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Strict Parenting Can Produce Overweight Kids (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) - TUESDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Your parenting style affects your child's weight and whether she will be overweight by first grade, a new study found.

Grant to pay for parenting programs (The Herald-Sun) - A $209,000 grant from the Governor's Crime Commission will allow the Mental Health Association in Orange County to start offering parenting classes.

Study: Strict Parenting Could Lead To Overweight Children (WISC Channel3000.com via Yahoo! News) - A new study released on Monday and partially conducted in Madison has found that strict parenting can lead to overweight children

Parenting on Video Games (Kotaku) - There's this "new trend afoot" where video games are getting active. Fortunately, cutting-edge tech and gaming mag Parenting is all over it. In their latest issue the glossy for the pregnant set...

Strict Parenting Raises Risk Of Child Obesity (Medical News Today) - Children of strict parents run five times the risk of becoming fat than children whose parents have a more diplomatic style, says a new study. The study looked at four parenting styles - two of which are called Authoritarian and Authoritative. Authoritarian parents lay down the rules and the child has to obey. [click link for full article]

Strict parenting can lead to obese kids (CNN.com) - CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- "Clean your plate or else!" and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds.

D&E classes teach positive parenting (The Youngstown Vindicator) - One mother said she felt out of options until she went to the parenting class. YOUNGSTOWN — D&E Counseling Center has its own kinder, gentler version of the "Supernanny" television show.

Study: Strict Parenting Could Lead To Overweight Children (Channel 3000) - A new study released on Monday found that strict parenting can lead to overweight children.

U.S. study suggests strict parenting can lead to overweight kids (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - CHICAGO (AP) - "Clean your plate or else!" and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new U.S. study suggests.

Study Links Parenting Styles and Childhood Obesity (WBUR Boston) - A new study out Monday links childhood obesity with certain parenting methods. Lead author Doctor Kay Rhee joins us to talk about the findings.