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		<title>Gadgetkid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the cutest site!  Written by kids for kids, Gadgetkid reviews gadgets for both kids &#38; adults looking for info on the latest electronics (gadgets) for kids.  Created by a 12 year old (wow, how eterprising!), Gadgetkid  recently launched and I find it so helpful (so do my kids)!  This week Gadgetkid reviews and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>parents whose advise i&#8217;d like to hear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously?! After hearing that several of the Real Housewives &#38; Kardashian&#8217;s were writing parenting advice books, columns and online &#8216;mommy&#8217; blogs I had to laugh when I read Lisa Belkins column for Huffpost entitled Parents Whose Advise I&#8217;d Like to Hear, she writes:  Nadya Suleman, who you probably know as the Octomom, is now getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiating my 13 year olds social life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I don&#8217;t have a teen-aged child yet, I read this article online from the NY Times Motherlode blog with much interest.  Randye Hoder writes that her 14 year old son asked to celebrate New Years Eve without them and that &#8216;these days one of the most frequently asked questions in our house — and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>amy chau:  tiger mom&#8217;s long distance cub</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like me you devoured Amy Chau&#8217;s book &#8216;Tiger Mom&#8217; and wondered how that parenting transfers across state lines?  Meaning, how does she do it with her daughter away at college?  I couldn&#8217;t end the year of &#8216;tiger parenting&#8217; without hearing one last word from Amy herself.  So hear goes, she writes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>brattle &#8211; that should be a word!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This funny little column in the NY Times last week written by Lizzie Skurnick made me laugh!  She coins the word:  Brattle, v.,  to discuss one’s children, often at length. “Anne hid in the basement to avoid the cocktail brattle.” See also: spamily (Facebook or Twitter updates about kids); spawntourage (a group of approaching strollers).  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Catch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[marlien Rentmeester]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, this site, LE CATCH, started by one of the most stylish LA-based magazine editors (and fellow mom) around, Marlien Rentmeester, is a &#8216;must&#8217; for anyone looking for the best online shopping aid around!   LE CATCH scours the internet&#8217;s best fashion sites every day to source the newest, most desirable, bound-to-sell-out items that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foot Fairy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I had seen the Foot Fairy iPad app before thankgiving shopping weekend!  I took all 3 of my kids shoe shopping in my favorite kids department at Nordstrom in Santa Monica, my favorite salesperson was even there, kismet (or so I thought).  But then my 6 year old had several meltdowns, including one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sleep medication:  mothers new little helper</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This interesting article in the NY Times makes me wonder how many moms out there are taking sleeping pills every night to help them get their mind off of their worries?  Pamela Paul writes that:  &#8216;Mother’s little helper of the new millennium may in fact be the sleeping pill — a prescription not likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We There Yet? When Families Fly.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article in the NY Times last Sunday written by Michelle Higgins about flying with your family and how unpleasant it has become is helpful and actually has some good tips about which airlines still treat family travel (a little bit) special.  Most interesting is that airlines (at least domestic) seem to be the only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Me About It</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article in an advice column written by Carolyn Hax in The Washington Post made me laugh: Carolyn: Best friend has child. Her: exhausted, busy, no time for self, no time for me, etc. Me (no kids): Wow. Sorry. What&#8217;d you do today? Her: Park, play group . . . Okay. I&#8217;ve done Internet searches, [...]]]></description>
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