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		<title>Liar, liar, pants on fire: punishment and children’s honesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in Child-Psych gives important data about children and discipline. There is now even more reason for parents to approach punishments from a calm, thought out place instead of reacting in anger. A study conducted by Talwar and Lee looks at two separate West African schools, one with punitive in it&#8217;s disciplinary practices, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks Giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children as young as three know and can articulate what they love and feel happy about. Kids love traditions, and the smells and tastes of the holidays are stored in their little brains forever. Here is a great ritual to make Thanksgiving true to its name. Using a sketch or scrap book start a Family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons From a Zen Mommy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Slowing down and taking a few deep breaths can change your relationship with your kids. By Bethany Saltman My husband, Thayer, and I are Zen Buddhists. Before we had our daughter we lived in a monastery in upstate New York. Life was simple there. We’d wake up every day before 4 a.m. in silence, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking To Your Kids About Sex in Spoonfuls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you feel like everything happens to kids earlier now, you are right! Puberty now begins for girls as early as nine years old and boys as early as 11. To ensure that kids are not more horrified than they need to be, parents should start talking about the changes their bodies will undergo much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency! Get the iPad</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/07/4674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the worry about the negative effects of &#8220;screen time&#8221;, finally a study that supports the use of the iPad for children. A recent post in Behavioral Medicine Report speaks of the positive effects of iPad use for children in hospital emergency rooms. These devices helped manage pain and fear in relation to medical procedures. “Whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knit 1 Pearl 2, Hand It Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adult Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jean Kunhardt One of my fondest memories of childhood is my grandmother teaching me how to knit. I was 8 and spending the summer with her. Nonie was a master knitter; could &#8220;turn a heel of a sock in a dark movie theater&#8221; She had bony arthritic fingers and her knuckle bumps, which I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has the World Gone Mad?</title>
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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>Rejoice When There Are No Letters From Sleep Away Camp</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/06/sleep-away-camp-letters-not-hearing-from-kids-is-goos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleep away camp is one of the most wonderful ways for children to form lifelong friendships, enjoy their independence and to just plain have fun. When it comes to getting letters, no news is good news!  The obligatory once a week, &#8220;Camp is good. I miss you,&#8221; letters are just fine. Try not to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homework Mutiny</title>
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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>How to Help Your Child Understand Mixed Feelings</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/06/how-to-help-your-child-understand-mixed-feelings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our children&#8217;s emotional inner lives are complicated. Even by the beginning of the second year you can see ambivalence emerging. &#8220;Pick me up, put me down&#8221;, all at the same time. As they grow and develop, blends of feelings, and even opposite feelings can &#8212; and do exist at the same time. This can be [...]]]></description>
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