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		<title>Fight For Our Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/10/occupy-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter your political persuasion, there is no debate that great economic disparity is damaging to children, and therefore to society as a whole. The lack of opportunities for the less wealthy not only hurts them, but the effect of a greater population struggling with economic anxiety and the sequela has an impact on every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has the World Gone Mad?</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/06/tutors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can always count on the NYT for a splashy parenting story. This one is a real doozy. The Times reports in, &#8220;Push for A&#8217;s in Private School is Keeping Costly Tutors Busy&#8220; that some parents are paying tutors amounts equal to their child&#8217;s private school tuition!   Since it is hard to believe, here is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homework Mutiny</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/06/homework-mutiny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the push back about too much homework is finally paying off. Parents and school officials are taking an earnest look at the pros and cons of overloading children with homework. We hear about the prolonged battles and stress about homework constantly. Parents are not sure how much they should be involved, kids breaking down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Reading List</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/06/summer-reading-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/06/summer-reading-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the semester came to an end in college, I remember excitedly making my summer reading list. Nothing I had to read, just things I wanted to read. Creating the list was a signal that summertime was near, with less responsibility and a little more breathing room. I loved making those lists with my kids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change Kindergarten-Not the Age Cut Off</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/05/change-kindergarten-not-the-age-cut-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many states children can start kindergarten as young as four years old. A New York Times article recently reported on the challenges for these kids in, Too young For Kindergarten? Tide Turning Against 4-Year Olds. The article highlights teachers that advocate for an age cut off that would prevent 4-year olds from starting kindergarten. “They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Writing with Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/03/book-writing-with-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents say &#8220;Use your words!&#8221; to help children turn their raw emotion into understandable language. Here is another way to transform feelings, help children process events and support your child&#8217;s love of language, art and books. Make books yourselves, together. Nothing high tech &#8211; sheets of computer paper, a stapler and markers are all you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Yin Yang Childhood</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/01/a-yin-yang-childhood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/01/a-yin-yang-childhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A self-proclaimed &#8220;Asian mom-in-recovery&#8221;, in one of my groups, sent me the link to the Wall Street Journal article, Why Chinese Mothers are Superior, by Amy Chua, with the note, &#8220;Something you might enjoy. Amusing and also illuminating.&#8221; Of course, she was 100% correct. It was amusing and illuminating. The article is a no-holds-barred peek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Boys Will be Boys, They Need More Help</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/12/if-boys-will-be-boys-they-need-more-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/12/if-boys-will-be-boys-they-need-more-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study 0f 43,000 American High School students by the Josephson Insititute, a non-partisan, non-sectarian, organization, whose mission is &#8221;to improve the ethical quality of society by changing personal and organizational decision making and behavior&#8221;, is a treasure trove of information. I want to focus on gender differences regarding bullying and intolerance. Here are some specific findings: Is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Marshmallow Test</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/12/the-marshmallow-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/12/the-marshmallow-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discipline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Walter Mischel&#8217;s study of impulse control in the 1960&#8242;s and 1970&#8242;s using a marshmallow and the directive to wait-and-you-will-get-two has turned out to have incredible predictive ability and teaches an important lesson to parents. The ability to delay gratification at age four predicts higher SAT scores, school success, and successes in life such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Your Child To Vote Day</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/11/take-your-child-to-vote-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/11/take-your-child-to-vote-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want a sure fire way to model good behavior for your kids? Take them with you to vote.  For small children it is beginning an important ritual with them. For your school aged children,  not only is this modeling it a great opportunity to discuss what voting means and what a privilege it [...]]]></description>
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