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Study finds strict parenting can lead to overweight kids (Gaffney Ledger) - CHICAGO - ''Clean your plate or else!'' and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds.

Two new books explore parenting insecurities (Asbury Park Press) - Parenting leads to long days, and apparently Mom and Dad each need a drink.

Strict Parenting Can Produce Overweight Kids (MedicineNet.com) - Title: Strict Parenting Can Produce Overweight Kids Category: Health News Created: 6/7/2006 1:57:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 6/7/2006

Parenting And Positive Possibilities (Blogcritics.org) - I am a new daddy! Not because there is a newborn in my life, but because over the past few years I have renewed my relationships with my three daughters. They are ages 19, 13, and 11, and the foremost reason I feel so blessed to be me. As I wrote in a confessional piece titled "Daddy, Do Better," loving and being loved by them has made a powerful and positive difference in my life. Having

Twin of Twins bat for better parenting (The Jamaica Observer) - Known for their outspoken and comical rants on a range of social issues, dancehall duo Twin of Twins have called for parents to be more involved in the raising of their children.

Bulletin Board for 06/08/06 (The Enid News & Eagle) - Northwest Family Services Inc. staff member Amber Maier will be teaching a “Parenting Through Separation and Divorce” class. The class is 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Civic Room of Alfalfa County Courthouse, 300 S. Grand, Cherokee. To enroll, call Maier at (580) 327-2900.

Mandating 'shared parenting' a bad idea (Bismarck Tribune) - An important effort to educate the public about two proposed initiated measures was launched recently, and we should all be paying close attention.

Strict Parenting Can Produce Overweight Kids (HealthCentral.com) - TUESDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Your parenting style affects your child's weight and whether she will be overweight by first grade, a new study found.

Renown parenting expert to speak at John Muir (Wausau Daily Herald) - Chick Moorman, an acclaimed parenting expert, will talk to parents about the 10 best things and 10 worst things they can say to their children June 28.

Peterson elected president of national rural mental health orga (High Plains Journal) - Dr. Rick Peterson, assistant professor and Texas Cooperative Extension parenting specialist, has been elected president of the National Association for Rural Mental Health.