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	<title>Parent Talk &#187; Pressure on Children</title>
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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>Homework Mutiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Change Kindergarten-Not the Age Cut Off</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/05/change-kindergarten-not-the-age-cut-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/05/change-kindergarten-not-the-age-cut-off/#comments</comments>
		<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>The Storm Before The Calm</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/05/the-storm-before-the-calm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May and June are always jam packed months for parents. Book publishing parties, teacher appreciation luncheons, end of the year picnics&#8211;there seems to be an event for every day. While many families can manage all the activity, some families, parents or children or both feel overwhelmed by the never ending &#8220;celebrations&#8221;. It is a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Kids Are Struggling. How Can We Help?</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/02/college-kids-are-struggling-how-can-we-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/02/college-kids-are-struggling-how-can-we-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study of the mental health of college freshman shows record low levels of mental health and record high levels of stress. In &#8220;The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2010,” involving more than 200,000 incoming full-time students at four-year colleges, the percentage of students rating themselves as “below average” in emotional health rose. Meanwhile, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the Mommy Dearest In Us All</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/02/for-the-mommy-dearest-in-us-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/02/for-the-mommy-dearest-in-us-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discipline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annie Lamott, author and mother, wrote a hilarious, honest and upsetting essay about motherhood in 1998. It re-surfaced last month and was sent, via email, to members of an ongoing group at Soho Parenting. It was so appropriate because in that particular group we speak the unspeakable &#8211; the dark feelings that accompany the delight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Kids Be Kids!</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/02/let-kids-be-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing how sophisticated and knowledgeable kids are. Middle schoolers can seem like adults with their vocabularies and knowledge of both current events and celebrity gossip. We can easily get pulled into treating them like adults both with expectations that are too high while exposing them to too much information. Here are some things to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skins: Watch The Show</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/01/skins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2011/01/skins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new MTV series Skins has created much buzz since the January 17th premier with allegations of actually being child pornagraphy. The show really pushes the envelope. The first episode is filled with an abundance of flesh, drug use and teenage despair. Here is our best advice for parents: watch the show. Rather than just banning it in [...]]]></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>
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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>Shared Custody: The Kids Need Time To Settle and Resettle</title>
		<link>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/12/shared-custody-the-kids-need-time-to-settle-and-resettle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sohoparenting.com/blog/2010/12/shared-custody-the-kids-need-time-to-settle-and-resettle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soho Parenting Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When your children move from house to house whether every other weekend or every week, there is always a &#8220;settling-in time&#8221; at each home that is challenging for kids and parents. In spite of the excitement of seeing a missed parent or a loved bedroom, the switch is a reminder of the split and a [...]]]></description>
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