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		<title>&#8220;It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has.&#8221; Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind &#160; It&#8217;s okay to make mistakes.  We often learn more from the mistake than we do from completing a task successfully.  Errors, viewed through a healthy prism, motivate us to try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Respect is demonstrated through&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;a careful balance of accepting a child just they way he is and encouraging him to grow into all that he can be. - Elisa Morgan &#38; Carol Kuykendall &#160; Striking this balance can be difficult, when your child&#8217;s behaviors trigger your own fear for your child&#8217;s ability to be successful, and your own memories of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The first duty of love is to listen.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[- Paul Tillich. As adults with ADHD, we often use our intuition to achieve success in our business relationships. At home however, over-flexing our intuition muscle, can lead to hurt feelings.  We can jump to conclusions before a family member has conveyed their feelings or opinions.  Take the time to really listen to what your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Your Homework Box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To create your family’s homework box, start with a lidded plastic shoe box or discarded cigar box. (You can purchase cigar boxes rather cheaply at local cigar stores). I recommend a wooden box over a plastic shoe box, as cigar boxes have attached lids that make them difficult to misplace and they holds up against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of Week Exhale: Taking Care of the Cargiver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You all did it!  You made it through a week of school- a week of coaching, encouraging, cheerleading, driving, organizing, socializing- phew!  It&#8217;s friday!  This weekend, exhale.  Make some time for yourself- the caregiver: Read a magazine. Take a bubble bath. Take a hike. Go for a bike ride. Garden. Build something- make a craft, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions to Ask at &#8220;Back to School Night&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If they haven&#8217;t started already, they are coming&#8230;.&#8221;Back-To-School Nights.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a time to get to know the teacher, learn about school and classroom policies and procedures, and get a sense of things for yourself.  Make the most of this night.  Get your questions answered; network with other parents (look for the parents of the child, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.powermomsunite.com/2011/09/07/questions-to-ask-at-back-to-school-night/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=questions-to-ask-at-back-to-school-night</link>
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		<title>&#8220;If the person you are talking to doesn&#8217;t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh) &#8220;I feel like a broken record.&#8221;  Did your mom ever say that to you, growing up as a child?  Now, here you are, thinking if not saying it to your own child.  For the child with ADHD, there really is proverbial &#8216;fluff&#8217; in the way- inattention.   Below are a few tips [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.powermomsunite.com/2011/09/05/if-the-person-you-are-talking-to-doesnt-appear-to-be-listening-be-patient-it-may-simply-be-that-he-has-a-small-piece-of-fluff-in-his-ear/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=if-the-person-you-are-talking-to-doesnt-appear-to-be-listening-be-patient-it-may-simply-be-that-he-has-a-small-piece-of-fluff-in-his-ear</link>
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		<title>Things I wish I&#8217;d Done Before the Start of School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hindsight, it&#8217;s a painfully beautiful thing: you can only learn from looking back, after suffering through the consequences of your choices.  As the school year starts in full swing, here are a few things, I am scrambling to do now, that I wish I had done BEFORE the start of school.  Here&#8217;s hoping by writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SodaStream: Making it Easier to Promote Healthy Alternatives to Soda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We bought our first , a year ago, and after enjoying it&#8217;s convenience at home, my husband bought a second one for his office.  We use it to promote healthy alternatives to soda.  I know, sounds counterintuitive, given the name of the product.  We are not huge soda drinkers- milk is served at ever meal; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.powermomsunite.com/2011/08/30/sodastream-making-it-easier-to-promote-healthy-alternatives-to-soda/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sodastream-making-it-easier-to-promote-healthy-alternatives-to-soda</link>
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		<title>True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ (1601 – 1658) Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer, known for his masterpiece writing accomplishment, Criticón, published in 1651, 1653, and 1657. &#160; Expect and encourage siblings to support each other.  Remind them that they will be friends longer than any other friends that may come along in childhood.  Coach siblings to seek understand as to why [...]]]></description>
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