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		<title>Family Matters: How Moms Find Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling out of balance? You're not alone. See if other women's tips and advice can help you out.

The phrase, "balancing motherhood" is tossed around a lot these days, but it can mean many things to many people. The word “balance” can refer to how we parent, how we organize our time, how we organize and schedule our kids time as well as how we juggle taking care of ourselves and our partners.]]></description>
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		<title>Family Matters: Planning for Summer Camps + Childcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it's a fun summer camp at a farm or increasing childcare, now's the time to make plans for long days of no school.

Have you finalized what you will do with the kids this summer or are you still making plans?

Summer options for children include: go to summer camp; continue the year-round childcare/daycare they already have; hire a nanny, au pair or babysitter; join a swim club with a babysitter; spend time with grandparents; or swap childcare with friends.

Which one of these ideas or combination works best for your family will depend on your child’s personality, your work schedule, and your budget. Here is a list of helpful suggestions to make this process a bit easier:]]></description>
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		<title>Can New Moms Find Balance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RI New Moms</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kristen Kardos

With the Kidoinfo Evening of “Balancing Motherhood” just around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about this topic…eager to hear what other women will say.  I find it so helpful to discuss issues with other women going through the same things (hence the birth of Rhode Island New Moms Connection); I love exchanging ideas and learning from others.  Feeling so connected to this topic, I thought I’d share some ideas that I discuss with women in new moms groups…strategies that may help new moms find some balance.]]></description>
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		<title>Home Work: Kathy McGuigan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We love getting to know parents in our community. In our Home Work series, we ask moms and dads how they juggle their work while raising kids, hoping to get some insight on how to better balance our own work/playtime while being introduced to our neighbors and their cool businesses. Today, meet Kathy McGuigan — social worker and co-founder of Rhode Island New Moms Connection.

Kathy McGuigan, MSW has been working with women and children for 16 years. As a social worker, she has provided services for women and children in a variety of settings including shelters, community health centers, and schools. ]]></description>
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		<title>Today’s Home Work: Grace Welch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We love getting to know parents in our community. In our Home Work series, we ask moms and dads how they juggle their work while raising kids, hoping to get some insight on how to better balance our own work/playtime while being introduced to our neighbors and their cool businesses. Today, meet Grace Welch is founder and president of patemm inc in Providence, Rhode Island.]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Simply: Lessons from the morning news</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Abramson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[used to watch the morning news.  Every day would start with a strange, sensational mix of horror stories interspersed with complete fluff, repeated over and over again until I felt nothing but disgust.  Child abductions, pop stars, spousal abuse, fashion trends…ugh. If the morning news was any indicator, the times we live in seem pretty grim.

So one day I turned it off.  Click.  And I haven’t watched television news in about five years.]]></description>
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		<title>One Phone Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Gisone-Nicini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember sitting in the required parenting class at Women &#038; Infants Hospital when I was pregnant with my first child. The instructor talked about ways to reduce stress in our daily lives. They were common sense things, like sleep when the baby sleeps, take a hot shower, go for a walk, talk on the phone... Talk on the phone—that one seemed silly to me.  How does talking on the phone reduce stress?]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Simply:  Welcome Little Helpers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Abramson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughters are two and four, and even at these young ages I see how much they welcome some responsibility around the house, and how proud they are when they can accomplish “grown up” tasks.  Household chores provide a wonderful way for little ones to learn and practice new skills.  Parents may also find that they come to appreciate the task in a new way, as you start to view it as a learning tool.  

In my home, I’ve noticed how much smoother mealtimes are when I invite the children to help with some preparation and some clean up afterward.  In the morning, as I put their breakfasts on the table, I fill the sink with warm soapy water and set up a sturdy stool.]]></description>
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		<title>This I Believe: How Do I Raise Community-Minded Kids?</title>
		<link>http://kidoinfo.com/ri/this-i-believe-how-do-i-raise-community-minded-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://kidoinfo.com/ri/this-i-believe-how-do-i-raise-community-minded-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anisa Raoof</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My topics for Kidoinfo conversations stem from my own quest for answers and a curiosity of how other parents make their choices and find inspiration around a certain topic. Last spring I started with the question: How do we raise our children to be thinkers, doers and to care about the world around them?

I first thought and wrote about what I believe and then invited people to share their ideas and invited Kidoinfo readers and members of the community to join in the conversation on May 25, 2011. While planning for the event, I submitted my thoughts in the form of an essay to the This I Believe website. I was honored to learn last week that my essay, How Do I Raise Community-Minded Kids?, was accepted in the "This I Believe" online database. Read the full essay...]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Simply:  Love and Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Abramson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the busy-ness of life, we often move, move, move forward without noticing the time or the space or the feelings that we’re moving through.  But what happens when we stand still?  When we relax for a moment, and breathe, and notice what is happening around us while we stand still?  Everything changes.

One simple ritual that helps me is pausing in my day to express gratitude.  It can be as easy as pausing while I’m washing the dishes to look out the window and feel gratitude for the sky and the trees.  I breathe deeply, feel gratitude and then return to my chore.  But I am calmer and happier as I finish those dishes.]]></description>
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