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	<title>Mommy Points &#187; Teen years</title>
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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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		<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>Co-Ed Dorm Rooms, Good Idea or Not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teen years]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So how do you feel about this? 
The University of Chicago, following in the footsteps of other universities, has decided to allow gender-blind housing assignments in their dorm rooms. What this means is that your daughter or son could choose to room with a member of the opposite sex. 
Um, yeah.  I don&#8217;t think so.
Most universities already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Jobs and Teens</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teen years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work Ethic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when I was a teenager every summer my friends and I would be scrambling to find summer jobs.  I worked at the local mall in clothing stores, I worked in a furniture store, I babysat, I cleaned boats at the marina.   My friends had similar experiences.   I remember that the most coveted job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allowance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teen years]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a huge snow, turned rain, turned slush, turned frozen wasteland st0rm come through this past week.
It was really awful to deal with.  Shoveling slush, because the snowblower can&#8217;t handle it, is heavy and back breaking work.  My 13 and 10 yr old sons helped me (Not to self: Buy more shovels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let It Snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teen years]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is snowing here again tonight, which isn&#8217;t surprising for New England in January, I suppose.  It snows.  A lot.  And we all complain about it like it is something brand new and surprising each time it does.
But I was thinking how now that I have children who are old enough to shovel, clean off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes Them Happy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On The Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teen years]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out that it isn&#8217;t things, money, drugs&#8230; or any of the other myriad of things that we fear.  Probably from watching too many tv shows filled with supposed teenage angst.
I read about this study a few days ago and have been rolling it over in my head since then.
Turns out that what makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Didn&#8217;t I Ever Know About This?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 10-12 years]]></category>
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		<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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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Work, Earning, and Saving</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 02:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ages 10-12 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ages 5-6 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ages 7 -9 years]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Instilling Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teen years]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week my 11 year old son bought a new mountain bike, with money he had saved from his allowance and birthday gifts.  The maturity he showed he in the store, looking at various bikes and the features the bikes had, as well as the price, was something he would not have done had [...]]]></description>
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