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			<title><![CDATA[Bully-proofing kids]]></title>
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			<author>(Grace Stanczak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Looking for a way to bully-proof your girls? I haven't had the opportunity to check it out myself, but a friend of mine put her six-year old in a day camp this summer called Girls Empowered. The idea was that her daughter would have fun while boosting her self-confidence with exercises that teach]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:36 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[(Temporarily) tattoo your kid for safety]]></title>
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			<author>(Beth Reeber Valone)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[If you are a mother, babysitter, grandmother, etc., and lost track of your child for even just a second, you know that heart-pounding panic you feel. But what if you knew that child had your contact information or other vital information stuck on his or her body?

There's a product to help your]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:24 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ford's MyKey might be teen parents' dream come true]]></title>
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			<author>(Beth Reeber Valone)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Ford today announced a new programmable key system called MyKey that will allow parents to limit the speed kids drive and how loud they play music in the car. It also encourages using seat belts, provides earlier low-fuel warnings and can be programmed to sound chimes at 45, 55 and 65 mph.


How]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:53 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Too much school too soon?]]></title>
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			<author>(Beth Reeber Valone)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[So many schools are offering all-day kindergarten now and pre-school has gone from learning how to fingerpaint and play with other kids to teaching 18-month-olds Spanish. Wow! So is this a good thing or a bad thing?

As the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act hold schools]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:38 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Are you exposing your kids to political rhetoric?]]></title>
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			<author>(Mary Jane Happy)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[I don't know about you, but I feel like my head is about to explode from all the political advertising, debating, discussing, arguing and winking.  There's no escaping it.  This morning not only was it discussed in the pew behind me at mass - and we weren't backing the same candidate - but from the]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:07 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Childhelp Michigan opens first Michigan Store for Foster Care Families]]></title>
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			<author>(Beth Reeber Valone)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Childhelp Michigan, which serves foster children and offers mentoring programs, is getting ready to open first store in Michigan for foster families.

Volunteers are welcome to meet Sunday 1-5 p.m. at the Childhelp offices at 21455 Melrose Ave., Building R, Suite 200, in Southfield to paint and]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:59 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Win books on understanding child's behavior]]></title>
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			<author>(Beth Reeber Valone)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[My kids are 14 and 12 and I still feel like I have no idea what I'm doing half the time. It's probably because the situations are changing all the time as they get older, grow and mature. So I'm always gobbling up any advice I can get.


So for those of you like me, I have a couple of books to]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:43 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tagless tees and chemical burns]]></title>
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			<author>(Grace Stanczak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Tagless tees are so much more comfy than the old alternative with bothersome labels inside. I have snipped so many scratchy labels out of shirts, dresses, jerseys, sleepwear and sweaters over the years that if I stitched them all together I could make a scarf. A very long one. Unfortunately, some]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:24 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Parenting is like 'Amazing Race']]></title>
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			<author>(Dianna Gutierrez)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[It's only the first month of the school year and I am already feeling overwhelmed.  I don't know about you but, it feels like I am on an episode of the "Amazing Race" once I get home from work.  My mission: check homework, get dinner on the table and maneuver my way through endless road construction]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:09 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finding the right sippy cup becomes a challenge]]></title>
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			<author>(Melanie Weber)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[For the past four months, I have been battling the task to find a sippy cup that Sadie would adhere to. Seriously, we are talking about a cup. Who would have ever thought this would be a challenge? As parents, we face many challenges - some are bigger than others, but in the end the ultimate goal is]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:49 AM</pubDate>
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