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		<title>Expert Advice on Sharing Your Child&#8217;s Weaknesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often get asked by parents, friends and friends of friends what is expected as an answer to that common question on both preschool &#38; Kindergarten applications (and I am sure there is some form of this question on middle school and high school apps as well):  “Tell us about your child. What are his/her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fast-Tracking to Kindergarten</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 06:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article from Sunday Styles about Fast-Tracking to Kindergarten by tutoring kids as young as 3 years old to &#8216;prepare&#8217; for Kindergarten is sure to get lots of attention! Kate Zernike writes that:  &#8216;Research suggests that there is little benefit from this kind of tutoring; that young children learn just as much about math, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>my husband married the tooth fairy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This funny article on Shine made me laugh!  The &#8216;carpool goddess&#8217; writes that: I’m not just another ordinary Tooth Fairy. I don’t just slip cash under kids&#8217; pillows. I also pull teeth. My kids&#8217; teeth and even their friends&#8217; teeth. Moms love this, as I save them a small fortune in dentist bills. I come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>mom, you&#8217;re one tough art critic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this article in the NY Times this past week &#38; had to laugh!  With 3 kids I find that their artwork &#38; projects could take over my house if I didn&#8217;t &#8216;sift through it&#8217; and summarily choose what to keep &#38; what to ditch!  Michael Tortorello writes that:  &#8216;We all want our children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>can you be addicted to foods?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article in the NY Times Health section addresses the question of whether:  &#8216;highly palatable foods — the kind served at fast-food and chain restaurants — change brain chemistry, triggering a neurological response that stimulates people to crave more food, even if they’re not hungry.&#8217; This makes you wonder if whether avoiding junk food as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>long hair for boys?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this recent NY Times article the &#8216;long hair skater boy&#8217; look may be &#8216;cool&#8217; to parents but  is anything but to many young boys.  Boys being mistaken for girls prompts many to beg for a haircut!  Hilary Stout writes: KAZ CARTER-McGINTY was in the barber’s chair (a red one with a steering wheel) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fearless Preschoolers Lack Empathy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read this article by Pamela Paul in the New York Times, the gist of which is the question of whether fearless children are more unfeeling.  Pamela writes: THAT rapscallion who leaps off the monkey bars, landing smack onto an innocent 3-year-old bystander, and skips off, giggling all the while? According to a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frazzled Moms Push Back Against Volunteering</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this article in the NY Times and recognized myself and several friends who are feeling stressed and burnt out this time of year!  Hilary Stout writes that:  &#8216;Many parents are happy to volunteer uncoerced, and most everyone recognizes the worthiness of the cause. But the heightened need and expectations are coming at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a helicopter mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This funny article in NY Times, written by Renee Bacher, about a mom who can&#8217;t seem to separate from her college-bound daughter made me laugh!  She writes:  &#8216;Hi, my name is Renée, and I’m a helicopter mom. I used to scoff at overly involved parents. I never did my kids’ school projects or micromanaged their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>erica jong &#8211; mother madness</title>
		<link>http://www.gurumommy.com/hot-topics/1294/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gurumommy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fascinating article written by Erica Jong (famed author of &#8216;Fear of Flying&#8217; with 20 million copies in print) entitled, &#8216;Mother Madness&#8217; in the Wall Street Journal recently, asks whether &#8216;spending every moment with your child;  mak(ing) your own baby food and us(ing) cloth diapers, is causing motherhod to become a prison for modern women?&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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