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		<title>Your Children Are Masterpeices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He was standing in front of the room, drawing. Big, sweeping strokes with different colored chalk&#8212;back to the audience, not caring what we thought. He didn’t seem to think much, just stared at the canvas for a few seconds, and then went to work. First came the broad stokes of pink and yellow and blue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing With Your Kids: Infancy To Age Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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Kids Are From Krypton, Parents Are From Pluto Radio Series update July 15, 2010: The key to playing with your kids is to provide toys and activities that meet their developmental level. Kids can play with the same toys for many months, playing with them in different ways as they reach new developmental stages. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing With Your Kids&#8212;Ages 6 And Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids are from Krypton; Parents are from Pluto Radio series update July 8: As you know by now, (or read below) I am a great promoter of playing games with your kids at any age.  Last week’s show focused on the tremendous benefits of playing Candyland with your little ones.  Although this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing With Your Kids&#8212;Through Various Ages And Stages</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids are from Krypton; Parents are from Pluto  Radio Series Update July 1: Games provide great ways to build various kinds of skills.  They fall into a number of different areas, including:  cognitive development, motor coordination and development of values, morals and self-control. Cognitive development via games begins with the simple learning, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Nurturing Your Children&#8217;s Dreams?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the American Idol 2010 has been revealed!  For those of you who are not familiar with this show, it is a vocal talent show to choose the most talented singer in America.  To the winner goes a million dollar music contract and international exposure.

Starting out with about 10,000 hopefuls, the top 24 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Spank Or Not To Spank&#8211;That Is The Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard this old Mother Goose rhyme:
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so many children she didn&#8217;t know what to do.
She gave them some broth without any bread,
Then whipped them all soundly
And put them to bed. 
Here’s a kinder, gentler alternative of &#8220;Old Woman In A Shoe&#8221; from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Teens A Chance: Is Curvy The New Skinny?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thin is not in at Paris Fashion Week (as seen on &#8216;omg! from Yahoo&#8217;)
After many years of international criticism over the apparent unhealthiness of the skinny models chosen to walk the runways at the fashion world&#8217;s most elite shows in New York, Milan, and Paris, designers seem to finally be coming around to the idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Drive Time Special</title>
		<link>http://www.betterparentinginstitute.com/Better-Parenting/parenting-child-raising-skills/make-drive-time-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing yesterday’s discussion of where and when to have conversations with your kids:

My favorite time is driving in the car&#8230;home from school, on the way to a sports practice, going grocery shopping.  It really doesn’t matter.  This is a wonderful opportunity to talk with your children.  You have a captive audience!
I know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Dinner Conversation</title>
		<link>http://www.betterparentinginstitute.com/Better-Parenting/parenting-child-raising-skills/the-importance-of-dinner-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.betterparentinginstitute.com/Better-Parenting/parenting-child-raising-skills/the-importance-of-dinner-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radio show update: Today we wrapped up the communication topic on my radio series, discussing some of the times, places and methods of talking with your kids.  Dinner time as a family can be a wonderful time for everyone to share about their day, or anything else they might want to talk about.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Kids Would Tell You&#8230;If Only You&#8217;d Ask!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Vicki Panaccione</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radio series update:  What Kids Would Tell You&#8230;If Only You&#8217;d Ask! This week, we explored conversations you don’t need to have with your kids! Think about this: When’s the last time you had a conversation with your kids?  I don’t mean, “How was school?” or “What do you have for homework?” or “Did [...]]]></description>
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