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A funding cut could scale back two Tennessee programs that send family support workers into homes to reduce child abuse and strengthen family bonds among first-time parents and low-income families.

APPROACHING WITH 32 MINUTE RIDE FROM HIGHWAY 4 TO THE BAY BRIDGE TOLL PLAZA. THAT IS TRAFFIC.

Hope you've had a good Tuesday - here's a look at some of the parenting articles we've been reading today.

The Clark County Family Court just created a mentoring program for moms and dads charged with abuse and neglect who are hoping to get their kids back.

Being a parent is awesome. It is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced.

Well done! You have got the community talking! More than 50 comments have been made on one of your articles.

Being the parent of a 20-something means skulking around the sidelines while your child weathers enough major events for a lifetime of "Friends" episodes.

Todd Duplain is known is local real estate circles as director of development for Beavercreek-based Mills Development.

You could call it "distracted parenting," when mom and dad pay more attention to their smartphone than their kids, CBS 2's Jericka Duncan reported Monday.

Jenna Elfman, left, returns to sitcoms as a mother to Eli Baker and Ava Deluca-Verley in NBC's new comedy 'Growing Up Fisher.'

Parenting is a life-changing, meaning-infusing, deeply profound experience. It is also, day by day, a huge drag.

Melissa Harris-Perry is currently on leave from her dual posts at MSNBC and Tulane University in order to spend time with her newborn daughter and family, but she's still doing her thing as America's foremost public intellectual .

Worzalla's family told police on Feb. 4 that he hadn't been heard from for a week and asked them to conduct a welfare check.

Move over Honey Boo Boo, there's a sassy new Georgian taking reality TV by storm: Get ready to meet Todd Chrisley and his blond-haired bunch on Chrisley Knows Best on Tuesday, March 11 at 10 p.m. on USA with reruns on E! beginning Sunday, March 16 at 10:30 p.m. Todd, wife Julie , sons Chase and Grayson , and daughters Lindsie and Savannah are at ... (more)

I'm on deadline with the magazine. My column is late. My to-do lists at work and home are longer than a single notebook page can handle.

Here's a look at parenting headlines that caught our eye today. Kids and scoliosis: Remember the day when the school nurse would come by and ask everyone to bend over so she could check their spines for scoliosis? Georgia Najarian, a Southwest Portland girl who learned she did have an abnormal curve in her spine, has found support from the Curvy ... (more)

You've seen it before: Parents using cell phones while their children vie for their attention.

Flowers, candles and stuffed animals at a makeshift memorial in Newtown, Conn., the week after 20 children and 6 adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Mealtime is supposed to be family time, but a new study suggests that ever-present smartphones are impeding parent-child communication at the table.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALL GUILTY OF... FOCUSING ON OUR PHONE OR TABLET WHILE TUNING OUT THE WORLD.