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		<title>Moving Away Screen Time to Family Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well for me, its video games, they will do anything for a new one, i wish they clung to the family more, i think that they have decided their TV screen is their safe haven, i have been trying to tell them to get off that box every once in a while and go take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charging the Neediness Batteries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am pulling this from the comment section on a recent post:
I’m raising a large family and working out of my home. It is very challenging I’m finding tempers flying lately mine. Any help would be great. I have 4 kids 9,7,4 and a 18 months old .We are having problems listening, yelling,manners, hitting siblings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are Those Keys?</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/using-handipoints/what-are-those-keys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sara writes:
My kids are enjoying decorating their houses, but are having trouble with some parts. How do they get rid of an item if they accidentally bought it? Also, what are the “keys” for that are next to some of the items? Some items have a “price” and others have a key. I tried to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Children to Do Chores</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/getting-children-to-do-chores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/getting-children-to-do-chores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a question for you.  Hope that is okay.
I find myself at night wondering what I can do to really make the house run a little smoother and have the kids really take a more active roll in keeping the house clean (this is done on most occasions, but it takes a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Age Should Allowance Start?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allowance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At what age did you start allowance? Mine are 4 and 2. In your universe I&#8217;d give $ to my 4 yo, what about the 2 yo? What happens when 4 yo wants to spend his money and 2 yo doesn&#8217;t have any? Argh, the complications &#8230; right now no one gets anything 
Well, my 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allowance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allowance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh there are so many differing schools of thought on allowance.  Whether or not it should be tied to chores, just given freely, or even if it should be given at all.
I think that having a small amount of money is helpful in teaching them how to budget and save for things.
At my house allowance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Question From The Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the comment section of the previous post, Viva, the owner of the Handipoints site, asked:
 Curious to hear what parents think about the idea of adding the feature of restricting time spent in HandiLand by deducting points automatically? For example, in order to enter HandiLand or play a game in HandiLand, kids would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But It&#8217;s Everyone Else&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do your kids get for holidays &#38; birthdays? 
Oh, this is a great question.
First let&#8217;s start with the birthday parties.  Where I live is is extremely common for those invited to a class party not to give  presents, but instead bring a donation to the charity of their choice.  In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toys, toys, toys</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/basics/toys-toys-toys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to toys, I fully embrace the less is more philosophy.
A couple of months ago a friend of mine stopped by my house with her husband in tow.  Funny thing about my friends&#8217; husbands, in the world I live in husbands are sort of like unicorns, you believe they exist, yet you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Instilling the Chore Habit</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/instilling-the-chore-habit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was on the phone chatting with a friend a few weeks ago when my 12 year old came over and asked if he could carry his clean laundry up to his room and put it away.
&#8220;Sure,&#8221; I had said and went on to continue my conversation.
My friend interrupted, &#8220;Wait a minute.  Did he just [...]]]></description>
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