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	<title>Dr. Michele Borba's Reality Check</title>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The 9 Best Ways to Respond to Kids’ Mistakes So They’ll Be More Likely to Try Again and Again and Again</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/07/09/the-9-best-ways-to-respond-to-kids%e2%80%99-mistakes-so-they%e2%80%99ll-be-more-likely-to-try-again-and-again-and-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
		
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My child hates to make a mistake, and if he does he’s just devastated. I’ve probably not done the best job of responding. How should I help my son bounce back?     
Dania M from Bolder Colorado
 
Of course we want our kids to succeed. And how we hate it when they fail. But the truth is life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Sure-Fire Parenting Tips to Help Curb Sibling Rivalry</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/07/08/9-sure-fire-parenting-tips-to-help-curb-sibling-rivalry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
		
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Most of us have such visions of our offspring being the world’s best buddies, but with kids living under the same roof some bickering is bound to be the outcome. The closer your kids are in age, the more likely the squabbles. While you can’t force your kids to like each other, there are ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Parenting Solutions For Raising Assertive Kids Who Can Speak Up For Themselves</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/07/06/7-parenting-solutions-for-raising-assertive-kids-who-can-speak-up-for-themselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
		
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Let’s face it. It’s a tougher time to be growing up, and the data confirms it. Bullying is fiercer. Peer pressure is tougher. Kids are more aggressive. Girls are meaner. And those tougher temptations likes drinking, sex, and drugs are hitting our kids at younger ages as well as those sticky-tricky situations like copying homework [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Actions Speak Louder Than Words When It Comes to Building Moral Development</title>
		<link>http://www.micheleborba.com/blog/2009/07/05/why-actions-speak-louder-than-words-when-it-comes-to-building-moral-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Borba</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My first teaching job almost three decades ago was with a group of adorable six and seven-year-olds in Saratoga, California. I was also working on my doctorate at the same time and was fascinated with Harvard psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg’s new research on moral development. He believed morality is acquired in stages and could be increased [...]]]></description>
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