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Strict Parenting Is Linked To Chubby Children (The Tampa Tribune) - CHICAGO - "Clean your plate or else!" and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds.

Parenting by John Rosemond (Duluth News Tribune) - Parents rely too much on parenting 'experts'

The eight ideals of attachment parenting (The Times-News) - TWIN FALLS -- Attachment parenting, a child-rearing philosophy that took off in the mid-1990s, promotes eight ideals to guide families. Summer Stout, leader of a Twin Falls attachment parenting group, said not every family practices them the same way.

When did parenting become a business? (The Valdosta Daily Times) - They’re the folks you talk to after you’ve pressed 20 buttons trying to speak to a human being when you call some corporate bureaucracy. But the person you finally get to talk to isn’t at the corporate headquarters in Little Rock and his name certainly isn’t “Donald,” as he claims.

Blue star swaps parenting tips with Geri (Digital Spy) - Duncan James has been swapping parenting tips with Geri Halliwell. The former Blue singer revealed that Halliwell loves her new role as mother to Bluebell Madonna.

TECHNOLOGY: Portable parenting (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - For children, having a cell phone is way cool. For parents, equipping their young offspring with cell phones gives them a tracking device.

Advice by Marilyn Heins, M.D. : Parenting Weaning teen from 'addiction' to video games isn't child's play (Arizona Daily Star) - Q Do you have any advice on how to rid a 17-year-old of his addiction to computer games?

Education linked to dads’ parenting skills (Lawrence Journal-World) - 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.

Disciplinarian parents have fat kids-US study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Parents who are strict disciplinarians are far more likely to wind up with children who are fat by age six, perhaps because the youngsters over-eat as a reaction to stress, a study said on Monday.

Positive parenting programme receives boost (Scoop.co.nz) - A positive parenting programme that provides information and strategies for parents of young children is to receive $14.8 million over the next four years.