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Strict Parenting Can Produce Overweight Kids (HealthCentral.com) - 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.

Renown parenting expert to speak at John Muir (Wausau Daily Herald) - Chick Moorman, an acclaimed parenting expert, will talk to parents about the 10 best things and 10 worst things they can say to their children June 28.

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.

Sextuplet parents launch booklet (BBC News) - The parents of the Walton sextuplets launch a new booklet aimed at fostering good parenting.

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.