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Parenting is an imperfect business, learned on the job (Guardian Unlimited) - Eliane Glaser: It's still taboo for women to express mixed feelings about motherhood, but many don't find the idyll they'd been led to expect

Sweet potato parenting (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - She has already shared with the world the Sweet Potato Queens' cheeky brand of wisdom on the subject of marriage and divorce. But Mississippi author and "Boss Queen" Jill Conner Browne knew that she had left a void.

Cayading: Parenting, a conscious commitment (Sun Star) - IN A recent parent conference, a mother shared this story. One day, she chanced upon her teenage daughter disclosing her problems to the nursemaid. It pained her to realize that her daughter would rather confide to the nursemaid than to her own mother.

On Parenting: Planning a potty (The Sentinel) - Lately, most of my conversations with my 3-year-old son have gone something like this.

Slack parents risk losing kids (Daily Telegraph) - ABUSIVE parents will have one year to improve their parenting skills or risk having their children taken away from them permanently.

TGMC program wins national award (The Houma Courier) - HoumaTerrebonne General Medical Center's The Steps to Success program, which educates young parents and provides parenting and teen-pregnancy prevention education and support, has been nationally recognized as a finalist for the Premier Cares Award.

Unconventional Wisdom: Parenting stepchildren: A touchy job (The Philadelphia Inquirer) - Divorce demands more maturity than marriage. That's because, for the sake of your kids, you're compelled to cooperate with the one person on the planet who upsets you most.

Mom allegedly lets 4-year-old smoke pot (Moldova.org) - An Omaha, Neb., woman is facing a felony child abuse charge for allegedly teaching and encouraging her 4-year-old daughter to smoke marijuana.Lisa Schuchard, 25, pleaded not guilty and was being held in the Douglas County Jail pending a hearing on her parenting abilities.She was picked up after an anonymous caller told police Shuchard's 4-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy were filthy dirty and ...

Events for people with disabilities (The Buffalo News) - Parent Network and EPIC will hold a free “Parenting Today” workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Wilson National Center for Parenting and Character Education, 1000 Main St. The topic will be infant and toddler oral health care. To register, or for more information, call 332-4170 or visit www.parentnetworkwny.org or www.epicforchildren.org . Also scheduled are free transition workshops for ...

Jane takes motherhood in stride (Adelaide Now) - JANE Flemming may have left her run at motherhood a little late but there's no doubting the Commonwealth Games medallist will be super fit for parenting.