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"The Lost Daughter" is hardly a parenting guide (Seattle Times) - "The Lost Daughter," is about as sentimental in its view of parenting as a Mother's Day card inscribed in battery acid. But if they are not for the psychologically squeamish, Ferrante's riveting accounts of women confronting their darkest fears.

These parenting books come highly recommended (Burlington Times-News) - I rarely review books in this column because every time I do, I begin receiving numerous unwanted solicitations from not just book publishers but manufacturers of various and sundry products to make parenting even more expensive than it is already. Nonetheless, every policy has its exceptions.

Parenting Classes Required in Texas Public Schools Next Fall (KFDA-TV Amarillo) - Your teenager will soon be required to take a course in parenting. The Texas legislature recently mandated a parenting curriculum for all of the state's public high schools starting the next school year.

Mother Sentenced For Negligent Parenting (CBS 13 Baltimore) - A 23-year-old Edgewood woman has been ordered to serve 18 months in jail for a negligent parenting conviction stemming from the death of her 5-week-old son.

State curriculum on legalities of parenting coming to Texas high schools this fall (Dallas Morning News) - Do you know the difference between an "alleged father" and a "presumed father?" Your child soon will. The Texas attorney general's office has created a new parenting curriculum that will be required in every public high school this fall.

Nicole Richie's parenting skills recognised (The West Australian) - New mother and TV actress Nicole Richie has received a Golden Pacifier Award from America’s Babytalk magazine. Nicole – who gave birth to daughter Harlow Winter, her first child with rumoured fiance Joel Madden, in January – was handed the accolade in recognition of her mothering skills.

Nicole Richie wins parenting award (The Arizona Republic) - The new mother received a Golden Pacifier Award from America's Babytalk magazine.

Young thugs who breach ASBOs to be spared jail if they suffer from 'bad parenting or peer group pressure' (Evening Standard) - Young thugs who breach ASBOs should be spared jail in virtually all cases - with softer punishments if they face 'peer pressure' or 'lack of parental support', sentencing experts announced yesterday.

Tag-team parenting: 6 tips to connect, make it smoother (Honolulu Advertiser) - Do you find yourself heading out for the office just as your spouse is coming home from hers — and somebody needs to take the kids to soccer? Maybe your spouse is pulling out of the driveway to a computer class as you pull in from a day volunteering on a field trip.

Young thugs who breach ASBOs to be spared jail if they suffer from 'bad parenting or peer group pressure' (Daily Mail) - Young thugs who breach ASBOs should be spared jail in virtually all cases - with softer punishments if they face 'lack of parental support', sentencing experts announced.