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National Parenting Gifted Children Week (BellaOnline) - This week is National Parenting Gifted Children Week. Be an advocate, or just celebrate the unique joys associated with parenting such amazing and enigmatic children!

Foster parenting meetings start July 24 (Marin Independent Journal) - Informational meetings about foster parenting are planned by the Marin County Division of Social Services.

Parties turn sights on poor parenting (Guardian Unlimited) - Will the Tory and Labour crackdown on absent fathers and problem households combat crime?

Pets With A Purpose (The Valdosta Daily Times) - VALDOSTA — The first Pets With A Purpose event, hosted by The Humane Society and sponsored by the Parenting in Valdosta Playgroup, was held Saturday in Drexel Park. Brandi Cason, organizer of the playgroup, said that for a first-time event, everything went well.

Sport on TV: Want to make history? A silly name won't help (Independent) - So Great Britain and Ireland may come top of the European medals table when it comes to lack of holidays, high retirement age and low life expectancy – not to mention traditional success in the fields of teenage pregnancy, obesity, binge drinking and drug taking. But if 'Olympic Dreams' (BBC1, Tuesday) come true, we will also excel in chronic parenting and absurd children's names.

PCs and Parenting: Tips for Making Them Perfect Together (Carteret County News-Times) - (ARA) - You helped her learn to walk. He's totally potty trained at last.

Carmina Villarroel and daughter Cassy grace the cover of Smart Parenting's July cover (PEP) - Carmina Villarroel and daughter Cassy are featured in this month's issue of Smart Parenting . Carmina, a teenybopper in the 80s, relates her experiences in raising Maverick and Cassy and the relationship they share as a family.

Obesity Study Pushes Moderation (News On 6 Tulsa) - An Oklahoma State University study into the causes of childhood obesity has found that parenting style can influence a child's risk of obesity.

DE STATE FAIR: Harrington fairgrounds ripe for the sniff test (The Daily Times) - HARRINGTON -- For friends Sarah Hellengreen and Janet Elston, raising cows has been a little like a lesson in parenting.

Parenting programs at Families First (The Rockingham News) - RAYMOND AND EPPING and#8212; On these long hot summer days, would you and your children welcome a change of scenery, a change of pace and a change of toys? Would you both like to spend some time with people your own age?