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		<title>New Book: Growing Up Well in the 21st Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming Soon: Fall 2013 Growing Up Well in the 21st Century: Raising Today’s Middle School Children Middle school is a time in life when many parents adopt a hands-off parenting style. They shake their head and say, “My daughter is a different person now. I don’t get her any more.” In response to this frustration, many [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2797&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Paradoxical Commandments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2792&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Need for Early Guidance A few kids know from a very early age what they want to pursue as a career, and it turns out that their talents and interests match up perfectly. For them, career guidance is a non-issue, but for the vast majority of children, the opposite is true. My own experience [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2786&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Development and Kids&#8217; Activities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social life. Social skills. Social anxiety. Social media. Social Security. She’s so social! When we think of the “social development” of children, what are we talking about and what is the goal? It is a confusing issue for many. For example, as an educator, I have heard a lot of people talk about how home [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2767&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speak Your Kids Up</title>
		<link>http://growingupwell.org/2013/02/09/speak-your-kids-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a sneak peak at the book I am writing about parenting: Kids need to see and hear their parents doing hard things, persevering, and being resilient. So, discuss life’s issues with your kids, and don&#8217;t dumb it down too much. They can handle and can learn a lot from some transparency. My wife [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingupwell.org&#038;blog=8703265&#038;post=2753&#038;subd=growingupwell&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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