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		<title>Raising Self-Reliant Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parenting strategies to help kids  solve their problems, be self-reliant, bounce back from failure and not use us as their managers, arbiters and palm pilots A mom was running late as she drove her two sons to school. “Can we pleeeease go back?” her six-year-old pleaded. “I forgot my stamps for show-and-tell.” Any other day, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michele Borba: How to know if your kid is really ready to fly alone (yes alone)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of having your kid fly alone to visit someone or going off to camp this summer? A review of last year’s news may make you want to rethink your plans. Here’s a recap: It seemed yet another unaccompanied minor flying to visit Grandma and Grandpa was somehow “misplaced” by the airlines. The child landed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michele Borba: Week&#8217;s top 5 parenting news (it&#8217;s good, bad &amp; ugly)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was an &#8220;interesting&#8221; week when it came to parenting stories. Findings from a Ohio State University study revealed how club membership may help reduce risky youth behavior. A new book out offers clues as to the crisis in youth empathy. A disturbing teen anti-semitic game in my own community is spurring outrage in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michele Borba: Over-Protecting Erodes Kids&#8217; Confidence: How to Wean from Rescuing So Your Child Can Learn to Handle Life Without You!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No parent wants their child to suffer heartaches and disappointments. Our basic instinct is to try and protect our kids from frustrations and problems. But doing so deprives our children from developing the confidence they’ll need to deal with the multitude of issues they’ll face in the real world. How will they ever learn to [...]]]></description>
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