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	<title>aPARENTly Speaking &#187; Finances</title>
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		<title>ELMO, Grover &amp; the Recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling pinched by the current economy? Kids worried too? Then you may want to check out Sesame Street&#8217;s new hour-long special &#8220;Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times&#8221; on Sept. 9 at 8pm (Eastern and Pacific Time) on PBS. The show is hosted by Al Roker, Deborah Roberts and Elmo, and it features real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MORE Frugal Back-to-School Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, we featured some great, thrifty back-to-school shopping tips from the folks at Consumer Reports. Now, Parenting.com chimes in with a top ten ways to save pennies while buying endless glue sticks and pencil cases. All ten tips are terrific, but our favorite is this one: &#8220;Hold off buying trendier gear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TALKING Cash with Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it came midway through holiday shopping or just on an everyday supermarket trip, has there ever been a time when our kids didn&#8217;t pester us about wanting this or that treat? The current economic woes make that discussion all the more fraught, so we&#8217;ve been inundated with press releases from this or that expert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FORGET Lead Paint, Soaring Toy Prices to be the 2008 Horror</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And to think that last year, all we could think about was purging our toy boxes. Now comes a warning that strikes directly at the pocketbook. Toy retailers are anticipating a 15 percent hike on the price of playthings this fall. Not just swanky toy shops, either &#8211; we&#8217;re talking Toys R Us, K-B Toys, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAS TANK Angst</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie  Burrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s bad enough tanking up the car for our own carpools, but when you&#8217;ve got teenagers driving too, it starts to seem like you&#8217;re supporting the oil companies single-handedly. We&#8217;re finding the latest gas price increase particularly galling, since we paid $3.14 a gallon in Anaheim last week, and $3.59 at the corner gas station [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COUNTERPOINT: Working mom defends her bond with kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asoglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a full-time working parent since my daughter was 4-months-old, I know the challenges parents face when it comes to balancing work with bonding with their children. But I also know for a fact that it can be done very successfully if the working parents are willing to make a number of adjustments to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MISS SCHOOL MANNERS: Cash for college</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2007/09/05/miss-school-manners-cash-for-college/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asoglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Miss School Manners: My son is a freshman in college, attending school out of state (his choice, not mine). My daughter is a senior in high school, and at least for the moment, planning to stay in state. Next year, we will be shelling out for tuition, room and board and books &#8211; times [...]]]></description>
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