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		<title>ADHD &amp; Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/12/20/adhd-bullying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why ADHD boosts vulnerability to bullying. Solutions for parents and educators of special needs children. I had pleasure of speaking with Peggy Dolan from the Edge Foundation who does wonderful work on coaching students with ADHD. Here is our interview and the two part series on bullying and ADHD Edge posted on their site with permission to duplicate. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Kid Procrastinators or Dawdlers</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/08/29/tips-for-kid-procrastinators-or-dawdlers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parenting solutions I shared on the TODAY show for kids who procrastinate, dawdle, cut corners or just take the easy way just in time for back-to-school. It’s the makeover no parent should put off! Sound like  your kid? “I don’t care!  I quit – this is too hard.”  “Why don’t YOU do it?” Is his backpack a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Kids Cool Hot Tempers</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/07/01/helping-kids-cool-hot-tempers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/07/01/helping-kids-cool-hot-tempers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Everybody Hates Me]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teaching kids to identify their body alarms and learn healthy ways to control anger &#8220;I tried to stay calm, but it was too late!&#8221; &#8220;I wish I could tell when I&#8217;m about to explode.&#8221; “Don’t keep telling me I’m going to lose all my friends because of my temper. I can’t help it.” Your child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kid Boredom Busters</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/06/29/michele-borba-new-trend-micromanaged-kids-cant-stand-boredom-helping-kids-learn-to-entertain-themselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/06/29/michele-borba-new-trend-micromanaged-kids-cant-stand-boredom-helping-kids-learn-to-entertain-themselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Child Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friendship Making]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plugged-In]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New trend shows our Micromanaged, &#8220;Plugged-In&#8221; Generation can&#8217;t stand boredom. Parenting advice to help kids learn to self entertain and enjoy their own company!! There really is a new trend with twenty-first century kids. Perhaps because they’re been programmed and scheduled and micromanaged and adult supervised, many seem to have a tough time enjoying their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 (Not So) Surprising Benefits of Play</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/02/01/michele-borba-blog-studies-find-play-helps-kids-focus-11-other-surprising-benefits-of-letting-kids-get-messy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/02/01/michele-borba-blog-studies-find-play-helps-kids-focus-11-other-surprising-benefits-of-letting-kids-get-messy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[11 proven and surprising benefits of child-directed (aka unscheduled and spontaneous) play for our stressed-out, over-supervised kids. Okay folks, I&#8217;m concerned. Over the last few weeks I’ve been reviewing studies involving children and play. “Shocked” and “disturbed” are the two words that describe how I feel when reading those reports. Every study reaches one sad conclusion: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anger Management for Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/01/07/anger-management-for-kids-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/01/07/anger-management-for-kids-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/?p=1734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Parenting advice if your child has anger issues or bullies due to inability to handle impulses. Tips to help  kids find healthier ways to control intense feelings, aggression and inappropriate outbursts Loses control Fights Shouts and screams Ticked off at the littlest thing Quick to anger Low frustration threshold Sound familiar? They are typical behaviors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Troubling Youth Trends in the News</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/01/02/seven-troubling-kid-teens-trends-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2011/01/02/seven-troubling-kid-teens-trends-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eating Disorders & Body Image]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[REALITY CHECK TIME: Bullying, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, stress, early puberty onset, plastic surgery and Botox are all on increase and in younger kids. Here is my pick of the top troubling child and teen trends, the research that shows why we better keep a closer eye on our kids, and what parents, educators and child-advocators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kid&#8217;s Anger Danger Quiz: Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2010/12/06/michele-borba-blog-helping-kids-manage-anger-bbkparentingsolutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2010/12/06/michele-borba-blog-helping-kids-manage-anger-bbkparentingsolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have a child/teen with anger issues?  Part I of a two part series on parenting advice to help kids find healthy ways to control intense feelings in a stressed-out world. Hint: Tips work for adults, too! Clenched teeth. Rapid breathing. Red face. Teaching kids a new way to cope with their intense feelings is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD on Rise? Report finds 1 in 10 kids with attention deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2010/11/17/adhd-on-rise-report-finds-1-in-10-kids-with-attention-deficit-signs-and-when-to-seek-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2010/11/17/adhd-on-rise-report-finds-1-in-10-kids-with-attention-deficit-signs-and-when-to-seek-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parenting advice to help you know the signs of ADHD, the difference between ADHD and ADD, what to expect age by age, and when to seek help for your child. A government survey released this weeks finds that one in ten children in the United States have ADHD (or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). That number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Teaching Self-Control Boosts Kid Success</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2010/02/21/michele-borba-blog-a-secret-of-self-control-parents-must-know-research-shows-its-key-to-kids-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2010/02/21/michele-borba-blog-a-secret-of-self-control-parents-must-know-research-shows-its-key-to-kids-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research shows that children who can pass up a marshmallow are more likely to succeed as adults. But why? Here&#8217;s the secret every teacher and parent should know&#8230; The Famous Marshmallow Test and Implications on Our Kids&#8217; Later Success In 1960, Walter Mischel, a psychologist at Stanford University, conducted the now famous Marshmallow Test. Mischel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michele Borba: 6 Surprising Changes That May Help #ADHD Kids in School</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/08/04/michele-borba-6-surprising-changes-that-may-help-adhd-kids-in-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/08/04/michele-borba-6-surprising-changes-that-may-help-adhd-kids-in-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michele Borba, Ed.D. REALITY CHECK  Reports say that Attention Deficit Disorder (or ADD) affects up to nine[ii] percent of school-age children, but even then the medical field fears that only half of those have been properly diagnosed. Parents currently spend[i] over one billion three hundred million each year on buying one of the three leading [...]]]></description>
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