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		<title>@#$%^&amp;*!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: What&#8217;s worse than your furnace and water heater both breaking on Thursday?
A: Taking a cold shower Friday night.
On Saturday my answer will change to: Seeing the bill for  replacing a 25-year-old water tank with a tankless heater. Whew, we sure got some mileage out of the old one, that&#8217;s for sure.
I&#8217;m behind on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching children to shut up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter&#8217;s kindergarten class received its H1N1 inoculation yesterday. Parents were invited to attend at the appointed time to help ease any fears. About one-third of the parents showed up and my daughter had no problems whatsoever.
Oh, but things weren&#8217;t totally peachy. The parent(s) of at least one student declined the vaccination. A problem arose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short film on parenting, childhood, old age</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a short, subtle Greek film on multiple subjects: What is that?
The film begins 40 seconds in after a lengthy presentation of credits.

What&#8217;s it it about?

 Reminiscing about childhood, your children
Lamenting the loss of childhood
 The relationship between father and son
 Having patience with elderly parents
Having patience with children
 The sense of wonder in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In photos: How you know you picked a good elementary school</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/10/choosingschool.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alternate title: From principal to rock star in 30 minutes.
I just want to share some photos, but I&#8217;ll say some things you disagree with first. Let&#8217;s brush over the three ways parents shouldn&#8217;t select elementary schools.
1. Not test scores! Parents decry the mess made by No Child Left Behind&#8230; then turn around and meticulously pour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A parenting perspective from an American hero</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/10/thefuture.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a viewpoint from Philip Spooner, an 86-year-old father of four, decorated war veteran, VFW chaplain and life-long Republican living in Maine. And yes, he speaks of a parenting issue.
Spooner asks at a pivotal moment, &#8220;What do you think I voted for at Omaha Beach?&#8221;

&#8220;My wife and I did not raise four sons with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proud Quotable Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start with a horrific story about a 6-year-old girl having her scalp ripped off by a dog in a neighbor&#8217;s yard. Terrible, frightening story yes, but I feel like giving the girl a high-five for the question she asked her father as she was being transported to the hospital. She remained calm. She didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Photos: Love and Hate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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In other news, our son is being assessed by a speech pathologist and a developmental specialist this week due to his being 18-months-old and speaking only one word (&#8221;Mama&#8221; which can mean Mom, Dad or Sister).
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		<title>Name your most anticipated parenting activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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Penn Jillette, the  speaking half of the Penn and Teller illusion-comedy team, has video-blogged about a momentous event in his parenting career. His children, Zolton and Moxie, age 3 and 4, saw the Three Stooges for the first time.
He says:
&#8220;One of the things I&#8217;ve thought about since I first planned to have children was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s worse&#8230; Tattoo or Circumcision?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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There&#8217;s a father in California up against an &#8220;aggravated mayhem&#8221; charge that carries a potential life sentence (his hearing it tomorrow) for having a gang tattoo applied to his 7-year-old son&#8217;s waistline. Crucial to a mayhem charge is a finding that permanent disfigurment has taken place.
As you can see by the photo, the gang in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child molester: no one stopped him, almost no one</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/09/hero.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve joked about not knowing how one will act in a crisis situation &#8212; do something, or turn away. Here&#8217;s a story about a guy who did something. He&#8217;ll be a national news story in a day or two.

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