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		<title>Headline News Appearance:  Strategies to Help Kids Cope with Newtown Tragedy</title>
		<link>http://ontheballparent.com/2012/12/21/headline-news-appearance-strategies-to-help-kids-cope-with-newtown-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mom? Dad? Do You Have the Courage to Just Say No?</title>
		<link>http://ontheballparent.com/2012/11/09/mom-dad-do-you-have-the-courage-to-just-say-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was early in the morning and still dark outside.  A colossally foolish jogger, donned completely in black, decided to cross the street in front of my SUV which was travelling at 40 miles per hour.  Thanks to my attentiveness I slammed my brakes, swerved, and skidded to a halt.  The jogger ran off into [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents, Children, and Election Day Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s almost here! Election Day 2012 is on Tuesday November 6th, and the weeks leading up to it bring a goldmine of opportunities for parents to create stimulating dialogue with their children. Whether it is over the family dinner or during an otherwise monotonous car ride, the following ideas can help parents find out whom [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Touchdowns: A Lesson taken from NFL Commissioner Goodell</title>
		<link>http://ontheballparent.com/2012/08/31/parenting-touchdowns-a-lesson-taken-from-nfl-commissioner-goodell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An October weekend in 2010 brought three heart stopping games for college and professional football players, teams, and fans.  During a Saturday Army / Rutgers game, Rutgers player Eric LeGrand was paralyzed below the neck after a hard hit in which he ducked his head.  On Sunday in the NFL, the Falcons played the Eagles, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>What Parents Must Know About Marshmallows, Tests, and S&#8217; mores!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was 1972.  Walter Mischel was a researcher at Stanford University and he was curious about the human ability to delay gratification.  He gathered four year old children and one by one placed them in a room with a solitary marshmallow.  The children were told that if they could refrain from eating the marshmallow while [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How a Life Coach and Mom Kicked Stress to the Curb!</title>
		<link>http://ontheballparent.com/2012/05/02/how-a-life-coach-and-mom-kicked-stress-to-the-curb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April was stress awareness month so I am writing about it in May! You’ve likely heard that it takes 30 days to make a habit. I used the 30 days in April to conduct an experiment that would help me combat life’s little and even some big stressors. Yes, Even a Life and Parent Coach [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Phone Safety for the Entire Family</title>
		<link>http://ontheballparent.com/2012/04/01/smart-phone-safety-for-the-entire-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s post is a &#8220;must see&#8221; video for parents. If you use your smart phone to take pictures of your children, learn how to control your phone&#8217;s settings to keep kids safe from online predators.]]></description>
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		<title>A Boy, Three Fingers, and Lifelong Resilience</title>
		<link>http://ontheballparent.com/2012/03/01/a-boy-three-fingers-and-lifelong-resilience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago, I worked with a client whose 9 year old (we’ll call him “Jacob”) was trying to deal with the pressures of being a little league baseball pitcher.  Despite the self imposed pressure of throwing more strikes than balls or hits, he had to deal with the periodic setback of a poorly [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Why a Family Doctrine is a Great Idea</title>
		<link>http://ontheballparent.com/2012/02/01/why-a-family-doctrine-is-a-great-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to be confused with a punishable set of rules, the doctrine is a type of mission statement for a family and is approached with an honor code mentality. ]]></description>
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		<title>iPadding Children.  Critical Information for Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title for this post is inspired by Linked-IN’s “Brain Insights”, a group about Brain Development and Positive Parenting.  There, a talented group of experts connected to discuss their strong beliefs regarding the perils of screen time in toddlers and infants. “Inspire the Genius” and “It’s Cool to be Smart” are marketing messages of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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