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Gene Simmons Shows His Parenting Skills in New Series (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) - By night, Gene Simmons goes to work wearing makeup and spitting blood in the heavy metal band Kiss. By day, he's got some downright normal ideas about parenting.

JOHN ROSEMOND: AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING: Ten things you can do to grow happy children (Contra Costa Times) - HOW TO GROW a happy child, Part 1: If you are married, have a more active relationship with your spouse than you have with your children. Spend more time in the roles of husband and wife than you spend in the roles of mother and father. Nothing causes a child greater insecurity than the sense that his parents' marriage is not the most solid, permanent thing in his life, and vice versa.

New funding to help vulnerable children stay in school (Guardian Unlimited) - The popularity of the TV programme Supernanny is evidence that the government could be doing more to help families in difficult circumstances develop better parenting skills, the children's minister, Beverley Hughes, will say today.

 Hughes outlines parenting courses to tackle anti-social behaviour (Government News Network) - Children's Minister Beverley Hughes today outlined new measures to step-up action on the root causes of problem behaviour with proposals to support parents whose children are at risk of drifting into patterns of poor behaviour at an early age.

People: The ultimate work in progress (Vail Daily) - A good friend of mine once summed up his take on the parenting experience by depicting a poopy baby demanding, simply: "Clean it up!" We laughed and went back to whatever solipsistic pursuit we were up to at the time, tacitly congratulating ourselves that we were spouse- and kid-free.

If you ever doubted that the world of reality TV is a truly bizarre and disturbing one, check out these two new gems (Pioneer Press) - If you ever doubted that the world of reality TV is a truly bizarre and disturbing one, check out these two new gems. Gene Simmons, yes, the Kiss rocker, will be handing out parenting advice on his new A&E show, "Gene Simmons Family Jewels." And if that's not enough, former "90210" bad girl Shannen Doherty will offer break-up tips on her upcoming Oxygen show, "Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty."

Parenting: It's good to prepare for move to kindergarten (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Q: After three years in the same wonderful preschool, my little girl will be starting kindergarten this fall, and I think she's nervous. What can I do to make this a good experience for her?

Pitt talks about parenting 'joy' (BBC News) - Actor Brad Pitt says becoming a parent with actress Angelina Jolie is the "best thing I ever did".

Lynchburg gay-rights group says parenting data distorted (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - DENVER - Members of a gay-rights group yesterday accused Focus on the Family founder James Dobson of manipulating research data to say gays and lesbians are not good parents. Focus on the Family officials denied the allegation.

Smacking: A front page issue (Scoop.co.nz) - Smacking is an issue that deserves attention. Plunket’s New Zealand president, Kaye Crowther, says there is a groundswell in public opinion as more and more people realise the benefits of positive parenting and using love and guidance in shaping their children’s behaviour, rather than smacking them.