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how to manage the frustration of sports parenting (Reno Gazette-Journal) - How to Manage the Inevitable Frustration of Sports Parenting

Study finds strict parenting can lead to overweight kids (Coos Bay World Link) - CHICAGO - “Clean your plate or else!” and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds.

Arkansas Court OKs Gay Foster Parents (CBS News) - Arkansas' Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that said a ban on homosexual foster parenting is unconstitutional. The court found that the Child Welfare Agency Board's ban was based on the board's bias against homosexuals.

Family Counsel: Parenting as a couple (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) - When a mother and father learn to work together as parents, the job gets a little easier.

Boomlet: Busy time for parenting titles (Media Life Magazine) - Decades of service stories on potty training and finger painting have been the mainstay of the parenting magazines, long a stable if sleepy category. Suddenly all that's changing.

ROO Partners With Powerful Parenting Content Provider, Alpha Mom TV (SYS-CON Media) - ROO (BULLETIN BOARD: RGRP) , a leading online video syndication network, and Alpha Mom TV, a top parenting Video On Demand channel announced today that they will be partnering to offer Alpha Mom a new broadband offering for their website, http://www.alphamom.com/, expanding their online video audience.

Study links education to fathers' parenting amount (Birmingham News) - They don't teach fathering skills in school, but education has a big influence on how dads interact with their kids, according to a new government survey.

ROO Partners With Powerful Parenting Content Provider, Alpha Mom TV (Broadcast Newsroom) - NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ROO (OTC Bulletin Board: RGRP), a leading online video syndication network, and Alpha Mom TV, a top parenting Video On Demand channel announced today that they will be partnering to offer Alpha Mom a new broadband offering for their website, www.alphamom.com , expanding their online video audience.

Keeping Kids on a Wireless Leash (TechNewsWorld.com) - The newest hot property in the wireless communications race is the "electronic leash." Employees often joke that their offices keep them on a leash by providing BlackBerries, cell phones and laptops for anytime, anywhere communication. Now the concept has spread to parenting: Parents now have several options for keeping an electronic eye on their young ones while they're away from home.

Ark. high court says gays can be foster parent (Pine Bluff Commercial) - LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said that gays can qualify as foster parents and barring them from parenting foster children was based on one group's views on morality.