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		<title>Allowing our kids to feel disappointed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disciplining Other People's Kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a weird experience at an open gym the other day. My son was playing happily with one of the many toys in a room as I checked my email on my phone. The next thing I knew another kid was crying and the other kid’s mother was talking harshly to my son. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disciplining Other People&#8217;s Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>naomi panzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disciplining Other People's Kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday&#8217;s New York Times &#8220;Social Q&#8217;s&#8221; highlights the entire point of sharing our stories here on Mommy Manners: parents are at a loss for what to do when it comes to handling sticky situations with other parents. There is not only the &#8220;what should I do?&#8221; moment while you&#8217;re in the thick of an awkward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Moms Compete?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comparison parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Playground]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend’s child is already reading chapter books and yours can barely recognize the letters in their name. Instead of celebrating the other child’s achievement, you fret that your child is falling behind or worry that it is a reflection of your parenting. It’s so tempting to attribute early successes – walking, talking, reading and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop me Before I Discipline Another Person’s Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MIA Parents:  Your kid is attacking mine.  Where are you?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Playground]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I overstepped my boundaries yesterday and reprimanded another child. We were at kindergarten pick up and I was trying to keep tabs on my daughter, her friend and her younger brother on the vast playground. My daughter and her friend seemed perfectly content on the monkey bars so I was focusing my concentration on her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Mother Wants You to Stop Throwing Sand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Passive Aggressive Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent trip to the playground, two kids were throwing sand down two side by side metal slides because the dust made them slide down faster. Their younger sibling was standing at the bottom of the slides throwing sand on the slide and everything else her path. My timid daughter wanted to use the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disciplining Other People’s Children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disciplining Other People's Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Playground]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times Motherlode ran an interesting article about a common conflict on the playground. A two year old boy started kicking a three year old boy, presumably because he wanted to engage in him in play. The three year old used his words and asked him to stop as did the three year old’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Mother:You let your child climb trees at the park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comparison parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were at the park today enjoying the sunshine and my 3 year old decided to climb a tree. Soon his 5 year old sister and their friends joined them and were laughing with glee. I stood close enough by to help if anyone needed it but let them have their fun. Two other children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your kid is making me nervous</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comparison parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Playground]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at the park with my then 2 year old.  He is an active kid and was in seventh heaven running through is usual obstacle course – the monkey bars from which he would intentionally drop to the ground several feet away, climbing up the upward spiral poll, then navigating across the bridge of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can my kid please have a turn on the swings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taking Turns:  Monopolizing the playground equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Playground]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Parenting is a constant exercise in patience.  That said, nothing makes me more impatient than politely waiting for a turn with the swings on the playground.  And waiting.  And waiting.  And 30 minutes later, still waiting. I honestly try to distract my little guy to other toys, to play iSpy, to sing a song, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop disciplining my child</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop disciplining my child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Playground]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a stranger who doesn’t discipline their own child, is when they discipline yours.  Elizabeth had just come back from a business trip and was feeling guilty for not spending time with her children.  It was raining, so she decided to take her 14 month old son and 3-1/2 old daughter [...]]]></description>
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