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Cayading: Challenges in parenting today (Sun Star) - WHAT has made parenting today so different from yesteryears that merit our concern and attention? What kind of parenting is relevant to promote and teach today? How should we go about this? Let us venture into some reflections and answers.

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.

Children's IQs go up when parents learn (Moldova.org) - The IQs of preschool-aged children who belong 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 ...

Study shows stress affects brain growth (Sydney Morning Herald) - CHILDREN who suffer deprivation in early life show altered patterns of brain growth by the time they are teenagers, according to research that documents for the first time measurable physical effects of poor parenting and unstimulating home lives.

Mothers of invention: 'Mompreneurs' find profits while parenting (Belleville News-Democrat) - By Felicia Pinkney

Let's get this party started right (Provo Daily Herald) - This classic Dave Barry column was originally published April 21, 2002. TODAY'S PARENTING TOPIC IS: Planning a birthday party for your two-year-old child.