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	<title>Dr. Michele Borba's Reality Check</title>
	
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		<title>Michele Borba: Part I: Mean Girl Scene Gets Meaner–What Parents Must Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Millburn High Senior Girls Create Slut List for Incoming Freshman and Welcome Them By Slamming Them Into Lockers”
“Six Lakeland Teen Girls Assault Former Friend” 
“Teen Girls Charged With Abusing Elderly Alzheimer’s Victims At Nursing Home Where They Worked”
“Young Girl Tortured By Rumors Spread About Her On Facebook”
 
Those are just a sample of the appalling recent headlines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michele Borba: Over-Protecting Erodes Kids’ Confidence: How to Wean from Rescuing So Your Child Can Learn to Handle Life Without You!</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/11/09/michele-borba-over-protecting-erodes-kids-confidence-how-to-wean-from-rescuing-so-your-child-can-learn-to-handle-life-without-you/</link>
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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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		<title>Flip Over From Potty Training to Smoking Pot: Great Review of Big Book of Parenting Solutions by Carine Nadel</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/11/07/flip-over-from-potty-training-to-smoking-pot-great-review-of-big-book-of-parenting-solutions-by-carine-nadel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note to Reader: Carine Nadel, fabulous writer from the Orange County Register, recently interviewed me about The Big Book of Parenting Solutions. I must admit I  love speaking with Carine. Not only is she a great writer, but a warm, witty and fun lady. Here is part of her great review published in the OC Register. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APA Study Shows Kid Stress Increasing — Do You Know Your Child’s Stress Signs? </title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/11/07/apa-study-shows-kid-stress-increasing-do-you-know-your-childs-stress-signs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michele Borba
REALITY CHECK: How well can you identify your child&#8217;s stress signs that alert you he or she is on overload?  Each child responds to stress differently. And each child displays those signs differently. Studies show that stress is increasing in our kids&#8211;and at younger ages&#8211;and that if they don&#8217;t learn how to release that [...]]]></description>
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