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Resource center to offer parenting classes (The Lexington Dispatch) - Parenting classes, sponsored by the Fairgrove Family Resource Center, will begin Thursday evening.

Interview with Tim Bete and Cap'n Billy "The Butcher" MacDougall, Authors of Guide to Pirate Parenting (Blogcritics.org) - "[When] should your child be able to remove a bottle cap by taking out his glass eye and using his eye socket as an opener?" Time Bete and Cap'n Billy "The Butcher" MacDougall are the authors of the hilarious parenting book, Guide to Pirate Parenting, which has been garnering some great reviews since its release in 2007. Bete's parenting advice has been published in dozens of newspapers, ...

Parenting style reflected in how children are fed (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Parents' general approach to raising their children is often apparent in how they manage their kids' diets -- suggesting that efforts to control childhood obesity need to consider family dynamics, according to researchers.

PA parents complete 11-week parenting class (Palo Alto Weekly) - Thirteen parents have completed an 11-week parenting class offered by the Palo Alto Police Department and the Palo Alto Unified School district. The class is designed to help parents who have "strong-willed or out-of-control adolescents," according to Police Agent Donna Arndt.

Upton: Parenting strategies for today (Chattanooga Times Free Press) - On my bedroom dresser stands a photograph of myself with a baby on my back. The child is one of my energetic nieces. The photo was taken a few years ago when my niece, now age 7, could barely walk.

Salvation Army Poor parenting putting more children at risk of homelessness (Christian Today) - A new generation of children risks becoming socially excluded and even homeless unless urgent action is taken to tackle poor and abusive parenting head on a report warns today

Parenting tutors to learn sect ways (The San Angelo Standard-Times) - The instructors who deliver court-ordered parenting classes for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be given training to be culturally sensitive to the polygamist group, a Child Protective Services spokeswoman said.

Jennifer Lopez Closes Her Latin Restaurant (US Weekly) - New mom Jennifer Lopez has closed her Pasadena, CA restaurant named Madre's, TMZ.com reports. The Latin restaurant – inspired by her grandmother – opened six years ago. (See pics of other celebrity restaurants.) A possible reason for the closure? Lopez, 38, has turned her focus to parenting. This weekend, the singer gave a glimpse of one her twins Max and Emme (born in February) while...

Reality show father shoots self after Ky. standoff (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - A central Kentucky father who had sought parenting help on a television reality show fatally shot himself after a standoff with police during the long Fourth of July weekend, authorities said.

New support groups aid domestic violence victims (Examiner) - 180 Turning Lives Around, Inc. in Hazlet is forming new domestic violence survivor support groups. The organization provides adult survivors of domestic assault with confidential, informative groups led by trained professionals. Special groups are also available for improving parenting skills.