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Book backs parenting basics (Carmel Topics) - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP -- Common sense is not so common among today's parents, says Jack Gangstad. The 31-year educator, father of two adult daughters and coach for 25 years has seen and experienced his share of good and bad parenting.

Ark. candidates squabble over gay parenting issue (Planet Out via Yahoo! News) - SUMMARY: The GOP nominee for lieutenant governor strongly opposes the Arkansas high court ruling that gays can foster-parent; the Democrat is less vocal.

Parenting tips from a Mayo Clinic specialist (Mayo Clinic) - Good parenting takes honesty, patience and love. You'll cultivate these qualities if you follow the principles Mayo Clinic pediatrician Jay L. Hoecker, M.D., explains here.

Business briefcase (River Valley Business Report) - Coulee Parenting Connection, a bi-monthly magazine devoted to improving family life in the Coulee Region, celebrated its five-year publishing anniversary by donating $825 to the La Crosse Community Foundation.

JOHN ROSEMOND: AFFIRMATIVE PARENTING: Be straightforward with child's annoying habits (Contra Costa Times) - Q: My 5-year-old has been sucking her thumb since she was 2 months old. The problem is she likes to touch faces when she's doing it. She will snuggle up to one of us, get cheek-to-cheek, and touch us with the hand she is sucking. Her thumbsucking doesn't bother us, but touching our faces does. Any ideas?

"Newborn" Parenting Mags Nab Ad Dollars (Mediaweek) - They’ve come a long way, baby. The parenting field has grown by leaps and bounds, with new entries Cookie from Condé Nast and Wondertime from Disney Publishing making a splash. But it may be feeling some growing pains.

Parenting, Divorce Session (RedNova) - Psychological Health Affiliates, 101 S. 7th St., Akron, will host "Cooperative Parenting & Divorce" at 6 p.m. Wednesday evenings, Aug. 9 through Sept. 13; free.

Parenting workshop planned (Standard-Journal) - LEWISBURG — The Union-Snyder Community Action Agency will present a workshop bringing parents together to learn and practice skills to improve communication and build stronger bonds with their children.

Babycare guru demands closure of 'defamatory' site (ElectricNews.Net) - Babycare expert Gina Ford is threatening to sue UK parenting site Mumsnet and its ISP after allegedly defamatory comments were posted about her on the site.

Paul White: Stun Guns: At Last! An Effective Parenting Tool for Unruly Teenagers (HuffingtonPost) - After a quarter century of teaching mostly hard-core kids in hard-core schools, I thought I'd heard it all. The mother of a former student recently proved me wrong. "Things are better with Richard these days," she said, referring to her abusive teenage son. When I asked her how she'd accomplished this, she smiled confidently and patted her purse, "I bought a stun gun, and he knows I'll use it."