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		<title>Powering Kids Up</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/09/03/lisa/powering-kids-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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If you want your child to stay calm and focused as they begin the new school year this fall, make sure they eat a quality breakfast including protein and quality carbohydrates, says a nutrition expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
We all know that eating something in the morning is essential, but what exactly and how can we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dad&#8217;s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan &#8211; A Story of Giving</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/31/bruce/a-dads-point-of-view-by-bruce-sallan-a-story-of-giving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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                 You Always Get More When You Give&#8211;A Story of Giving
I’ve learned repeatedly in my life that whenever I give to the world, whether by direct action or donations, I get back so much more than the effort or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the day: Do Whats Best For Your Children</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/31/bill/tip-of-the-day-do-whats-best-for-your-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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Here is another tip from my new book “Kickin’ Butt as a Single Parent – 99 Tips That Every Single Parent Must Have”. Now when I mention every single parent I don’t mean “single” as in sole parent, I mean tips for every parent. If you like the tips then please let all of your fellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to school college parties bring out more than just friends.</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/30/patrick/back-to-school-college-parties-bring-out-more-than-just-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Back to school college parties bring out more than just friends.
So my daughter went packing off to college for her third year.  Seems that last weekend, they had a back to school party at their apartment and lo and behold some &#8220;friend&#8221; of a friend walked off with her laptop computer.
Man, how I wish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dad&#8217;s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan &#8211; Fact: Second Marriages ARE Harder</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/30/bruce/a-dads-point-of-view-by-bruce-sallan-fact-second-marriages-are-harder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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One might think that second marriages would be easier and succeed more often than first marriages. At least that might be a first instinctual reaction. But, on reflection and upon learning the statistics, it becomes clear why second (and third, fourth, and more) marriages are actually harder. 
First, let’s cite the statistics.  I don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Your Car Through The Rear View Mirror</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/26/bill/driving-your-car-through-the-rear-view-mirror/</link>
		<comments>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/26/bill/driving-your-car-through-the-rear-view-mirror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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When I was much younger I seemed to have a bit of a problem avoiding the other cars. I have scratched, dented, totaled and smashed more cars than a demolition derby driver. My dad would always say that if I was in Patton’s Tank Brigade we would have lost the war. It is only through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get organized for the school year</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/25/tracy/get-organized-for-the-school-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/25/tracy/get-organized-for-the-school-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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Can you guess the three words that bring parents so much joy and so much stress at the same time?  Back to school.  Every parent knows that the start of the school year means their kids won’t be in their hair as much but along with that life becomes much more chaotic.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give Yourself Some Credit by Bill McLeod</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/24/bill/give-yourself-some-credit-by-bill-mcleod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/24/bill/give-yourself-some-credit-by-bill-mcleod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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Over the past few years I have talked about my experiences with raising children as a single dad. People ask me all the time “how do you do it”, to which I respond “I just do it”. Really when you think about it, we all have some sort of experiences from our childhood that we can draw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons in the Roger Clemens&#8217; Tragedy</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/23/patrick/lessons-in-the-roger-clemens-tragedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/23/patrick/lessons-in-the-roger-clemens-tragedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Lessons in the Roger Clemens&#8217; Tragedy
So, to listen to the radio and sporting news this  weekend and hear that Rusty Hardin, the attorney defending Roger Clemens in against his congressional indictment;  it seems that an adamant defense is proof of innocence.
Hardin said something to the effect that the sheer tenacity with which Clemens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Husband&#8217;s Favorite Sweatshirt</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/23/michele/my-husbands-favorite-sweatshirt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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For the first few weeks after Phil&#8217;s death anything that had touched his body was sacred. His shoes were sitting where he last left them, his lunchbox remained on top of the refrigerator, and his toothbrush was standing next to mine in the holder. One day I found an eyelash of his and pressed it [...]]]></description>
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