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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>
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		<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>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>Long Hot Summer Days?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<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>Tips For Preventing Brain Drain This Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have read that when school starts in the fall that teachers spend a good month or so trying to get the children back to where they were academically when the school year ended.  What can you do this summer to ensure that your children are on track when the school year starts.
1) Make your children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Things to Do This Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been working on this already.  This is  our first year in Texas.  The Texas heat is already here giving the illusion that summer is also.  And no, I don&#8217;t want to hear about how much hotter it is going to get.  Nope, don&#8217;t want to hear it.  I am plugging my ears.
La la [...]]]></description>
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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>Summer Vacation is Upon Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents everywhere are  frantically trying to find things  for their children to do.  Or are they?  Has the downturn in our economy meant less children going off to summer camp and more kids spending their days at home exploring their backyard and neighborhood?
If my neighborhood  is any indication that is exactly what people are doing.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Reading List for Tweens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 12:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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The Dangerous Book for Boys.
The Daring Book for Girls, by Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz. My sons took the book and ran off with it. They didn&#8217;t seem to care that the title has &#8220;girl&#8221; in it. They thought it was a cool book regardless.
Most of the sections are pretty gender neutral. I was worried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artwork Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/just-for-fun/artwork-everywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you manage the copious amounts of artwork that children produce?  I get asked that question a lot from friends who struggle to find the balance between saving it all and tossing it into the trash.
A few years ago I bought frames  that came with mattes inside the frame.  Matting your your photos and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor Games</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/just-for-fun/outdoor-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are lucky enough to have moved into a neighborhood filled with children who share my children&#8217;s  love for paying outside.   Every day when school ends the street fills with kids riding bikes, scooters, playing kickball, football, basketball&#8230; you name it, they are playing it.
One game the boys often play is something called &#8220;Wall Ball&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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