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		<title>Have Your Cake and (Not) Eat It, Too</title>
		<link>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/family-matters/have-your-cake-and-not-eat-it-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>naomi panzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corrupting our Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>

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Every February when we visit my snowbirding parents in Florida, we celebrate my daughter’s March birthday. It’s a win-win for everyone: my parents don’t feel guilty for missing her actual party, and my daughter gets to celebrate her birthday twice.
So the birthday girl and my mother bake a lopsided, four-layer Duncan Hines tower and decorate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Say NO</title>
		<link>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/conflict-with-friends/just-say-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blame Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conflict with Friends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ We have a friend who can’t say no.  Candy for breakfast?  Well, just this once.  One more T.V. program?  Sure.  Two more?  Oh, all right.  A new toy?  If you finish your dinner.
Constantly saying “no” to our kids can be exhausting.   Most of us pick our battles and give in on occasion. The problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No good deed goes unpunished</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Too much of a good thing -- Family vacations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family vacations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mommy manners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ On vacation, I noticed an awesome mom sheparding five kids between the pool and the beach and back again all day long.  She was totally on it.  Strict, but efficient. 
At the end of the day, when she was disciplining the youngest one, another mother approached her and started throwing a fit.  It turns out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diagnosing Developmental Delays in Other People’s Children</title>
		<link>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/conflict-with-friends/diagnosing-developmental-delays-in-other-people%e2%80%99s-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/conflict-with-friends/diagnosing-developmental-delays-in-other-people%e2%80%99s-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflict with Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judgement Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developmental delays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to ruin a friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jodi sternoff cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mommy manners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my mommy manners]]></category>
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We all love our friends and want to be there for them.  Sometimes this can take the form of feeling it is our duty to tell them if we observe concerning behavior in their child – like walking on tip toes, or avoiding eye contact or lack of impulse control.
We somehow fear that they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Mother:You let your child climb trees at the park</title>
		<link>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/the-playground/bad-motheryou-let-your-child-climb-trees-at-the-park/</link>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[The Playground]]></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>Is it ever ok to tell another mom that something is wrong with her parenting?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/conflict-with-friends/is-it-ever-ok-to-tell-another-mom-that-something-is-wrong-with-her-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>naomi panzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflict with Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judgement Days]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
If your friend doesn&#8217;t ask, is it your place to tell her parenting or her child need improvement?
Most of the stories we have heard on this topic, do not have happy endings.  Take, for example, our friend Mindy who was devastated when her old friend Jessica gave her an earful about her son, Kyle. 
The two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be careful about over-sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflict with Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judgement Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jodi sternoff cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
When we have a bad day or a bad parenting moment, many of us share it with our friends.  We regale them in our worst moments to vent, get it off our chest and have someone tell us that it really isn’t that bad.
But we forget that those intimate details can linger in our friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Different values</title>
		<link>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/different-parenting-styles/different-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Different Parenting Styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=375</guid>
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Most of the parents I meet value honesty and integrity and teach these same values to their children.  As a result, I am always somewhat taken aback other parents do not live up to what I consider to be basic moral standards.
I recently had one such awkward experience selling a used car seat via my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you need to invite everyone to the birthday party?</title>
		<link>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/preschool/do-you-need-to-invite-everyone-to-the-birthday-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/preschool/do-you-need-to-invite-everyone-to-the-birthday-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthday party politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/?p=370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
The preschool that my daughter attended for three years had a rule that if you invited any kids from the class, you need to invite the entire class.  So from age two on, her birthday parties accommodated 20+ kids.  Still, the policy seemed reasonable so I never thought to question it.  Until we switched preschools.
My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gossip… Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?</title>
		<link>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/preschool/gossip%e2%80%a6-is-it-kind-is-it-true-is-it-necessary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mymommymanners.com/blog/preschool/gossip%e2%80%a6-is-it-kind-is-it-true-is-it-necessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gossip Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool]]></category>

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The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article today on gossip and the efforts to teach kids to ask themselves: &#8220;Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?&#8221; before they say something to or about someone else. It’s certainly a practice that we parents can take to heart as well.
After all, how can we [...]]]></description>
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