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Volunteers wanted for prison parenting class (The Post-Standard) - State prison might appear an unlikely setting to teach parenting skills, but the state Department of Correctional Services wants to do just that.

These three books have parenting down pat (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier) - 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. In this case, I'm making four exceptions on behalf of three exceptional books.

"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 In Baby's Death (NBC4 Washington, D.C.) - 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.

PAPA to soon come to all Texas schools (KTAL Shreveport) - (Austin) A curriculum that addresses the rights and responsibilities of teen parents will soon be coming to a Texas high school near you. Parenting and Paternity Awareness - or PAPA - will be introduced into all school districts in the state in fall.

Richie Wins Motherhood Award (Teen Hollywood) - Socialite Nicole Richie will be honoured with a parenting award - just five months into motherhood. The Simple Life star - who gave birth to her first child, daughter Harlow, in January - will receive a Golden Pacifier Award from Babytalk Magazine, according to its editor-in-chief Lisa Moran.

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.