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	<description>Timeless Parenting Advice for Toddlers through Teenagers</description>
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		<title>Educational Soft Toys</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adriana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educational Soft Toys are some of the most popular toys for small children around today. Did you buy any for your little one? There are many reasons why considering educational soft toys are a good idea. It all starts with seeing the benefits to these types of toys. Here are some benefits to educational soft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educational Learning Toys</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As parents, we are always looking for ways to improve/enhance our children&#8217;s development, while still encouraging them to have fun. Educational learning toys bring great value to a child&#8217;s life. I checked out some of the best educational toys out there and found something for everyone: baby, toddlers, and young kids. Baby Educational Toys Baby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Learning to Play Music Benefits Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter your child’s age, music plays a huge part in their life. From infancy, mothers sing and hum to their babies and then in grade school they learn the basics of reading music and may begin playing the flute-o-fone or similar instrument. When they reach Junior High and High School our children may join [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secrets of Highly Effective Parents My middle son, Jacob, is very interested in gold, silver, and diamonds.  He is particularly keen on selling my diamond engagement ring and buying me a crystal replacement and himself a room full of toys!  As I tuck him into bed at night, he sometimes asks this playful question, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time-Management-for-Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotional Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Educating and encouraging your children to practice time management can be fun and practical. When you are able to help them better manage their time, it can be enormously helpful to you as well. Teaching your kids time management now will undoubtedly help them have a more productive life in the future.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict Resolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear RaisingSmallSouls, I’m a stay-at-home mom of two rambunctious boys, aged 5 and 3. lately, I feel like all they do is fight, fight, fight! (“I want the blue car” – “Me, me” – you get the picture!) How can I make it stop? Thanks, A Frazzled Mom Dear Frazzled Mom, You may find comfort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Boost Your Child&#8217;s Self-Esteem</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/selfesteem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Putting Your SELF in the Development of Self-Esteem By Dyan Eybergen, RN © 2009 Self-esteem is not something children are born with. Its development begins during infancy and is primarily based on the interactions children have with their parents and that those interactions are positive in nature. The development of children’s self-esteem unfolds with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snappy Siblings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflict Resolution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I just read what Dyan wrote on this site, via the email- loved it &#8211; and I have a question and need help! What should we do with our eleven-year-old son who is continuously being &#8220;snappy&#8221; and short tempered (yelling, being crabby) with his eight-year-old sister?  He complains that she is annoying; and while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Parenting Nightmare</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: How can you and your child get past you walking in on her (7 years old) watching an Adult movie for about 1 hour &#38; 23 minutes  to be exact.  My husband was watching her and fell asleep, so she chose her own movie. Sincerely, Eva in San Fransico, CA Answer by Dyan Eybergen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/teen-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/teen-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: My 13-year-old son has come home from friend&#8217;s houses with alcohol on his breath a few too many times. My husband says that a drink here and there is nothing to worry about. My husband is not an alcoholic; he hardly ever gets drunk although he has a glass or two of wine to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coping with Grandpa&#8217;s Death</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/grandpas-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: My Father-in-law passed away a few months back. He was a very dear family member to all of us, especially to my daughters, Rachel 6, and Nicole, 3. When he passed away all our emotions took over us &#8211; we were sad, crying, anxious of the future without him lonely, etc. Rachel cried for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Controversial Parenting Styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating Independence Day this weekend on July 4th, I gazed at the brilliant display of fireworks and pondered what freedom means to us today. Freedom is all about having the ability to make choices. Yet, I wondered, how much freedom is truly mine, and how much have I relinquished in order to fit into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are You?</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/who-are-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotional Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values & Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RaisingSmallSouls is pleased to introduce Nathan Geisler, Master Life Coach, to provide valuable insights into child rearing. Nathan Geisler M.A., an experienced family therapist, has been an educator for life values for the last 25 years. He teaches and lectures at institutes of higher learning, colleges and universities. He has thousands of students across the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childhood Fears</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/childhood-fears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/childhood-fears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Controversial Parenting Styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: My son is aged 7 years old and has a lot of fears in him. He has a fear of heights, in so much as he will not climb onto a 6 foot slide in a park. He will not even sit on a swing. He is afraid of being in a swimming pool, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Follower, Not a Leader</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/follower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: My son who is 8 tends to be a follower and goes with what everyone else wants. He does whatever others like and do. I want to help teach him or give him the confidence to be a leader and not care if he likes or does things differently. I am afraid he will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m Losing It!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/losing-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Controversial Parenting Styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Dear RaisingSmallSouls, I’m a single mom raising two girls, ages 10 and 7. Being a supportive and nurturing parent is the most important thing to me, and generally, I feel like I’m a pretty good parent. But sometimes, things escalate, they talk back to me, and it reaches a point where I find myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebellious Teen</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/rebellious-teen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/rebellious-teen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: My 15-year-old daughter&#8217;s grades have dropped recently. She has pushed the limits with my patience. She recently gauged her ears as well. I was mortified; she is such a nice, smart, beautiful young girl I am not sure why she would do this especially without asking for my advice or my permission. I made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Shyness</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/overcoming-shyness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/overcoming-shyness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Is there anything you would recommend which would help our daughter, age 6, and overcome her shyness? Our main concern is that she finds it difficult to talk and interact with other children (other than her best friend) and make eye contact with others outside of the family. We are trying to help prepare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Up</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/growing-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have a son who is in 6th grade. Throughout all his elementary years, we were always so very close. If there was a function at school he wanted me to volunteer. If there was a class trip, he would hope that I would be the chaperone. If he didn&#8217;t have a friend over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depressed Child</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/depressed-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could my grandson be clinically depressed, even at 10yrs old? Question: I&#8217;m raising my 10yr old grandson. I&#8217;ve had him since he is 6mos old, due to his mother having uncontrolled Bipolar Disorder. It is very hard for him living apart from his mother, with whom he has had a scattered relationship throughout the years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disconnected from 12-year-old-daughter</title>
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		<comments>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/disconnected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: For some reason, I feel like I have a chronic &#8220;dis-connect&#8221; from my eldest daughter, 12. I worry I&#8217;m failing her as a parent and really need help and advice. I know that we have a pattern of my asking her to do something, her not listening, then I get frustrated and bark orders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions &amp; Answers about lying, tantrums, and divorce issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s answers are provided by a new member of the RaisingSmallSouls team, welcome aboard, Odelia! Odelia Schlisser is a life coach with a Masters Degree in Sociology and a Masters Degree in Education, and is trained in Family Therapy. She currently lectures Psychology and Behavioral Science in Mercy College and has spent the past several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children and Volunteerism: Making the World a Better Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever feel that the hectic holiday rushing takes the meaning and spirit out of these special times? Below, John Rosemond, author of Parenting by the Book offers some useful ideas to incorporate principles and morals into the holiday season: When President John F. Kennedy, in 1961, said “ask not what this country can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Defines a Defining Moment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self Esteem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What Defines a Defining Moment? (Believe it or not, Our Kids Really are Listening to Us) I have a theory about the three little ones (ages 10, 9 and 5) that I am raising. As a parent, I remind myself that I can build them up or tear them down when I don’t even know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking the Toy Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signs of the annual December gift-buying-frenzy are suddenly sprouting around me like mushrooms after a rainstorm, via catalogs, store displays, emails, and children’s discussions of what they want to receive this winter. Do your children look forward to the thrill of a new toy or gadget, only to leave it on a shelf collecting dust [...]]]></description>
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