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Hate mail led popular parenting blogger to seek help (USA Today) - The brains behind dooce, one of the web's most popular parenting blogs, talks to The Wall Street Journal about the downside of online success: Readers who think nothing of spewing hate and vitriol. Heather Armstrong says some of the harshest...

Sports Parenting Book Released to 'Great Acclaim' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - PROVIDENCE, R.I.----A new and compelling resource for parents of student athletes just became available with the debut of The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting by noted author and influential sports educator, Daniel E.

Chris Rock’s mom writes parenting book (MSNBC) - In “Mama Rock’s Rules:  Ten Lessons for Raising a Houseful of Successful Children,” Rose Rock, comedian Chris Rock’s mother, shares her no-nonsense philosophy of responsible parenting.  Drawing on her wealth of child-rearing experience, she demonstrates why parents need to be consistent, even when it means being unpopular, for their children's own good. Here’s an excerpt.

Eight-week Kinship Care series for those parenting others' children (The Holland Sentinel) - An eight-week information series, Kinship Care, for relatives who are parenting another's children, is being sponsored by Life Services System. Programs will take place noon to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning April 16, at Life Services System, 11172 Adams St.

ACP sets focus on parenting bonanza (The Australian) - PUBLISHING giant ACP Magazines is flexing its muscles in yet another category, the burgeoning parenting sector.

Coming up on TV: kids and family-centred game shows (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Kids parenting adults, dumbed-down game shows with a family theme, and the inevitable sprinkling of sex are shaping up as the new TV hits in coming months.

Genetics and bad parenting link to criminal behaviour (The New Zealand Herald) - Whether a criminal teenager turns into a violent adult or grows out of crime may be related to how low his ears are set or the types of food he was given as a child.

Free parenting class offered (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter) - MANITOWOC The Manitowoc Public School District is offering Practical Parenting from 9 to 11 a.m. or 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, April 22 and 29, and May 6, at Riverview School, 4400 Michigan Ave.

Busy and blessed: Hazelwood couple embraces the joys, challenges of parenting triplets (North County Journal) - When Chrissy and Jim Clauser learned they were going to have triplets, they thought they were prepared. They were wrong.

Genes, bad parenting keys to violence (Daily Telegraph) - WHETHER a criminal teenager turns into a violent adult or grows out of crime, may be related to how low his ears are set or the types of food he was given as a child.