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Parenting orders for bad behaviour not used (Guardian Unlimited) - Three years after parenting orders were introduced to tackle bad behaviour, not one has been made. Fran Abrams reports

Lawyers for Spears and Federline spar over money (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Lawyers around troubled singer Britney Spears battled in court on Monday over her parenting issues and $1 million in legal bills with one judge ruling the pop star should receive $1,500 a week to spend.

Parenting conference scheduled for March 15 in New Bern (New Bern Sun Journal) - Craven Smart Start will hold a conference March 15 to offer advice to parents and other people raising children. Smart Start is a nonprofit organization that works to raise money for children's programs and childcare training for adults.

WALL: A handbook to sports parenting, for soccer moms and dads (Daily Breeze) - Crusty old comedian George Carlin takes issue, and justifiably so, with the way today's children are raised in his latest HBO special.

Brad: "All My Kids Are Beautiful" (PageSix.com) - Perhaps you've heard that Brad Pitt has a child or two? With a rapidly expanding brood, including Pax and Zahara , the busy dad's extreme parenting with partner Angelina Jolie can beg the question: Do they have a favorite? No, says Brad's latest co-star, he's devoted to all of them. "I saw little [Shiloh] on set with Angie," Taraji P. Henson told PageSix.com last week at Bebe's spring ad ...

The subtle art of parenting (Eagle-Tribune Online) - I came for the kitchen showroom, but I left with a lesson. This week I had the opportunity to visit a home and garden convention — a sort of haunted house for 20-somethings — while watching my mother in her element.

Mom gets prison for bad parenting (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) - A Pa. mom is going to prison for letting her 12-year-old have sex at home.

Parenting tip of the week (Savannah Morning News) - As parents you know, it can be difficult to have alone time with your spouse. Children screaming, dinner to cook, clothes to wash, the to-do list goes on and on. Where do you find the time to keep the sparks flying in your marriage?

Federline maintains child custody (Khaleej Times) - In a morning hearing over parenting issues, a second court commissioner maintained an October order that gave Federline custody of their sons, Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2.

Closer bonding with baby (The Charlotte Observer) - Tara Smith wears her 2-month-old son, Ronan, in a fabric sling she sewed. The sling frees Smith's hands for household tasks and helping her other children, Lily, 3, and Aden, 6. It is also a symbol of Smith's commitment to attachment parenting, a child-raising style that advocates extensive physical contact between parents and child as a way of strengthening the familial bond. "This society ...