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			<title><![CDATA[ Time out ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Do any of you practice time out as a form of discipline?
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This is an interesting alternative.
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<p>As were time-outs before them, time-ins are promoted as a more effective tool for managing the undesired behaviors of young children. Both methods claim to
help children calm down in the face of difficult situations, but what makes time-in different from time-out?</p>

<p><em>Time-In</em></p>

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  <li>The adult invites the child to the time-in place. (However, a child who has... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:23:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Reading and tv ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How much tv do your kids watch? What kind? What will you absolutely not let them watch? How much do you read with your kids? What kind of books? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:21:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Do you want more kids? ]]></title>
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Are you done or do you want more?
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:18:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Looking for a new AP book ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I am really feeling the need to be refreshed.  I am hoping that some of you know a book suggestion for me.  I am anxious for this new babe.  I know of the
Sears books but I hope to get another perspective. 
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THanks all. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:42:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hitting (also posted in TCS) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Child with minimal language skills has discovered hitting as a form communication and entertainment.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:32:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Equal Time ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ For those of you with more than one child, how do you split your time and make sure all the kids are getting enough of what they need from you?
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:38:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ about yelling... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I am a yeller...I admit it...I hate it about myself and want to stop. So I should just stop right? Sounds so easy doesn&#39;t it? So why isn&#39;t it? counting
to ten or just pausing and consciously thinking about my reaction helps I just need to remember to do that. Anyone in the same boat? Anyone have any tips for
me? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My ds is laying on the guilt .. rambling ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ds is 8 and goes to public school . For years he has been begging for a gaming thing .. a nintendo ds or a full size thing like a wii , anything .. most if not all of his classmates have these things .. as a compromise recently we made an agreement where if after school he had completed all of his chores , did his home work , read for 20 minutes and practiced guitar he would be allowed 30 minutes or so to play online games on the computer .. (something , i'm not sure was a great idea )... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ looking for ideas on books for 8 yr. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ds has been reading spiderwick books.. late at night under the covers with a flash light .. i am happy he is reading on his own so enthusiastically - but he has himself a little freaked out . for several nights he has been pretty scared at night .. last night he was in bed terrified , he told me that the monsters would be here in 15 minutes and that i wouldn't be able to see them as I'm grown up and therefor can not see them .. he felt he needed to stay up all night so he could see the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:50:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My 2 year old is driving me crazy ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ He cries, literally all the time. He refuses to do anything I ask him, like putting on clothes, a coat, shoes, anything, when I have to leave the house. He wants to be naked all the time and then he pees and poops all over the floors (all carpet of course.) He has been through periods of weeks where he will use the potty with no accidents, even through the night, but now he refuses to wear diapers most of the time, but also refuses to even sit on the potty. He throws fits constantly for... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:33:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Simple Christmas ideas for kids ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Another simple idea thread. For Christmas or other holidays you celebrate. <br><br>What are quality but simple Christmas gifts? Maybe buying something nice instead of a munch of plastic crap? <br><br>Do you do stockings and if so what do you put in them? How can you make nice stockings while not spending $50 each? <br><br>Any simple traditions geared towards children? <div class='signature'>See for yourself what brings you contentment, clarity, peace. That is the path for you to... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:05:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Being grateful ]]></title>
			<link>http://sageparenting.yuku.com/topic/4227/t/Being-grateful.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I am wondering when the attitide of being grateful starts to develop in a child? and when/how do they develop a transition from taking everything that's given for granted and appericating what they get?<br><br><div class='signature'><br>You teach best what you most need to learn.</div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:41:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ To praise or not ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This is an interesting article from the New York magazine about the effects of praising children for being smart and research showing it can actually produce negative effects. It is a very interesting article and there is a link below along with a couple quotes. It also talks about the kind of praise that research has shown to be positive. <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/" target="top">nymag.com/news/features/27840/</a><!--EZCODE LINK... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:39:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What is a 7 or 8 year old boy like? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A typically developing 7 or 8 year old. Are they usually mouthy? Is it a rebellious age? I know every kid is different but I am curious as to what is normal for the age. My son has been telling me things like &quot;I will not stop. END OF STORY!&quot; and when I try to transition him from his sister's toy to his big fluffy easter bunny I bought for sensory reasons he tells me &quot;The easter bunny is STUPID!&quot; I'll say &quot;Can you please do this or that?&quot; And he'll say... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 21:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Mom often is kids' best money-management teacher ]]></title>
			<link>http://sageparenting.yuku.com/topic/4231/t/Mom-often-is-kids-best-money-management-teacher.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <br>Mom often is kids' best money-management teacher<br><br>By Andrea Coombes<br><br>Dow Jones News Service<br><br>11 May 2007; 06:44<br><br> <br><br>Mothers have more influence on their kids' financial habits than they might think, according to a new survey. <br><br> <br><br>Fifty percent of adults surveyed said their mother was more influential in teaching money management than their father, while 38% said their father was more influential and 12% said they didn't know, according to the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 12:02:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Do you have a child with special needs? ]]></title>
			<link>http://sageparenting.yuku.com/topic/4225/t/Do-you-have-a-child-with-special-needs-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Do you have a child with a special need? What kind of special need? Do you do any interventions and if yes what kind?(behavioral, dietary, ect.) <div class='signature'>Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution. -Kahlil Gibran<br><br>If you are sheepish, you will be eaten by wolves.<br></div> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Kai Krishna)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 16:17:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I have a tomboy and we are having a few issues with clothes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ dd is 5 and i really respect that she is what many would describe as a Tomboy - she's a little bit of a wild child , always climbing trees , loves to play aggressive games with all her might , like soccer or tackle frisbee , is part fish , likes to get muddy and dirty and play loudly , has no interest in dolls or princesses and likes to dress up as pirates and super hero type people and animals - I think she is great and I respect her wishes , but I am concerned that she is repressing her... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Tricky situation, advice please ]]></title>
			<link>http://sageparenting.yuku.com/topic/4235/t/Tricky-situation-advice-please.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ So how would you deal with this:<br><br>A visiting child wants to eat the snacks that my own children are eating and that I have provided for them (set up in long standing 'tuck shop' on shelf - items include various snack bars of seeds, cereal and fruit, liqurice, whole wheat cookies, basket of fruit and corn chips and other such things that we buy in bulk and stack up for people in our family wanting snacks) which is utterly fine as obviously there is enough to go around. But here the... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (MamaUK)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:32:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Parents of Special Needs Kids, sweet ]]></title>
			<link>http://sageparenting.yuku.com/topic/4233/t/Parents-of-Special-Needs-Kids-sweet.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Thoughts of a Mom <br><br>By Maureen K. Higgins <br><br>Many of you I have never even met face to face, but I've searched you out <br>every day. I've looked for you on the Internet, on playgrounds and in grocery <br>stores. <br>I've become an expert at identifying you. You are well worn. <br>You are stronger than you ever wanted to be. Your words ring experience. <br>Experience you culled with your very heart and soul. <br>You are compassionate beyond the expectations of this world. <br>You... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:45:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Eating and little ones.. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How do you expect your little ones to eat a meal/snack? I'm thinking from about 1yo. If it were first tastes for baby, I'd always have them on my lap or sometimes sitting in a highchair (do you call it the same thing in the US/UK??....chair with tray on front...contains/constrains the child) for finger food.<br><br>I think the highchair thing is easy - for adults mainly but I can't think of seeing a child object unless they don't want to eat or have been in it for too long.<br><br>Do you... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:43:31 GMT</pubDate>
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