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	<title>Healthy and Green Living &#187; Parenting at the Crossroads</title>
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		<title>Who Needs Santa Claus?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of Santa Claus keeps me up at night. Not because I, along with my more than eager son, am listening for the unlikely sound of reindeer hoofs on my worn out roof (personal note to Santa: if you do in fact exist, please don&#8217;t land your sleigh on the roof. I don&#8217;t think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Something, Give Nothing: The Simple Economics of Holiday Giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At this point in our collective consciousness, we all bemoan the crass consumerism that has become the dominant emphasis of the Christmas/Holiday season. Even the most chipper of Christmas boosters (the mistletoe-toting, eggnog-sipping, Santa-hat wearing, enthusiasts) will admit that Christmas has gotten away from us, and we have all drank the seasonal Kool-Aid when year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Testosterone Apron: Domineering Men Invade the Kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Really this is hardly news. Men (in the most general of terms) have been wandering into the kitchen, with a sense of distinct purpose and not just to raid the fridge, for a decade or more. What used to be a characteristically feminine arena, with technology and gadgetry marketed to simplify and ease the drudgery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the Gift: Holiday Consumer Frenzy Got You Down?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Holidays &amp; Gifts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parenting at the Crossroads]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christmas Shopping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[desire]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[holiday shopping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[toys]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zhu Zhu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year we had a bit of a reprieve, due to the global economic meltdown. But countless bailouts later, we are wallet-deep into Christmas toy hysteria fueled by media and a base reptilian desire to have, rather than have not. The toy on demand this Christmas (in case you are still revising your list) is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Fructose Corn Syrup: That Sweet, Sweet Bully</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/high-fructose-corn-syrup-that-sweet-sweet-bully.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/high-fructose-corn-syrup-that-sweet-sweet-bully.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Quick! What is wrong with nuclear power??! How about DDT??! Or vinyl off-gassing??! Well, your inability to respond quickly, succinctly and in a rapid-fire sound bite has just destroyed your credibility and rendered you ignorant and labeled you as a lefty-liberal whiner. Sorry, you lose!
This is the intended message of a crop of pro-HFCS (high-fructose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hang On to Your Tin Foil Hats: The Darker Truth About Fluoride</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-dark-truth-about-fluoride-part-2.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[General Health]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[water supply]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my first posting on fluoride from earlier in the week, I took a brief look at the common use of fluoride as an additive in toothpaste, as well as other commonly consumed products (soda, tea, and bottled beverages). I made it fairly clear that fluoride, while it is arguably effective in strengthening teeth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get On Your Tin Foil Hats: The Dark Truth About Fluoride</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-dark-truth-about-fluoride.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Go into your bathroom and grab any tube of toothpaste within reach. If it is a tube of fluoride toothpaste (as the vast majority are) it will, by law, have this warning printed somewhere on the tube: &#8220;If you accidentally swallow more than used for brushing, seek professional help or contact a poison control center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sit! Stay! Now Grow Up: Is Raising Children Anything Like Raising Dogs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[cesar millan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Soon after I graduated into parenthood, I found myself deep into casual party conversation with fellow parents about the vexing particulars of parenting. People (parents and strangers included) are rarely shy about dispensing the bit of wise parental advice, and this party was no exception. Beleaguered parents were brimming with tips and tricks as how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Ask Why? Children Asking the Same Question Over and Over Again</title>
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		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/why-ask-why-children-asking-the-same-question-over-and-over-again.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is so common that it makes you laugh to yourself when you witness it with another child, as I did the other night. I was in a restaurant with my son when I heard, coming from a neighboring table, a litany of &#8220;why&#8221; questions. These are often those meandering and tangential queries about anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Did We Get To Sesame Street?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-did-we-get-to-sesame-street.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I was in Washington DC, on some unrelated business, when Sesame Street came to town. In celebration of 40 years in broadcasting, the Sesame Street media frenzy landed squarely on the Washington DC mall in all of its feathered and tethered wonderfulness. Leading up to this rich pageant, I was repeatedly reminded [...]]]></description>
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