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		<title>When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sploochie and The Big Ragoo At some point, little kids begin to recognize that Mommy and Daddy have more than one name. That point for C actually came several months ago &#8212; if you asked her what Daddy&#8217;s name was, she would readily reply &#8220;Brian&#8221; &#8212; but sometime about a couple of weeks ago it [...]<hr /><h4>Related posts:</h4><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/little-sister-keeps-it-real-for-big-sister.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Little Sister Keeps it Real for Big Sister">Little Sister Keeps it Real for Big Sister</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/what-makes-people-happy-what-makes-me-happy.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: What Makes People Happy, What Makes Me Happy">What Makes People Happy, What Makes Me Happy</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/tchaikovsky-nutcracker-suite-with-a-modern-twist.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite with a Modern Twist!">Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite with a Modern Twist!</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/when-children-learn-mom-and-dad-have-real-names.html">When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Eighth Grade Reading Level</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one way the daughter does not take after me (besides that whole American Idol thing), it&#8217;s that she does not like to read. She says that reading just isn&#8217;t &#8220;her thing&#8221; and that she should not be forced to pick up a book for pleasure when she has to read so much &#8220;junk&#8221; [...]<hr /><h4>Related posts:</h4><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/washing-a-childs-blanket.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Washing a Child&#8217;s Blanket!">Washing a Child&#8217;s Blanket!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/children-at-funerals.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Children at Funerals">Children at Funerals</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/eighth-grade-reading-level.html">Eighth Grade Reading Level</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Lying to Children to get them to Behave</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just at the local What-passes-for-a-supermarket-in-Vienna where I bought two 500cc bottles of Diet Coke, bananas and Kaiser Alexander pears. No idea who Kaiser Alexander was, but his pears look like little butts. I was going to show you here, I even scanned one in on my office scanner, but it didn&#8217;t capture the&#8230; [...]<hr /><h4>Related posts:</h4><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/tchaikovsky-nutcracker-suite-with-a-modern-twist.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite with a Modern Twist!">Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite with a Modern Twist!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/diary-of-a-mother-book-review.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Diary of a Mother Book Review">Diary of a Mother Book Review</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/how-to-teach-children-math.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How to Teach Children Math">How to Teach Children Math</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/lying-to-children-to-get-them-to-behave.html">Lying to Children to get them to Behave</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Neanderthal vs Homo sapiens sapiens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neanderthal: (driving along) &#8220;You-make-me-feel&#8212;so-emotional&#8230;&#8221; Homo sapiens sapiens: (Vocally rolling eyes) &#8220;Dad, you&#8217;re singing.&#8221; Neanderthal: &#8220;Huh? Singing? Doh, me no sing.&#8221; Homo sapiens sapiens: &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to hear my CD.&#8221; Neanderthal: (Grabbing CD box from daughter, who has been studying liner notes with the intensity of a biblical scholar with a new Dead Sea scroll fragment) [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/neanderthal-vs-homo-sapiens-sapiens.html">Neanderthal vs Homo sapiens sapiens</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger Pudding Recipe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make one batch vanilla pudding. One batch chocolate pudding. Pour both puddings into one large bowl, in several layers. Chill. Serving tip: (carefully) plop the pudding out of the large bowl onto a plate, place in center of table, give each guest one spoon. This is fun to watch at birthday parties, but also enlivens [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/tiger-pudding-recipe.html">Tiger Pudding Recipe</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Teenager Halloween Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was working on the children&#8217;s Halloween party and I told Alpha as a joke, &#8220;if I ever get fired, I could always get a job designing S&#38;M chambers.&#8221; I was decorating our cellar for Beta&#8217;s Halloween party. Beta is our oldest daughter. She&#8217;s now 13. &#8220;What&#8217;s an S&#38;M chamber?&#8221; asked Beta, with a look on [...]<hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/teenager-halloween-party.html">Teenager Halloween Party</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of a Mother Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her book, Diary of a Mother, Christine Hohlbaum &#8212; a former career woman now raising two young children &#8212; delves deep into the day-to-day chaos of family life and comes up with some gems. I was a successful career woman. I owned expensive, dry-clean-only clothing. My nails were often manicured, and I found pleasure [...]<hr /><h4>Related posts:</h4><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/eighth-grade-reading-level.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Eighth Grade Reading Level">Eighth Grade Reading Level</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/what-makes-people-happy-what-makes-me-happy.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: What Makes People Happy, What Makes Me Happy">What Makes People Happy, What Makes Me Happy</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/when-children-learn-mom-and-dad-have-real-names.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names">When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/diary-of-a-mother-book-review.html">Diary of a Mother Book Review</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Children at Funerals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looked like rain, heavy sky. I had plenty of time to get to the funeral, except then I overshot my turnoff and still I would have made it in time, but then I asked a young man for directions, a kid parking his moped in front of a dance school in the town, lighting [...]<hr /><h4>Related posts:</h4><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/tchaikovsky-nutcracker-suite-with-a-modern-twist.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite with a Modern Twist!">Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite with a Modern Twist!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/diary-of-a-mother-book-review.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Diary of a Mother Book Review">Diary of a Mother Book Review</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/how-to-teach-children-math.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How to Teach Children Math">How to Teach Children Math</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/children-at-funerals.html">Children at Funerals</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 18, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Child Expelled from Kindergarten</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha, my wife, called me at work on Friday and told me Gamma, our youngest daughter, had been expelled from kindergarten earlier that day. Right after lunch: nap time. Gamma loves daycare, she loves the kids and the action and the food. She just doesn&#8217;t like anyone telling her when to sleep. So there she [...]<hr /><h4>Related posts:</h4><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/four-year-old-child-on-the-phone.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Four Year Old Child on the Phone">Four Year Old Child on the Phone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/when-children-learn-mom-and-dad-have-real-names.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names">When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/children-at-funerals.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Children at Funerals">Children at Funerals</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 17, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/child-expelled-from-kindergarten.html">Child Expelled from Kindergarten</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 17, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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		<title>Little Sister Keeps it Real for Big Sister</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lost Parent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the dinner table yesterday, it struck me how grown-up Beta suddenly looks. She&#8217;ll be 13 in the summer, and is getting tall and slender, with a woman looking out of her eyes at times, like a ghost of the future. She is beautiful. She plays harp so well it makes people cry. She got [...]<hr /><h4>Related posts:</h4><ul><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/children-at-funerals.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Children at Funerals">Children at Funerals</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/when-children-learn-mom-and-dad-have-real-names.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names">When Children Learn Mom and Dad Have Real Names</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; <a class="May 17, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com/little-sister-keeps-it-real-for-big-sister.html">Little Sister Keeps it Real for Big Sister</a> RSS feed for personal, non-commercial use only.<br />(Digital Fingerprint:  883b53025c17a6e170fd2c53eb423eb1) &#169; <a class="May 17, 2012" href="http://www.thesoapsource.com">Parents as Teachers Magazine Blog</a></small>]]></description>
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