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		<title>Tip # 27 Encourage Entrepreneurialism in Your Kids</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2012/02/01/tip-27-encourage-entrepreneurialism-in-your-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur than now, and our kids will face even greater possibilities for business startups over the next decade. Digital technologies have broken down barriers that previously prevented many people from pursuing their business ideas. From thirteen-year-olds posting comedy sketches on YouTube to traditional book publishers creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip #26 – Encourage Kids to Nourish the Web with Authentic, Honest Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The message to inject truth and integrity into our digital footprint is a simple one. Yet,  the pressure to increase traffic, go viral, or acquire more “followers” is more often the motivation that drives our online presence. His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, wrote an inspiring letter for the 45th World Communications Day, impelling the young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kobo E-Reader Wins Top Marks</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2012/01/23/kobo-e-reader-wins-top-marks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A review of e-readers in the January edition of Wired Magazine ranked Chapters-Indigo&#8217;s own Kobo Touch as number one. Beating out some of the world&#8217;s top-selling competitors, it came out ahead of the Amazon Kindle, Nook Simple Touch, and Sony Reader PRS-T1. Admittedly surprised by their choice, the editors found the Kobo Touch to offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Ads Make Milk Cool</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2012/01/14/funny-ads-make-milk-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine how different our eating habits would be if the billions of dollars and bursts of creative genius used to market junk food were employed to encourage us to enjoy healthy food. If a brilliantly funny commercial about salads that had you rushing to your fridge to chop carrots, much the way a goofy representative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 25 Tips for Parents on Internet Safety and Digital Literacy</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2012/01/01/top-25-tips-for-parents-on-internet-safety-and-digital-literacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://porridgereport.com/?p=1408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Get all the handy tips and tidbits right in one spot! The next 26 to 50 tips will start in 2012. #1 – Show You Care (About Video Games) #2 – Filter What Your Kids Can See #3 – No TV in the Bedroom #4 – If You Have Nothing Nice to Post, Don’t Post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip #14 Cutting Back on Couch Time will Increase Your Life Span</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2011/12/22/tip-14-cutting-back-on-couch-time-will-increase-your-life-span/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://porridgereport.com/?p=1401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all sit on our butts too much these days. Between our office job, Googling, Facebooking, playing video games, and watching TV, few of us can complain that we don&#8217;t get enough opportunity to just sit and relax. This habit of parking our rears is apparent through all generations &#8211; from young to old. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-Thinking Our Kids’ Education Model and Welcoming Digital Literacy</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2011/12/08/changing-the-education-paradigm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://porridgereport.com/?p=1378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TED is a non-profit organization devoted to &#8220;ideas worth spreading&#8221; and features innovators from the fields of Technology, Education, and Design. Below is an enlightening video featuring TED speaker, Ken Robinson, that challenges the current education model in an exceedingly entertaining and surprisingly clear way. It describes the need for a revolutionary change in how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip #25 – Teach Daughters AND Sons to be Critical of Female Portrayals in Media</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2011/12/01/tip-25-teach-daughters-and-sons-to-be-critical-of-female-portrayals-in-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://porridgereport.com/?p=1372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing army of female warriors determined to battle the media’s assault on female empowerment and self-confidence. The likes of Miss Representation and Spark are two such inspiring grassroots organizations that campaign to stop the proliferation of degrading portrayals of women in movies, TV shows, ads, and more. I wholly applaud them because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, My 11-Year-Old Son is Capable of Developing Apps?</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2011/11/21/so-my-11-year-old-son-is-capable-of-developing-apps/</link>
		<comments>http://porridgereport.com/2011/11/21/so-my-11-year-old-son-is-capable-of-developing-apps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://porridgereport.com/?p=1368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this interesting young fella, the answer is yes. Grade-6er, Thomas Suarez presented at a Tedx Event in New York. He is an app developer and has started an app developing group at his school. Watch this video and see for yourself. I think I may have discovered a hobby for my son that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip #24 – Beware of Too Much Free Time for Kids in Screen Time Culture</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2011/11/16/tip-24-beware-of-too-much-free-time/</link>
		<comments>http://porridgereport.com/2011/11/16/tip-24-beware-of-too-much-free-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://porridgereport.com/?p=1358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Too much free time can be too much of a good thing according to a new study in the Applied Research in Quality of Life Journal that was recently covered in the National Post.  Findings (after questioning 1200 high school students) indicated that materialism and compulsive buying are a negative result of having an over-abundance [...]]]></description>
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