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Shower new moms with gifts, parenting tips (The Jersey Journal) - Almost 30 women, many pregnant and some new mothers, gathered at the Metropolitan Family Health Network in Jersey City yesterday for the clinic's Community Baby Shower, an event to help low-income women learn about parenting and receive baby products.

Judy La Salle: Parenting shows in our children (Merced Sun-Star) - I state the obvious when I say that the influence of parents, and other significant adults who are filling that role, extends well beyond the lengths of the parents' lives. I thought of that when I saw three middle-aged couples greeting each other at a restaurant the other day. The women looked like they were sisters. Their husbands and children were with them too, but not their parents – at ...

Video game addicts: Try parenting (Minot Daily News) - Delegates to the American Medical Association’s annual policy meeting could vote next week on a push to include video game addiction on a list of psychiatric disorders.

Program coaches fathers in effective parenting skills (Montrose Daily Press) - MONTROSE — Fathers’ Day provides the chance to recognize and appreciate the positive impact that fathers can have, but not everyone is endowed with the skills and knowledge necessary play that role up to their full potential.

Celeb moms reflect range of parenting (Lansing State Journal) - On Monday, Julia Roberts and husband Daniel Moder welcomed baby Henry Daniel Moder. He joins twin siblings Hazel and Phinnaeus, 2. What can Henry expect from his superstar mother? All moms "love their kids and adore them beyond belief," says Danielle Friedland of Celebrity-babies.com, but "different mom types are reflected within parenting methods, design and style choices." Here is Friedland's ...

Group Seeks To Put Gay Foster Parenting Ban On Ballot (The Morning News) - LITTLE ROCK — The Christian conservative group that successfully led the drive for Arkansas’ constitutional amendment banning gay marriage will push for a ballot initiative to limit who can adopt or foster children in the state, its leader said Tuesday.

Tips for Celebrating Parenting Milestones (Beaches Leader) - (Family Features) - Once upon a time, welcoming baby meant throwing a shower for the expectant mom and sending a congratulations card with a gift to the happy couple after the little one arrived.

Bloggers wanted! (Port Clinton News Herald) - The News Herald is looking for local residents to blog on a variety of topics. If you have an interest or expertise in topics such as motherhood and parenting, senior issues, entertainment or sports and would like to blog about it, send an e-mail to elawrenc@fremont.gannett.com with some information about yourself, including your topic of interest.

Social Workers Offered Seminar On Counseling Gay Adoptive And Foster Parents (The Morning News) - LITTLE ROCK -- A continuing education seminar to help social workers work more effectively with gays wanting to adopt or be foster parents, and with gay children in foster care, is drawing criticism from a conservative group seeking to ban gay adoptions and foster parenting in Arkansas.

Striking a Balance In the Teenage Years (Washington Post) - Q. My husband and I have significantly different parenting styles, but so far we have raised our three children successfully. Now, however, we have a pushing-the-boundaries high school boy and these differences are causing a lot of conflict.