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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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		<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>Family Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a huge desk top calendar hanging inside my pantry door.  On it I write the schedule for everyone &#8211; doctor appointments, sports practices, games &#8212; you name it.  As well as our weekly menu.  I call the calendar my brain. 
But as  my children have gotten older, I have felt the need to add weekly family meetings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Christmas Letter or Not to Christmas Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/to-christmas-letter-or-not-to-christmas-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years Christmas letters have gotten a bad rap.  I don&#8217;t mind getting them, in fact I usually enjoy reading about the lives of far flung friends and family.
Sometimes I cringe at the braggy things people choose to write about.  Other times I wish the writer of the Christmas letter had heard of spell-check.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Instill the Love of Reading in Your Child</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/instill-the-love-of-reading-in-your-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris,You frequently write about books and reading with your children. I am the mother of two children, a baby and a 2 yr old. While I do read occasionally to my 2 year old, I wonder how I can instill a lifetime love of reading in them. How do I find good books? Any wise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper, paper everywhere.  Except when you need it</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/ideas/paper-paper-everywhere-except-when-you-need-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, paper. This is one of the banes of my existence and I am sure every mother out there. There isn&#8217;t enough room in any one&#8217;s house for all the paper that children generate. Some days I feel like my children are single handedly responsible for wiping out all the mature forests in our country.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organization is the Key for Success</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/organization-is-the-key-for-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/organization-is-the-key-for-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So for most of  us school has started up again.  The lazy (ish) summer days are gone and the kids have to adapt to a new routine and schedule.  How do you help them to start the year off right? 
I think that being organized is the number one thing that we can do for our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decorate Your Cat House</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/just-for-fun/decorate-your-cat-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids are very excited by this newest item at Handipoints:

A house to decorate!

And a whole new catalog to chose items from!
My kids even asked for MORE chores so that they could buy more things for their cat houses.
What about your kids?
I had a fun idea.  You notice over on the sidebar there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making It A Little Bit Easier</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/making-it-a-little-bit-easier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/making-it-a-little-bit-easier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love it when I find websites whose sole purpose is to make my life easier.  Like Handipoints, for example.
My children still do not have passports.  We haven&#8217;t been out of the country in several years, and even then Canada didn&#8217;t require anything from you, other than your sparkling smile.  Okay the didn&#8217;t even require [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/spring-cleaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I really like to clean. For the record there are plenty of other things that I don&#8217;t like to do.  Like fold laundry and put it away. Pull weeds in my garden.  Unload the dishwasher.
This past weekend I did a deep cleaning of our family room.  I wasn&#8217;t expecting it to take quite as long [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<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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