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		<title>Coveting your neighbor?  Just remember “No One Escapes”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   As we compete in the perfect parent Olympics, smugly congratulating ourselves on our child’s latest accomplishment or fretting over behavioral issues, it’s important to remember that much is outside of our control.  A tragic story in Sunday’s New York Times drove this point home.  A young family was posing for a picture in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making sure your kid wins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went away for Memorial Day weekend and met another nice couple with a child the same age as my older daughter. They taught her some fun card games at the beach which both girls seemed to enjoy playing, until my daughter started to figure out how to win. At this point, both her new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition Starts Early</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at a party this weekend where the majority of the parents present were tutoring their kindergarteners. Let me say that again. TUTORING THEIR KINDERGARTENERS. Clearly I am the ultimate slacker mom as I am impressed that they do anything other than nap in kindergarten. The fact that my daughter is learning to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Braggarts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter taught herself to ride a bike sans training wheels yesterday and I couldn’t wait to yell it from the roof tops. I posted it on Facebook. I worked it into conversations, not just with good friends but random strangers. In short, I had become one of those mothers I despise – the one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schadenfreude</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever derive pleasure from the misfortunes of others? Like when your neighbor is not accepted to the private school that rejected you as well? Or when you discover that your friend’s kid melts down easier than yours? It’s awful to admit, but as parents, many of us take pleasure in other people’s pain. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When did sledding become a competitive sport?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all think our kids are great, but we don’t necessarily need to announce it to the world at every given opportunity.  Walking through the snow in Central Park, I stopped to watch some children sledding down a hill, when I heard one parent announce, “That was fabulous Jack.  You are the best sledder ever!” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Overparenting = Bad Parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time Magazine ran a cover story last week on The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting. The article implies that in our efforts to do the best job possible for our children, we have gone too far, soliciting macrobiotic cupcakes, hypoallergenic socks, and tutors to correct a 5-year-old&#8217;s &#8220;pencil-holding deficiency&#8221;.  The article also discusses the whole competitive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have I told you lately how great my kid is?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  As parents we take enormous pride in our children.  Occasionally that pride swells over into a competitive edge.  We are pleased if our child rolls over, crawls or talks before his peers.  We worry if they hit developmental milestones late.  We occasionally view it as reinforcement of our good parenting skills when they thrive. [...]]]></description>
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