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		<title>You ARE at choice&#8230; always!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever find yourself amazed at how quickly the days can pass one minute, and how long the days can be the next? I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s Friday already, yet it&#8217;s the first chance I&#8217;ve had to add a &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/you-are-at-choice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A belief system formed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was six, going on seven,  I stole a penny sucker from a classmates lunch box.  It was a slo poke&#8230; I&#8217;ll never forget it because while I never confessed to my crime, the &#8216;guilty thoughts&#8217; I held around &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/a-belief-system-formed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>90/10 Principle &#8211; It will change your life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 18:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What follows was received in an email several days ago&#8230; it&#8217;s a powerful message from Steven Covey about our choices.  Valuable enough to share with the whole world. Even if you&#8217;ve run across this before, it&#8217;s well worth another read. &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/9010-principle-it-will-change-your-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Help Wanted: MOM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 06:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Position Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Ma&#8230; Background Candidates must possess excellent communication, organizational and teaching skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel is &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/help-wanted-mom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Notes to my children</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing some spring cleaning (what??!?!?) and ran across several notebooks that I would journal in when my boys were very young. One was titled:  Notes to my children. I hope I remembered to share some of these things &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/%e2%99%ab-notes-%e2%99%aa-to-my-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to talk to kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been watching a fairly new program on Sunday nights on CBS&#8230; it&#8217;s called Undercover Boss. If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the show it&#8217;s one of those &#8216;reality&#8217; things where the President or CEO of a major company, spends a week &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/how-to-talk-to-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What are your strengths?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by sersen via Flickr Ready for a few more exercises today, like those found in yesterday&#8217;s post Changing Perception to Change Direction? Today I want you to draw a simple round circle. This circle will symbolize your self-image. What &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/what-are-your-strengths/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Changing perception to change direction</title>
		<link>http://downstream-parenting.com/changing-perception-to-change-direction/</link>
		<comments>http://downstream-parenting.com/changing-perception-to-change-direction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s have some fun today. Are you up to experiencing a change in your mindset? Whether you&#8217;re a parent, an educator, a grandparent, a coach or anyone else who works or lives with children&#8230; the challenges you experience, the moments &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/changing-perception-to-change-direction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Art Materials to have on hand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art materials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being prepared makes life so much easier. So periodically I&#8217;m going to feature a compilation of information like today&#8217;s list of Materials to collect for the art center in your house. aluminum foil jugs rug yarn ball bearings lacing safety &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/art-materials-to-have-on-hand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What are you protecting kids FROM?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[guiding children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize this is unlikely to make me very popular but if I run across one more article or blurb about &#8216;PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN&#8217;&#8230; I&#8217;m gonna spit nails!!! What on earth are we thinking??!?? Or have we abdicated thinking all &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/what-are-you-protecting-kids-from/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Worried YOUR child is a &#8216;couch potato&#8217;?</title>
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		<comments>http://downstream-parenting.com/worried-your-child-is-a-couch-potato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Atari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids and Video Games: The Couch Potato Syndrome Many of you may not remember the &#8216;early&#8217; days of video games from a parent&#8217;s perspective&#8230; but as you can see from the &#8216;humorous&#8217; T-shirts worn by my three sons, I remember &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/worried-your-child-is-a-couch-potato/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Child Care Choices &#8211; How to find the right one</title>
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		<comments>http://downstream-parenting.com/child-care-choices-how-to-find-the-right-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Having been on both sides of the Childcare Services issue&#8230; as a Mom looking for childcare and as a Licensed Provider of Childcare with a BA in Child Psychology/Child Development, I bring a unique perspective to the &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/child-care-choices-how-to-find-the-right-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Agree to disagree with your child?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was reading an opinion piece by Garrison Keillor titled Don&#8217;t Mess with Christmas. It&#8217;s subtitle is &#8220;It&#8217;s a Christian holiday, dammit, and it&#8217;s plain wrong to rewrite &#8220;Silent Night.&#8221; Unitarians, I&#8217;m talking to you!&#8221; No surprise it &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/agree-to-disagree-with-your-child/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parenthood is about Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I just want to share a wonderful video &#8211; The Mother of Invention Movie]]></description>
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		<title>Your Child&#8217;s &#8216;disability&#8217; a strength?</title>
		<link>http://downstream-parenting.com/disability-a-strength/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frequently, it&#8217;s only the slightest shift in the way we look at something that allows us to suddenly see what might be perceived as a weakness, can, equally, be seen as a strength. Be cautious about looking at yourself or &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/disability-a-strength/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Condition controlling parents&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your happiness is the most significant contribution that you could make. In your reaching for happiness, you are opening a vortex which makes you an avenue for the Well-being to flow through you. And anything that is your object of &#8230; <a href="http://downstream-parenting.com/condition-controlling-parents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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