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		<title>The Dinner</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So tonight (mostly joking) I asked my kids: &#8220;So&#8230; are you going to make dinner tonight or should I?&#8221; The answer I got was somewhat unexpected: &#8220;Seriously? Can we?&#8221; &#8220;Err&#8230;. Um&#8230;. Sure. But it has to be a meal of healthy choices.&#8221; Your Kids Will Be Tested In Life So you might as well make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coining a New Parental Phrase: Stubborn Block</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all get mind-blocks from time to time. Sometimes it&#8217;s just from sleep deprivation where we can&#8217;t think any longer. Sometimes it&#8217;s from a lack of creativity (e.g. &#8220;writers block&#8221;). Sometimes it&#8217;s from simple lack of will to do something tedious (&#8220;procrastinator&#8217;s block&#8221;). But with children (and admittedly some adults) there is also the &#8220;Stubborn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day in the Life of a Parent</title>
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		<title>The Best Parental Plans: None</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I set out to test a theory that letting your kids set the directions once in a while is a good thing.]]></description>
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		<title>The best laid parental plans taste awful</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What happens when you mix pears and ketchup?]]></description>
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