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	<title>Healthy and Green Living &#187; Healthy Schools</title>
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	<description>more than 4,000 ways to enhance your life</description>
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		<title>Tranquil Teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hall-Jackson</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Exercises]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Mind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every year at my children’s school, parents get to describe the classroom they want their children to be in the following year in order to have a say in the child’s placement.  Every year on my forms, amongst other details specific to each child, I write, “No screaming.”
Who wants their kid to have a screaming [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-dark-truth-about-fluoride-part-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General Health]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[fluoride toxicity]]></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>Ask the Loveologist: How Do I Talk to My Kid About Hooking Up?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/ask-the-loveologist-how-do-i-talk-to-my-kid-about-hooking-up.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/ask-the-loveologist-how-do-i-talk-to-my-kid-about-hooking-up.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Strgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Love &amp; Relationships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Relationships &amp; Sexuality]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[When I ask my teenagers about dating, they roll their eyes at me, telling me how old-school  dating is. They tell me that no one dates anymore and that everyone hooks up. Is there any danger in this new trend and is there anything a parent can do or say about it?
The more things change, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Hooked: Why Dating Among Teenagers is Just So Dated</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/getting-hooked-why-dating-among-teenagers-is-just-so-dated.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/getting-hooked-why-dating-among-teenagers-is-just-so-dated.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Schools]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Relationships &amp; Sexuality]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[At the moment you read these very words, teenagers and young adults across the country are having sex (hopefully not with one another). This fact is undeniable, and there is not much any one person could do about it, unless of course you happen to be one of them. Parents have been concerned and fretting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay as the School Day is Long: Teen Sexuality on School Time</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/gay-as-the-school-day-is-long-teen-sexuality-on-school-time.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/gay-as-the-school-day-is-long-teen-sexuality-on-school-time.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Schools]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[gay straight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a high school student in the late 1980s, there was (what was then) a controversial move to create a gay and lesbian student group that would meet during school hours activating a sort of peer support. They were called &#8220;Project 13&#8243; and they had won the support of a handful of lesbian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers: Put Some Green in Your Lesson Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/teachers-put-some-green-in-your-lesson-plans.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/teachers-put-some-green-in-your-lesson-plans.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Planet Green</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green 101]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lesson plans]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Standard reading, writing, and arithmetic lessons may still make up the bulk of the lessons at most schools, but there&#8217;s still plenty of room to incorporate lessons on the environment, sustainability, and green living. Whether you&#8217;re a motivated student, an involved parent, or a forward-thinking teacher, put these projects on your to-do list to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Gets to Decide What You Learn?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/who-gets-to-decide-what-you-learn-questioning-the-traditional-school-system.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/who-gets-to-decide-what-you-learn-questioning-the-traditional-school-system.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Ode magazine</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[compulsory learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ My son and I went for a walk tonight and he told me one of his schooled friends asked if he had ever done a math worksheet. My son told him no, why would I need to do that? I do math in my life all the time, but I don&#8217;t need to prove [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got School Milk?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/got-school-milk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/got-school-milk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hall-Jackson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<category><![CDATA[school lunch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With fondness, I can remember my early elementary school days and the pride of being &#8220;milk monitor&#8221;, which meant I got to go to the cafeteria and pick up the small cartons of milk my classmates and I would enjoy during lunchtime.  Seems pretty innocent and wholesome, but, unfortunately, most school milk isn&#8217;t.
It is probable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School Lunches: The Easy, Green and Healthy Way</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/school-lunches-the-easy-green-and-healthy-way.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/school-lunches-the-easy-green-and-healthy-way.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Rodale.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food &amp; Recipes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[school lunches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back-to-school is a great time to learn to pack a healthy school lunch and easy on-the-go snacks. And to save money, and cut down on the amount of lunch waste you—and your kids—send to the landfill. Unless you&#8217;re way more organized in the morning than I am, the trick is to spend a little time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Drop Off: Letting Your Children Go&#8230;To School</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-drop-off-letting-your-children-goto-school.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-drop-off-letting-your-children-goto-school.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Schools]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[phase in]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[separation anxiety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an embarrassing, but absolutely genuine, story. When I was 12 I had exhausted the educational possibilities of my quaint and comfortable elementary school and had to move up to the rank of junior high school. As I am sure all children who have gone through this transition feel, I felt a caustic mixture [...]]]></description>
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