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			<title><![CDATA[Back to School for Dads, Too?]]></title>
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			<author>(Kevin OShea)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[As a full-time father, I've spent many hours volunteering in my children's schools and serving on (or chairing) PTA committees. I've commented before on the relative absence of fathers in school, but an article in the current issue of Instructor magazine (written for elementary school teachers) does]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:42 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Michigan cyclists head to parental rights event in D.C.]]></title>
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			<author>(Robert Pedersen)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[On Aug. 15-16, thousands of people will come together in support of parental rights at the DC Festival 2008. 
"Parental rights are one of those natural rights that are and should be protected against intrusion by the government," said Lary Holland, head organizer of this massive event. "It is our]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:13 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two In parenting Is better than one]]></title>
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			<author>(Larry Herren)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[I don't know about others, but I'm noticing, much to my delight, that while there are a few who continue to subscribe to outdated notions about the needs of children in divorce or never married scenarios, the number is quickly shrinking.

I write this with cautious optimism but more recent local]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:39 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Would you take time off for birth?]]></title>
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			<author>(Kevin OShea)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Today I read a piece by a former Major League Baseball player who discussed the growing tension surrounding players who take time off for the birth of a child. He wrote, "No one would dare say it, but there is a clock ticking when you leave your team for the birth of your child. Sure, it isn't 24]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 8:32 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Be confident in separations and your child will, too]]></title>
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			<author>(Larry Herren)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Since my son was just and infant, he has been going to day care, more recently preschool. In September he's starting kindergarten. Time really does fly.

D.J. has a confidence level that is off the charts so it's not been often that he's acted out the fears, anxieties and general protests children]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:12 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why do pediatricians make us wait so much?]]></title>
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			<author>(Chris Edwards)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Our 9-year-old daughter caught a tennis racket in the face a few days ago and it wasn't pretty.


The pediatrician's office closest to our house didn't have the right kind of permabond to glue her back together, though the doctor on duty told us that the gash shouldn't need stitches. We just had]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:18 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marketing to our kids is irresponsible]]></title>
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			<author>(Kevin OShea)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[There's something I've wondered about for a while: Why do companies market toys to young children that are tied in to movies the children are too young to see?

The latest example is the new "Indiana Jones" movie, rated PG-13 and, if the reviews are to be believed (I haven't seen the film),]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:40 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is son's early exit from camp a failure?]]></title>
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			<author>(Chris Edwards)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Our 11-year-old son had spent every 4th of July holiday of his life Up North with his extended family, grandparents, cousins, etc.  But last winter, he transitioned from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts, and soon after found out that Boy Scout camp Up North included the 4th of July.  It's THE big thing in]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:19 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pray for your kids]]></title>
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			<author>(Conderidge Smith)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[In my last blog, I advised parents to monitor their kids. Well, the reality is we can not monitor them 24/7. Weep if we will, we must at some point send our kids away from our protective presence and into what is definitely a dangerous world. What shall we do at such send-away times? How do we]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:58 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Booster seat law: good policy or nanny state run amok?]]></title>
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			<author>(Kevin OShea)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Beth Valone has a thoughtful piece in the MichMoms blog about a new Michigan law many dads may be unaware of: Starting July 1, children under 8 or under 4'9" must use a booster seat in the car or their parents will face a costly ticket.


The law came up at a PTA meeting at my children's school]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:28 PM</pubDate>
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