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    <title>The Middle School Parent Resource</title>
    
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    <updated>2009-12-26T09:51:44-08:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Speaker, Trainer and author of "A Parents' Guide to the Middle School Years"</subtitle>
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        <title>A Parent's Guide to the Middle School Years - #11 on Amazon's List</title>
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        <summary>Always wonderful to hear when effort results in achievement. Thank you to all who have bought my book. Hitting the #11 spot on Amazon's list of Middle School Books wouldn't have been possible without your support. Great way to start...</summary>
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        <title>Checking your child's Facebook Settings</title>
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        <published>2009-12-14T02:15:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-14T02:15:00-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Take 5 minutes and review your child's facebook privacy settings to ensure all is as you hoped it would be.</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;Take 5 minutes and review your child's facebook privacy settings to ensure all is as you hoped it would be. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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&lt;P&gt;I would love to hear from you. Join the discussion by sending me your questions, comments, ideas and ramblings. The show improves and so does your child's journey through the middle school years, when you contribute.&lt;A href="mailto:joe@thinking-forward.com"&gt;joe@thinking-forward.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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        <title>How do you make the transition from work to home?</title>
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        <published>2009-12-10T07:00:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-10T07:00:00-08:00</updated>
        <summary>The transition from work to home and back again can leave you wondering where one part of your life ends and the other begins.</summary>
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            <name>joe bruzzese</name>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt; The transition from work to home and back again can leave you wondering where one part of your life ends and the other begins. Making a clean break between work and life beyond work begins with the transition. Work productivity expert Jason Womack shares his ideas for mastering the work to life transition as I set the stage for an engaging life beyond the work day.


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&lt;p&gt;I would love to hear from you. Join the discussion by sending me your questions, comments, ideas and ramblings. The show improves and so does your child's journey through the middle school years, when you contribute.&lt;a href="mailto:joe@thinking-forward.com"&gt;joe@thinking-forward.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        <title>Holiday Festivity or Frustration - You choose</title>
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        <published>2009-12-03T08:02:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-03T08:02:00-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Cut back on the frustration in the coming weeks as you near one of the year’s most festive occasions. Two tips for an enjoyable holiday season with your family. </summary>
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            <name>joe bruzzese</name>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt; Cut back on the frustration in the coming weeks as you near one of the year’s most festive occasions. Two tips for an enjoyable holiday season with your family. 
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&lt;p&gt;I would love to hear from you. Join the discussion by sending me your questions, comments, ideas and ramblings. The show improves and so does your child's journey through the middle school years, when you contribute.&lt;a href="mailto:joe@thinking-forward.com"&gt;joe@thinking-forward.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        <title>What’s distracting you during your work-life day? Track 1 distraction today. </title>
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        <published>2009-11-24T04:42:03-08:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-24T04:42:03-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Where are you dedicating time, energy and focus during your day. Distractions can derail you from feeling productive at work and in the hours beyond your work day. Track one activity today and for the next 5 days.</summary>
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