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		<title>Teachable Moments</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2010/03/03/teachable-moments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coping strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The post this week is a little delayed as I&#8217;m recovering from a 3-day power outage here in the Northeast.  As is typically the case with any crisis or loss, this event presented an abundance of opportunities for personal growth as well as teachable moments to benefit our children.
There are distinct differences in the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show Yourself the Love!</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2010/02/12/show-yourself-the-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it okay to love yourself?  You bet!  Then why do we often equate self-love with vanity?   Why is it that many girls and women acquire the habit of treating others with more love and kindness than themselves?
 Denying ourselves the love that we need is a form of self-neglect &#8211; anorexia of the heart.  Starved for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can I Help?</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2010/01/19/how-can-i-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night my family and I arrived home from a long weekend away and were greeted by a disaster.  A water pipe had burst, destroying an entire section of the house.  Compared to the current devastation in Haiti from an earthquake, our losses are barely worth mentioning.  However, there are common lessons to be learned from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avatar: &#8220;I See You&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2010/01/10/avatar-i-see-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I saw Avatar &#8211; one of the most expensive movies ever made.  I expected to be &#8216;wowed.&#8217;  And I was.  It&#8217;s hard not to be when you watch a 3D IMAX film.  But it wasn&#8217;t the drama and cinematography that impressed me the most.  It was the messages contained within.
Without going into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Good At?</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/10/26/what-are-you-good-at/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something To Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preteens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you ask a class full of Kindergarten students, &#8220;How many of you can draw?&#8221;, they will all raise their hands.  If you ask the same question to a 7th grade class, you may get one or two affirmative responses.  If everyone could draw at 5 years old, why are they unable to draw at 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is the Most Beautiful Thing You Witnessed Today?</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/09/16/what-is-the-most-beautiful-thing-you-witnessed-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you ask tweens this question, they&#8217;re likely to hesitate before they answer.  Most tweens don&#8217;t measure their daily experiences in terms of beauty.  If an answer does surface, chances are, it will entail a description of a flower, a rainbow, a cloud, or some other object that encompasses a child&#8217;s primitive definition of beauty.
Parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO do you want to be?</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/09/04/who-do-you-want-to-be/</link>
		<comments>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/09/04/who-do-you-want-to-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-esteem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adults have the ugly habit of casting  predictions on a child&#8217;s future.  They playfully ask, &#8220;What do you want to be when you grow up?&#8221;, without intending to give any merit to the answer.  Why would they?  We all know from our own experience as children that it&#8217;s just a rhetorical question.
When we&#8217;re not asking children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloom Wherever You&#8217;re Planted</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/08/03/bloom-wherever-youre-planted/</link>
		<comments>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/08/03/bloom-wherever-youre-planted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something To Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positive mental attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-worth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tenacity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daylillies are my favorite flower.  Not because I like how they look.  It&#8217;s their resiliency that I admire most.  You just can&#8217;t kill them!  For a brown thumb like me, that&#8217;s an important quality in a flower.  The first time I tried to divide a mass of daylillies in my yard, I had to bludgeon the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you were a Star Wars character, which one would you be?</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/07/27/if-you-were-a-star-wars-character-which-one-would-you-be/</link>
		<comments>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/07/27/if-you-were-a-star-wars-character-which-one-would-you-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Something To Think About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner strength]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-concept]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[      I asked this question to my tween son in an attempt to relate to his current interests.  My reward for asking was more valuable than I could have guessed.
His reply was, “Hans Solo, Chewbacca, or Yoda.”  The explanation for his choices was that all three characters were “laid back.”  BINGO!  My son was recognizing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is your hero?</title>
		<link>http://tweenyouandmebook.com/2009/07/21/who-is-your-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a question asked repeatedly of students.  Why?  Because it exposes a person’s values.  Heros are simply magnified examples of personal success.  Generally, students will choose a person of great fame and fortune simply because of their visibility.  Try following up this question with another:  “What personal strengths make this person a hero?  What [...]]]></description>
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