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		<title>My teacher told.</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2010/03/11/my-teacher-told/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mam told.. My teacher told.. 
I am forced to hear this statement every so often in various tones, context and decibel levels that it has now become synonymous with noise. D considers her mother, that is me   ,  the best in the whole world, just like any other kid. But when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smile Please!</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2010/01/27/smile-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday night, D wanted a new real story to be told, real like in Greg Mortenson uncle&#8217;s school stories (Three cups of tea). The father surrenders to the request and barely manages to keep his eyes open while churning out some African on-the-spot tale set in Serengeti. They ended up into an argument over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From one child to another</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/25/from-one-child-to-another/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The newest thought process in D&#8217;s world has been &#8220;poor&#8221;, &#8220;why some people are poor&#8221;, &#8220;why they don&#8217;t have money&#8221;, &#8220;their mother and father don&#8217;t work?&#8221;, &#8220;poor people are bad or good people&#8221; and the likes. I have been trying to explain this to her without labeling a class of people as &#8220;poor&#8221;, and trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Idiot Box Substituted</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/13/the-idiot-box-substituted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we moved to Bangalore less than a year back, the husband was pretty adamant on not buying the TV. The LH is a man of his own values, and adheres to them earnestly, no matter what the world makes of him. Me, on the other hand, lives by the rules, likes moderation and believes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life, Old Age, Staying Fit and the Likes</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/09/06/life-old-age-staying-fit-and-the-likes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It makes me wonder if it is typical of a 4-6 year old, to show interest in topics related to life, death and spirituality. I have read at least 5 blogs related to this topic in the past month, all of them having kids in this age group. The email newsletter from babycenter few weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Kid is the Best, No?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in January, we had a parent-teacher meeting at D&#8217;s school. The meeting was organized in to 15 minute slots. The teacher -K, was talking to this parent, while I was waiting for my turn. K was telling this parent that their daughter was an all-rounder. That there isn&#8217;t a single change she wants in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Schools Kill Creativity?</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2009/05/19/do-schools-kill-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 18:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stumbled upon this video. A lot of what Ken Robinson says makes absolute sense. I am not the creative kind, I am very much a left brained person. So, I cannot relate too much to the thought of having schools teach dance as a mandatory subject just like math and language. But living with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking for Kids</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2008/07/16/social-networking-for-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 12 year old niece sends me a message on skype asking me to sign up on Toondoo. When I ask her what this site is about, she says it&#8217;s a social networking site to create, share and discus comic strips. Create? Share? Discuss? At 12 years of age? I was tempted to lecture her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Countdown Begins</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2008/07/14/the-countdown-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[! E-Ticket in hand ! ! Household sale bohni this Saturday ! 
&#160;
No matter from which angle I look at it, zoom in, zoom out, flip or rotate. It speaks out loud, it is very much a non-refundable, non-transferable ONE-WAY ticket! Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I am super excited and looking forward to the move, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consistency is key to success</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2008/06/02/consistency-is-key-to-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sameer Mishra, a 13 year old Indian American from Indiana wins the Spelling Bee competition this year. His winning word was &#8216;Guerdon&#8217;, which means &#8217;something that one has earned or gained&#8217;. The second place went to another 12 year old Indian American, Sidharth Chand from Michigan.

What intrigued me to write this post is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A regular trip to the park</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2008/05/29/a-regular-trip-to-the-park/</link>
		<comments>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2008/05/29/a-regular-trip-to-the-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 18:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often stop by the park on the way back from D&#8217;s school. The kids enjoy and it&#8217;s a lot easier to get  the evening fruit down their throat. D is happily running around, Dlittle walks cluelessly here and there, looking out for anything interesting on the ground that can make way to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, you forgot my seat belt! Mumma!</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2007/12/18/oh-you-forgot-my-seat-belt-mumma/</link>
		<comments>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2007/12/18/oh-you-forgot-my-seat-belt-mumma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like every other week day, I put Dlittle in the car seat and drove to D&#8217;s school to pick her up. I think it was a Thursday, not too sure. D hadn&#8217;t eaten lunch properly 2 out of the previous days. I was at the peak of anger, talking to myself while driving. That, this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Internet age kids</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2007/10/16/internet-age-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2007/10/16/internet-age-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids are getting tech savvy at very early age and the average age of electronics usage has declined from 8.1 to 6.7% in the last 2 years.
 “Kids are drawn to the latest and greatest digital devices just as their parents are,” said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. “They appear to have no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solace in blogging</title>
		<link>http://penningmythoughts.com/ddmomsweblog/2007/07/02/solace-in-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DDmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Started this post few days back in response to noon&#8217;s post.
&#8212;&#8211;
Thursday night: 10:30 PM
Just yesterday night I posted about the two sisters, how much joy they bring in my life and how I could watch them for hours with a smile. The joy part still holds good, but as of today I am not sure [...]]]></description>
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