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Study finds strict parenting can lead to overweight kids (KATU) - 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.

Parenting seniors get some help (St. Petersburg Times) - A Web site and a support group provide advice and companionship for caregiving grandparents across the county.

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

Business briefcase (River Valley Business Report) - Coulee Parenting Connection, a bi-monthly magazine devoted to improving family life in the Coulee Region, celebrated its five-year publishing anniversary by donating $825 to the La Crosse Community Foundation.

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.

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

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.

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.

Doting dads: Study sheds light on fatherly behaviors (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier) - 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.