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		<title>Jujitsu for Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always valued physical as well as mental exercise, but Scarlet and Connor refuse to play sports (they just won&#8217;t), so getting them to try martial arts was my next step&#8211;simpler said than done. I hope this helps others trying to get their children into martial arts/jujitsu. Why Jujitsu? There are other popular martial arts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=75&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Hiatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 23:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s scary how you get busy, decide to take a short break from blogging, and suddenly 6mths have gone by since you posted anything. I&#8217;m still busy&#8211;started a new job while still focusing on family&#8211;but I&#8217;ll try to write more. I watched &#8220;Julia &#38; Julia&#8221; recently&#8230;don&#8217;t know how people can write every day for over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=64&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help Me Support the Children&#8217;s Miracle Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, For this holiday season, I wanted to do my little part by helping support a charity that helps children. So I&#8217;ve put a Children&#8217;s Miracle Network donation widget in the right column of this blog. It&#8217;s actually FREE. All you do is fill out the CoffeeMate questionaire. Please join me in making a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=62&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Redshirting and the Matthew Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One recent day, Erika jumped up from reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell saying we should have held back Connor from first grade, quoting something from the Bible, and going on about how he will not be able to make up the disadvantage. Had we irrevocably injured Connor&#8217;s chances of success by sending him to first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=52&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Singapore Math?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scarlet, now in 3rd grade, has been struggling recently with some lessons, and that&#8217;s what started me thinking about how math is taught and if there&#8217;s a better way that can help her excel at math. After some research, I learned there are several different math curricula, and that some are better than others. Our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=45&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Should Get H1N1 Flu Vaccine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a parent, my first thought about the H1N1 flu vaccine was should Scarlet and Conner get it. The answer seems to be yes. Here&#8217;s a quote from the CDC on who should get the vaccine: &#8230;pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age, healthcare and emergency [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=37&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 7th Birthday, Connor!</title>
		<link>http://parentsays.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/happy-7th-birthday-connor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Connor, Just wanted to commemorate your birthday with a post. Actually your birthday was a few days ago with several celebrations along the way. First, I came home early from work to take you to buy your gift: the Ferrari truck from the Lego Racers collection (your uncle and aunt helped pay for it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=39&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does the Montessori Method Cause Cavities?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Montessori method emphasizes self-reliance and letting children do things on their own and learning from the consequences of their actions. So is brushing teeth a good task to apply Montessori teachings to?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=23&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t My Kids Remember Stuff?</title>
		<link>http://parentsays.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/why-cant-kids-remember-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I used to be very good about encouraging and nurturing our children. We followed the Montessori method and our children thrived. That seems to have changed in the last year or so as Scarlet turned 7 and Conner 5. Lately, I&#8217;ve noticed that we&#8217;ve been yelling at them at more. We&#8217;re constantly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=13&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why ParentSays?</title>
		<link>http://parentsays.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/why-parentsays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why I finally start blogging about my family<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentsays.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9336285&amp;post=3&amp;subd=parentsays&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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