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		<title>Emotional Training Helps Kids Fight Depression : NPR</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emotional Training Helps Kids Fight Depression : NPR.
This is a brilliant effort at nipping the downward spiral in the bud when children are at their most formative, and it is definitely running parallel to what I am trying to work on with my son.

Over the last two days my son has discovered the word &#8220;hate.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to My Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was daydreaming just now, thinking about a conversation I had earlier with another parent. We were discussing the issues his son was having in school, how amotivated his child was and their struggle to get him to make an effort. It got me to thinking about what motivates our children to achieve and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long overdue update</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/262</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been battling some wicked fatigue due to my sleep schedule going completely down the toilet. I am trying to get back on track and I am starting to see some improvement in my level of energy, but I will be happy when DST ends. Waking up in the dark is definitely no help to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s been quite a summer</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/256</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the time on leave from school, working hard on my project at work (summer is our busy season), spending time with my children and working on trying to declutter my house. I didn&#8217;t get all THAT far in the decluttering department, but I have made some important headway and that&#8217;s enough for me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1: Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, and Manifestations</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/212</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone recently related to me that they had received a diagnosis but weren&#8217;t sure they accepted it. I have seen this scenario played out in the bipolar community many times: &#8220;But I am not psychotic/manic/suicidal&#8221; etc. The &#8220;problem&#8221; with diagnosis, with any kind of labeling or categorization of a person&#8217;s personality or identity or deeply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link of the Day: Gender Identity</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/208</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Families Grapple with Sons&#8217; Gender Preferences : NPR.
I have a friend grappling with the fact that her young child identifies as transgender. She will have many decisions to make in the comings days, months, years, not the least of which is how to treat her child right now, this moment. Does she respect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finagle&#8217;s Law of Dynamic Negatives</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/203</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Finagle&#8217;s Law of Dynamic Negatives (also known as Finagle&#8217;s corollary to Murphy&#8217;s Law) is usually rendered:

Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment

One variant (known as O&#8217;Toole&#8217;s Corollary of Finagle&#8217;s Law) favored among hackers is a takeoff on the second law of thermodynamics (also known as entropy):


The perversity of the Universe tends towards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mothering Dilemmas: Sharing a Toilet with My Son</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/159</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not in my top ten list of things I want to discuss loudly while on the pot in a crowded tourist bathroom: 
&#8220;What is that thing with the blue string?&#8221; 
&#8220;That&#8217;s a complicated question. Can we talk about it later?&#8221;
&#8220;What is this box on the wall?&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a little garbage can.&#8221;
&#8220;What is it for?&#8221;

&#8220;Garbage.&#8221;
&#8220;What is that?&#8221;
&#8220;Can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Teacher Sells Advertising Space On Tests : NPR</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/146</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Teacher Sells Advertising Space On Tests : NPR.
I am bothered by this on many levels. First, I go out of my way not to subject my child to the consumerism that is so rampant in our society. He watches TV and as much as possible it is TV with no commercials; I want him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Hate the Tooth Fairy</title>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/124</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lunasmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never been a fan of perpetuating childhood mythology. I think it comes from being a perceptive child and not prone to believing the unbelievable. My brother and I spent an inordinate amount of time attempting to debunk these myths, wheedling my father in attempts to coerce him into confessing. We caught &#8220;Santa Claus,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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