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	<title>Mommy Points &#187; Ages 2-4 years</title>
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		<title>Five Chore Ideas for the Under Five Year Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh this is the age when they want to help you.  More  than anything they want to be your sidekick, to be useful and helpful.  The reality is that once they are truly capable at doing the chore they want to do, they will no longer have any desire to do it.  At this age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Co-operation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Instilling Values]]></category>
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Sometimes it is just the little things.

Instilling the helper mentality while they are little is so much easier than trying to fix it later when they are older.  Even though sometimes it might not seem like help, let them do it anyway.
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		<title>She Works Hard for Her Money</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/chores/she-works-hard-for-her-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor Keeps Me Sane]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is just further proof of my long held belief that the only people who want to do particular chores are those that are not yet old enough to do them properly.  It is a running joke in my house.  One of my younger sons will ask, &#8220;When will I be old enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thankful Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/just-for-fun/thankful-turkey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor Keeps Me Sane]]></category>
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My daughter came home with this yesterday afternoon, a thankful turkey.
Don&#8217;t you love how conspicuously absent her entire family is?  She is thankful for the tooth fairy (even though she has not ever lost a tooth), Santa Claus (well, who wouldn&#8217;t be this time of year), Miss Eileen (the lady who reads story time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Show on the Road</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/taking-the-show-on-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/taking-the-show-on-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor Keeps Me Sane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeping It Real]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I went away with my children on a three day vacation.  I threw in the &#8220;with my children&#8221; lest you think I returned home all refreshed and well-rested.  Vacationing with children is hard work.
I had chosen the particular hotel I did because it had free broadband in the rooms.  I figured there would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Book of Healthy Food</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/ages-2-4-years/a-book-of-healthy-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor Keeps Me Sane]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday mornings my husband usually makes big breakfasts for the kids.  Eggs, bacon, toast, fruit salad, pancakes&#8230;all the stuff that I am too busy to make during the week.
This morning while he was busy doing all his prep work, my daughter got out her pad of paper and began making what she called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Helpers</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/little-helpers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ages 5-6 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sometimes we forget that our youngest children can be good helpers.  I really hate shucking corn.  It is just so messy.

But guess what?  My little kids love to do it.  For them it is like unwrapping a present.  My 2 yr old always seems surprised that there is corn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Didn&#8217;t I Ever Know About This?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/just-for-fun/why-didnt-i-ever-know-about-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 10-12 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=47</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that during the summer select movie theaters offer free admission for a children&#8217;s movie, or two, per week?  You probably did.
I, however, have been nice and comfortable here under my rock.
AMC Theatres offer a free movie on Wednesday mornings all summer long.

Regal Entertainment Group Theatres offer selected G &#38; PG movies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rediscovering a Bedtime Ritual</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/rediscovering-a-bedtime-ritual/</link>
		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/rediscovering-a-bedtime-ritual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ages 5-6 years]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my oldest children were small, we had a definite bedtime routine.  It was something that we all looked forward to, including me.  And not just because it meant they were all going to bed and I could finally relax before going to bed myself and beginning the madness that is a several [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pulled From the Comments, a Question About Allowance</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/pulled-from-the-comments-a-question-about-allowance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/pulled-from-the-comments-a-question-about-allowance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jodi left this comment in this post and I thought it was worthy of pulling out for a post of it&#8217;s own.
Do your younger children understand the concept of the &#8220;bankstatement&#8221;? We are doing handipoints with 5 and 6 year old boys and I don&#8217;t know if they will understand the concept of the paper [...]]]></description>
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