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Children's Early Cognitive Development Influenced By Family Resources, Parenting Quality (Medical News Today) - Even among low-income families, mothers with greater social and economic resources were more supportive in parenting their children than those with fewer resources, which in turn influenced the children's cognitive performance. That's the main finding of a new study that considers how economic factors and parenting quality jointly influence children's development.

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!

FAMILY HELP LINE: Single-parenting can crowd social life (Rocky Mountain News) - Single mom deserves a social life, but her 5-year-old daughter must come first.

ON THE AIR (Winston-Salem Journal) - Take a look at the multitude of JournalNow Blogs, including reports from NASCAR reporter Mike Mulhern, parenting advice from Paul Garber, and cooking tips from food editor Michael Hastings and restaurant critic Laura Giovanelli.

Auckland parents turn to Healthline the most (Scoop.co.nz) - Auckland parents are using the 24-hour free health advice line, Healthline, for parenting advice more often than any other area in New Zealand.

Agency offers options for distressed parents (The Reporter) - Like an ocean, parenting ebbs and flows with moments of pure euphoria and pulses of extreme terror. But though it can be overwhelming, many have said, there's no greater joy than being a parent. In Vacaville, members of the Police Department's Fa- mily Investigative Response Services Team (FIRST) emphasize that there's hope and help for those experiencing bumps along the way.

Gas prices, thefts a drain (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - It didn't take long for Traci Johnson to figure out why her Ford Explorer wouldn't start after the new mother climbed behind the wheel to drive to a parenting class. She only had to check the gas gauge.

Teen parenting: Raising a child when you're young (Tribune Chronicle) - WARREN - Graduating from Warren G. Harding High School at age 17 in 2005, honor-roll student Joshua Rodgers had his eyes set on college and then medical school. But just a few months into his freshman year at Kent State University, he had to sit down and tell his parents that before he completed his first year of study, he would be a father.

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

Deters-McCarthy leads local shelter (Portsmouth Herald) - GREENLAND and#8212; New Generation Inc., a shelter for pregnant and parenting women, including an infant and toddler childcare center and two thrift shoppes, has appointed Kelsi Deters-McCarthy executive director.