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Top 10 Parenting Pitfalls: How to Raise Well Behaved Childre (Fox News) - From toddler tantrums to homework hassles, experts offer advice on how to avoid the top ten parenting pitfalls that can make the difference between raising a little angel or devil.

JOHN ROSEMOND: AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING: 'Attachment parenting' backfires (Contra Costa Times) - Q: When we had our first child, his pediatrician encouraged "attachment parenting" and especially that we all sleep together. (We're no longer with that pediatrician, and our new one doesn't approve.) Our son is now 6 and this arrangement, wonderful at first, has since become inconvenient for my wife and me. The problem is that he's terrified -- not an exaggeration -- of sleeping alone. If we put

Parenting Rule No. 163: Set a Good Example - No Exceptions (Hollister Free Lance) - "Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age." When you become a parent, you become subject to the Rules of Parenting. These rules aren't written down, but they exist. They're very real and very scary.

Study: College grads are fussier dads (CNN.com) - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Men who have earned a college degree plan fewer children but tend to fuss over them more than guys with less schooling. That's the word from the government's first look at fathers and parenting, the latest version of a study that has always concentrated on women in the past.

Common Sense Is Essential To Parenting (Hartford Courant) - Here are few questions recently asked me by several people, including a journalist, and my answers (these have been edited and modified for clarity):

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.

Shuttering of Parenting Mag Points Up Differences Between Gawker and MediaBistro (Gawker) - We would have gone with "Bundle Aborted." Bundle Disbanded [FishbowlNY] Comment on this post

Dads With College Degrees Fuss Over Kids (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - WASHINGTON (AP) - Men who have earned a college degree plan fewer children, but tend to fuss over them more than guys with less schooling. That's the word from the government's first look at fathers and parenting, the latest version of a study that has always concentrated on women in the past. Men who have graduated from college expect to father two children while those without a high school

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.

Meeting on state of middle schools sparsely attended (CentralOhio.com) - MANSFIELD -- Turnout was discouraging Tuesday, but conversation was powerful among about a dozen local residents who spoke up about teachers, parenting and children.