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Moms all supoort for Britney's parenting skills (Hindustan Times) - Pop princess Britney Spears has won some unlikely support from US moms even as her parenting skills have been questioned by the media.

Parenting website takes first steps (Euroa Gazette) - A landmark Australian website to help parents and carers raise young children was officially launch children can be a daunting responsibility, particularly for first-time parents. We all want to make informed decisions that we can feel confident about.†...

TV is not a substitute for parenting (Carroll County Online) - There's an early photo of me I'll always remember. I was 9 months old and had just started walking (yes, it was early;. if you don't believe me, ask my mom). In the photo, I'm naked and standing up in front of the television. Big Bird from "Sesame Street" is on the screen.

Healthwatch Parenting Tip...Teaching Self Control (14 WFIE Evansville) - Trying to calm down a preschooler can be a struggle. But new research shows using a child's own play skills can help. New research from the University of Washington shows there's a link between imagination and self-control in three year olds.

South Burlington man juggles parenting, running (The Burlington Free Press) - SOUTH BURLINGTON -- Some runners strap on leg weights to train, others carry them. Max Miller, a psychotherapist from South Burlington, pushes them, in the form of his 20-month and 4-year-old sons, Jonas and Peter.

Let us know what you think, comment on this story below (The Sun Chronicle) - ATTLEBORO -- Sonia Walmsley arrived in America from Colombia six years ago with little English but with a will to succeed. Today, Walmsley, a school principal in her native land, is the co-ordinator of a program helping immigrants learn English, achieve basic literacy and polish parenting skills.

'Parenting' will aid preschoolers (The Clarion-Ledger) - I appreciate Dena Kinsey's concern for Mississippi's children ("'Pre K-3' program needed in Miss.," May 17 letter), but I disagree that more government education is the answer.

How to deal with unsolicited parental advice (Oshawa This Week) - My husband and I take our parenting very seriously. We have read books and taken parent education classes. We aren't really critical of how our parents did it because we feel that we turned out pretty good as did our brothers and sisters.

Struggling Daly still one for the books (USA Today) - Yes, John Daly says, he's amazed how well his book is selling. No. 9 on last week's Wall Street Journal non-fiction list; 23rd now by USA TODAY's count of all genres. "It was pretty therapeutic," he says as he ambles down a fairway at last Wednesday's pro-am round of the FedEx St. Jude's Classic. "But that's real life in there."

Advice by Marilyn Heins, M.D. : Parenting Grown-up teamwork eases joint custody (Arizona Daily Star) - Q I am a psychology student in college, and I have a cousin who has broken up with her boyfriend of six years. They have a child together, a 4-year-old boy named Josh. The problem is that custody of the child is shared. He is with the father half of the week and with the mother the other half.