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		<title>Mealtime with Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from the Natural Foods blog -
The American Child&#8217;s Amazing Shrinking Palate by Anna Soref &#8211; 
It’s a scene from many an American dinner table: Mom and dad are enjoying typical dinner fare, say a piece of fish with rice and steamed green beans. At the same table, Brother and Sister are dipping chicken nuggets and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2010/01/mealtime-with-kids/</link>
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		<title>Christian Parenting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s issue of Christianity Today focused on raising children in a Christian household.  The articles are evangelical in their assumptions about faith, but they offer from good insights for all types of Christians.  Happy reading -
The Myth of the Perfect Parent
Spiritual Lives All Their Own
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		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2010/01/christian-parenting/</link>
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		<title>Back to School: Rethink Learning</title>
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As school ramps up again, discussions regarding how to improve our schools also get going.  No matter if you love public education or not, I think everyone agrees that the system could be better.  Be it entire schools that are failing, the emphasis on test scores over actual learning, or the elimination of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/09/back-to-school-rethink-learning/</link>
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		<title>Back to School: Hopes and Fears</title>
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By Bill Shiell
My greatest hopes, fears, etc. for the school year are related to the uninformed Christian parents who pull children out of public schools on faulty logic and reasoning. We are public school people, and we&#8217;re committed to the program here. We have a good school and a good school system. It&#8217;s not perfect, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/09/back-to-school-hopes-and-fears/</link>
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		<title>A Theology of the First Day of School</title>
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By Jim Vining
It is pretty easy to collect theology.
It is a bit more difficult to apply it.
Tuesday was one of those days when I had to remember what I say I believe. Tuesday was my son’s first day of school. Sure, he has been in pre-school for a dozen hours a week, but this is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/09/a-theology-of-the-first-day-of-school/</link>
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		<title>Back to School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; students are heading back to school.  While it was fun sending my husband back to school (seminary) last year, this year was the first time I have sent a child off to school.  Granted, Emma is only in a half-day three day a week preschool program, but it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/08/back-to-school/</link>
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		<title>Does Having Children Change our Perspective?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently cam across an article by Bryan Welch called Parenting Makes Environmentalism Personal.  In it he writes -
Before I had children, I felt I had engineered a secure little world for myself. I lived in a nice place. I had a few nice hobbies. My work was interesting. I could avoid, for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/07/does-having-children-change-our-perspective/</link>
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		<title>Honoring Parents and Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day, so I wanted to pose a question here about honoring one&#8217;s parents when it comes to faith.  I think many of us still believe that the commandment to honor one&#8217;s father and mother should be followed, at least to some extent.  Especially when it comes to young children, we expect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/06/honoring-parents-and-faith/</link>
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		<title>Laughing at Advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Vining

“I need to see that movie. It will make me laugh!” shouted my 5 year old son as we drove past a local movie theater.
My first thought, “Wow, he is a great reader!”
My second thought, “Wow, the advertisers already have him.”
I knew that it was time to act. It was time to defend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/06/laughing-at-advertising/</link>
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		<title>Girls in Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at one of the NPR blogs today, Linda Holmes had a great post titled &#8220;Dear Pixar, From all the girls with Band-aids on their knees.&#8221; In it she comments that although she loves their movies and the messages they portray, she would like it if for once a major cartoon was made about girls [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergingparents.com/2009/06/girls-in-movies/</link>
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