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		<title>Overheard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chores]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My oldest son, a teenager, was telling me that he really needs a raise in his allowance.
But, you haven&#8217;t even been doing any chores at all to earn the allowance you are already getting, I said.
Well, I think going to school and playing football count as my chores.
Hahaha.  No, they do not.
But it got me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandparents Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is Grandparent&#8217;s Day.  Are your children lucky enough to have their grandparents living nearby? 
Many people will celebrate today with a card, a phone call, or if they are lucky a visit.   We don&#8217;t live near our grandparents, but we do have an elderly neighbor.  So we will bring her over some banana bread that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life in a Neighborhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We  movedthis  past year from a rather rural environment to a suburban neighborhood. You can&#8217;t throw a stick without hitting a kid, a dog or an SUV for that matter. Thus far, it has been a really idyllic environment.   The children have made some really great friends, the other parents are all friendly, the schools are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Homework Time Easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Navigating the afternoon of homework and enrichment activities has proven to be a challenge here at my house.  Now that we are several weeks in I have discovered some things that are working for me and helping to make this time of day less stressful.  I hope you will share your ideas as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Makes Me Think</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor Keeps Me Sane]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have laryngitis.  Horribly, awful, laryngitis.  The sort where even whispering is difficult. This has led to a couple of hilarious things happening around my house.
First, I have noticed that since I can&#8217;t talk above a whisper, everyone gets really close to talk to me and they whisper right back.  They are way more attentive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School Supplies</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/back-to-school-supplies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year will mark our first foray into the public school system.  Already things are surprising  me.  Things that make me say, &#8220;Hey, back in my day we didn&#8217;t do that!&#8221;  My day being obviously when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
The latest thing to surprise me, after the no backpack rule, is the supply list that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man on the Moon</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/man-on-the-moon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that July 20th was the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon?
I have one child who loves space, stars, planets, and all things related, however tangentially, to them.  And so we have looked through many sites on the Internet, watched the actual footage from the landing, and watched the [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 2-4 years]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=443</guid>
		<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>Long Hot Summer Days?</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/just-for-fun/long-hot-summer-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/just-for-fun/long-hot-summer-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just For Fun]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a fun idea to do with your children, ages 2-102. Though I assume none of you probably have children that are 102 years old.   First, it is a project that all of them will do happily.  Second, it will keep every last one of them busy for a good while.  Third, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being a Quitter</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/being-a-quitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have all heard the old adage, &#8220;Winners never quit, Quitters never win.&#8221;
But does this apply to our kids and their activities?  What is the point where we will allow them to quit something that they signed up for that maybe is not going the way that they imagined it.  Do you make your children [...]]]></description>
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