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Assault father's parenting course (BBC News) - A father who assaulted his seven-year-old son by slapping him is told to complete a parenting course.

Skinned Robo Teddy will Instill a Healthy Fear of Robots in Your Kid [Parenting] (Gizmodo) - One of the great joys of parenting, as I understand it, is being handed a malleable lump of proto-humanity that sees you as some kind of god, absorbing everything you do and say as a lifelong lesson....

Jim Devereaux Parenting 101 (The Frederick News-Post) - I'm not aware of any schools that offer degrees in parenting, but I figure I have sufficient years of experience to qualify as a professional. I was certain I made the grade when my kids gave me a fancy coffee cup and a nicely framed plaque, both proclaiming me the greatest dad in the world.

Talk focuses on parenting services (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab) - PARENTS FORUM will welcome Kathleen Dennehy, former commissioner of corrections for the commonwealth, Friday, Aug. 1, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. to speak on parenting services at a the Respect for Parents Day breakfast at 99 Bishop Allen Drive in Central Square.

Jen Singer's You're a Good Mom hands out levity with parenting tips (The Kansas City Star) - Take Erma Bombeck-style humor and mix it with some solid parenting advice, and you get You’re a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren’t So Bad Either) , the latest laugh-out-loud contribution to parental guidance written by Jen Singer. Singer leads us on a quest to find the happy medium between “super” mom and “slacker” mom. If this mother of two who just triumphed over cancer can be this funny, the rest ...

Motherhood comes in handy for J-Lo in latest film role (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Jennifer Lopez will be able to call on her newly acquired parenting skills for her latest film role, where she plays a professional thief posing as a nanny, it was reported on Tuesday.

One year anniversary of parenting (myKawartha.com) - On Wednesday my wife and I celebrated the first birthday of our daughters, Emma and Abigail. One year. Where has the time gone? As any parent knows, the first year seems like a non-stop whirlwind of late-night feedings, diaper changes and spit-up.

Cell phone cancer warning adds wrinkle to parenting debate (Montgomery Advertiser) - When Amy Morris' twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program's request.

Entertainment (The West Australian) - Jennifer Lopez will be able to call on her newly acquired parenting skills for her latest film role, where she plays a professional thief posing as a nanny, it was reported today.

Cancer warning adds wrinkle to parenting (The Globe and Mail) - Risk means limiting cellphone use, because when it comes to children, their brains are still developing