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	<title>WestIslandKids.com</title>
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	<description>A Montreal West Island Resource for Parents and Children.  Help When You Need It.</description>
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		<title>Safe Computer Browsers For Kids</title>
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Summer is here and we expect to be outdoors for the next 3 months.  But we all know that kids need a break sometimes and the computer can be as much a part of their lives as it is a part of ours. So for those times and days when the kids are indoors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day Trip To Prehistoric World To See Dinosaurs</title>
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Visit A Life Size Dinosaur Exhibit
Are your children fascinated by dinosaurs?  If so, there’s a great natural exhibit within driving distance of Montreal that would make a fun summer outing.
Prehistoric World is a park that features over 50 life size, scientifically accurate, dinosaur models in an outdoor setting.  You can walk along a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Steps to Raising Happy Children</title>
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Doesn&#8217;t every parent want a happy child?  Raising children can be hard work.  Raising children that become happy productive adults requires a little more involvement.  Here are seven secrets, from Zenhabits, to raising a happy child.

Let your child know you are excited to see them when they enter the room.
Teach your child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toxic Chemicals In Children’s Face Paint</title>
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Face painting is a popular activity that children enjoy.  Health Canada has tested some of these paints and found that they contain levels of toxic substances that exceed the acceptable levels.
Examples of substances found in these paints include lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium and antimony.  These substances can cause problems with the brain, kidneys, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters To Santa</title>
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Time is running out if you want to send a letter to Santa and get a reply back before Christmas.
Here are the addresses where your children&#8217;s letters should be mailed to and some links to more information:

SANTA CLAUS
NORTH POLE  H0H 0H0
CANADA

or in French at:

PÈRE NOËL
LE PÔLE NORD  H0H 0H0
CANADA

Remember to include your child&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Children’s Books For 2008</title>
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Time Magazine has put together a list of the top 10 children&#8217;s books for 2008.  How many of them have your children read?

The Pencil
 by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman
Big Words For Little People
 by Lamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Bats at the Library
 by Brian Lies
Splat The Cat
 by Rob Scotton
Oodles of Animals
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Kids To Be Successful</title>
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It turns out that superior intellect and natural talent is not necessarily the key to success.  Over 30 years of research shows that an overemphasis on talent or intellect leaves children vulnerable to failure.
The danger is that they do not develop mechanisms for handling challenges and overcoming adversity.  Everything comes easily for them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children’s Fitness Tax Credit</title>
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If your children participate in an organized sports activity, you may be eligible for a tax credit of up to $500 from the federal government. 
To find out if this credit applies to you don&#8217;t forget to ask the organization you are involved with whether any fees you paid are eligible and where to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visit a Maple Sugar Shack on the West Island</title>
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You know spring is here once the sap starts running from the maple trees.  If you&#8217;ve been thinking of taking the kids out to visit a maple sugar shack but don&#8217;t want to drive off the island and spend the better part of a day on your outing then you are in luck.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Card Games: An inexpensive family friendly activity</title>
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When was the last time you sat down to play some card games with your family?
Families often played card games together before technology crept in and took us away from some of the simpler activities.  There are many advantages to rediscovering this social pastime.
First of all it&#8217;s inexpensive and can be played anywhere.  [...]]]></description>
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