are on trial (The Salt Lake Tribune) - Posted: 9:16 PM- LOGAN - A trial that has spotlighted the parenting abilities of Scott and Karen Banks has produced two opposing pictures of the couple.

Parenting class improves children's IQ (The Washington Times) - Preschool-aged children from low-income families showed notable improvement in cognitive ability and other brain...

Parenting conference focuses on research, ideas (Dallas Morning News) - DENTON – About 300 educators, parents and industry professionals gathered Thursday and Friday to learn about research and strategies for dealing with issues related to the family as part of the 16th annual Conference on Parent Education.

Unconditional love is the most important thing in stepparenting (Pensacola News Journal) - "Papa," as he is affectionately known by his grandsons Dylan and Cameron (my future step sons), asked me if I would consider doing an article on stepparenting. With a divorce rate climbing above 50 percent "Papa" Lewis Turman, knows that more and more children are being raised by a parenting team other than biological parents.

Children's IQs go up when parents learn (Moldova.org) - The IQs of preschool-aged children who belong to to low-income families improved after parents took a child-learning course, University of Oregon experts said.Researchers found that the intelligence scores of children ages 3 to 5 whose parents took an 8-week class about parenting techniques improved, The Washington Times reported Saturday.The study included 28 children.Our findings are important ...

Parenting workshop scheduled (phillyburbs.com) - A free two-session parenting workshop on “Understanding Anger: Yours and Your Child’s” will be provided by the Pennridge School District and facilitated by the Upper Bucks Parenting Center.