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		<title>Safe Surfing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Better Parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A series of links led me to an excellent writeup on Komando.com listing the 10 Commandments for Kids Online.  Here are just a few&#8230;
I will not try to win free things or buy things on the Internet without my parents’ permission. If I get a message that I won something, I will show it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangers of Praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A remarkable article in the New York Times expounds the Power and Perils of praising your kids.  If you have children, you simply cannot afford to ignore this finding&#8230;
Offering praise has become a sort of panacea for the anxieties of modern parenting. Out of our children’s lives from breakfast to dinner, we turn it up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before vs After</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/10/24/before-vs-after/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting post from MetroDad sparks off a series of thoughts.  In it, MD quotes a passage from one of the books presently helping him with his insomnia&#8230; 
&#8220;I have a thing for Dickens. I&#8217;m reading his letters at the moment. There are 12 volumes of them, and each one is several hundred pages long. If he&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidbits: October 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wonder Years]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Simply the best!
One day, at the dining table, Khushi decided to share her learnings on shopping&#8230;
Khushi: You know, Papa, I saw some ads on TV that showed three Barbie sets.
Papa: Really?!
Khushi: And you know, what?  It is now possible to buy them!
Khushi: When you buy something, you should only buy the best&#8230; like I bought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning from Children</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/09/16/learning-from-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to make an exception and post this one on both my blogs&#8230; 
I was going through my daily dose of blog feeds when an interesting post caught my eye.  ZenHabits wanted to share with its readers How to be Childlike, and offered some great advice on how you can start being more childlike.  What I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidbits: September 2009</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/09/14/tidbits-september-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Un Behaved!
Kabir had just done something adorable, and I couldn&#8217;t help but mention it to Khushi who was sitting right across me. I was soon to be reminded that she had her own special relationship with him&#8230;
Papa: Isn&#8217;t Kabir a sweet little boy?!
Khushi: Yes, papa. But, sometimes Kabir is also a little not sweet and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Worth It?</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/09/02/is-it-worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenthood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://papabachwani.wordpress.com/?p=613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A forwarded email came with a presentation on the &#8220;Price of Children&#8220;.  The purpose of that communication was to show how, even though bringing up children costs a significant sum, the benefits far outweigh the costs involved. 
Be that as it may, it also served as a great reminder of the joy that only children can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidbits: August 2009</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/08/23/tidbits-august-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
God Almighty!
Being born in an inter-religious family, Khushi has been exposed to practices and concepts from multiple faiths.  However, each night, she says a small prayer to Jesus asking Him to bless all at home.  One day, at dinner, I took the oppportunity to test her understanding&#8230;
Papa: Khushi, how many &#8220;gods&#8221; do you know of?
Khushi: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Photograph Children</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/08/16/how-to-photograph-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Better Parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://papabachwani.wordpress.com/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a parent, you most likely spend more than 80% of your memory card (or film!) photographing your children.  As a photography and parenting enthusiast, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you some helpful advice on making the most of this pursuit.
For the more technically inclined, there are lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outbreak</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/08/09/outbreak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potholes in the Sky is another dad-blog I regularly read.  And, the recent post from Amit on &#8220;Swine Flu in Pune&#8221; captures a parent&#8217;s point of view on India&#8217;s growing concern to contain the spread of the H1N1 pandemic :
Pune has the highest number of postive cases in the country. Till very recently, only Naidu [...]]]></description>
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