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NH teens try parenting on NBC's 'The Baby Borrowers' (New Hampshire Union Leader) - At 18, Kelsey Lampman and Sean Graham are getting a crash course in parenting before millions of TV viewers who'll judge for themselves whether they're really ready for kids.

Putting teens in the parenting playpen (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - In NBC's new show "The Baby Borrowers," parents lend their babies to teen couples, giving them a reality check on the rigors of parenting.

Parties planned around South Carolina will provide parenting information (Anderson Independent-Mail) - Building Lives of Carolina Kids parties like the one scheduled to happen in Anderson on Saturday will be going on all over South Carolina.

Parenting class is set to begin tonight (Sweetwater Reporter) - Everyone in the community is invited to participate in a parenting class organized by the Women’s Resource Center and hosted by Trinity Baptist Church, which will provide the location and childcare for those who wish to attend.

Changes in custody laws considered (The Bismarck Tribune) - A lawyers' task force is recommending changes in North Dakota child custody laws, including parenting plans from divorcing parents.

Do Your Job: Mom (Northwest Herald) - In our final installment of the video series, "Do Your Job," Danielle Guerra tackles what some consider the toughest job of all -- parenting. Watch her learn what it takes from Northwest Herald reporter and Everymom blogger Jami Kunzer and her five children.

ON THE AIR (Winston-Salem Journal) - Take a look at the multitude of JournalNow Blogs, including reports from NASCAR reporter Mike Mulhern, parenting advice from Paul Garber, and cooking tips from food editor Michael Hastings and restaurant critic Laura Giovanelli.

CoxHealth to offer free weekly parenting classes (The Springfield News-Leader) - CoxHealth will offer a free ongoing weekly parenting class from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays beginning July 3 in classroom C300 at Cox North, 1423 N. Jefferson Ave.

Darin Strauss' first contemporary novel explores parenting, media and race (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Darin Strauss pens his first contemporary novel in "More Than It Hurts You." The author of "Chang & Eng" discusses it Tuesday in Seattle.

Jeers: Parental Discretion Advised (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Jeers to NBC's Baby Borrowers for mislabelling itself as a "groundbreaking experiment." What earth-shattering revelations have come from letting five adolescent couples take care of children ? that parenting is difficult? Or that teenagers aren't as smart as they think they are?