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		<title>Neil Degrasse Tyson on science literacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This clip of an interview with astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson compliments his earlier comments on young scientists. Ehh, it&#8217;s remotely tangentially related to toddlerhood. I&#8217;m just a Neil Degrasse Tyson groupie.

The whole interview is 26 minutes. Here are links to the nine sections of the interview&#8230;


How does a kid born in the Bronx end up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Really, CNN?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following quote is from 20+ of the greatest parenting tips ever, an article linked on CNN.com quoting material from parenting.com (I couldn&#8217;t locate the article at parenting.com).
Who hasn&#8217;t squirted Motrin into her toddler&#8217;s ear when he&#8217;s putting up a feverish fight? Take a cue from Mary Poppins and mix a dose of medicine with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neil deGrasse Tyson&#8217;s perspective on young scientists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be writing about children&#8217;s books about aliens and space soon. If you have a recommendation, e-mail it with a quick note about why you like your book. (Find my address in the upper right corner.)
Today I&#8217;m sharing a quick thought on how to raise a junior scientist, or at least encourage an inquisitive mind. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speech Delay: A Joyous Nuisance</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/speechdelay.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/speechdelay.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Baby]]></category>

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I haven&#8217;t written about it until now, but our 15-month-old boy isn&#8217;t talking. At all.
He babbled a little around the 11- to 12-month mark, possibly saying a word here or there, but never more than once&#8230; leading us to some wishful thinking. I reported his first word as being &#8220;kitty&#8221; when he used it in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Goal of Parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alternate title: Raising great kids despite yourself

I want my daughter to be a better person than I am. More than that, I want her free of my inhibitions and prejudices.
As my wife and I went through the process of selecting an elementary school earlier this year, and as my daughter&#8217;s age has us choosing an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Commercialization of Childhood: What Parents Can Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consuming Kids is a documentary by the Media Education Foundation that looks at how marketers are manipulating children essentially from birth. Check out this 5-minute trailer.

A few choice quotes&#8230;

&#8220;We&#8217;re creating a future generation of super consumers.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s the basic consumer identity, it&#8217;s shallow, it&#8217;s about me, it&#8217;s about me now, and it&#8217;s about me and these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think Differently About Autism</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/autismawareness.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These two videos are part of an awareness campaign by the National Autistic Society in the United Kingdom. Each presents an average scenario and then an autism scenario, followed by real people affected by such incidents.


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		<title>Reason #24601 to Raise your Daughter in the United Kingdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news release had a pitch I couldn&#8217;t resist:
&#8220;Ever dreamt of living life in the PINK? Now you can. A new web site has just been launched designed to meet the pink needs inside all of us and to help businesses selling pink items!&#8221;


Hallelujah! Pink4fun.com is the brainchild of a 20-year-old university drama major in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pink Princesses and other Errata</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/princess-syndrome.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/princess-syndrome.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I intended to compile research on the origins of genderized colors and their reversal about 100 years ago. Instead, I found a well researched piece on the subject. What follows are quotes from a few articles and images. I highly recommend reading the Straight Dope article linked below.

The above photo was shot and hand-colored (the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discuss: Teaching Classic Gender Roles</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/genderstereotypes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/genderstereotypes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After the mixed reaction to the Embryo video, here&#8217;s a tougher nut to chew on about gender roles.
The following 6 minute short film is about a girl who loves a boy and a boy who loves his bike. The film took first place in Tropfest Australia 2008, &#8220;the world&#8217;s largest short film festival.&#8221; It has [...]]]></description>
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