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		<title>REPLAY CHAT: Budgeting and finances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Budgeting is a challenge for many in Eastern Iowa, with continued concerns over unemployment, rising costs for basic needs and the demands of modern technology.
Many families are feeling the pinch as well, particularly with the start of the school year and the costs of college education.
Parenting Ain’t Easy hosted a live chat Friday regarding finances [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/26/live-chat-budgeting-and-finances-noon-friday/</link>
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		<title>Bringing frugality to the family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anne-Marie Faiola  remembers resenting working in her mom&#8217;s garden as a teenager while her  friends were out having a good time. But if she wanted spending money,  she had to work for it. She also recalls grousing about how she had to pick an economical prom dress, while they could get any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/20/bringing-frugality-to-the-family/</link>
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		<title>REPLAY LIVE CHAT: Getting back into the school routine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We hosted a live chat today on getting your kids into the school routine.
Whether they’re starting school for the first time or returning to classes, it can be challenging to establish strict times for studying, sleeping and more.
Valerie Dolezal, principal at Grant Early Childhood Center in Cedar Rapids, will offer advice to parents during this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/18/live-chat-1230-p-m-thursday-getting-back-into-the-school-routine/</link>
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		<title>Study: Puberty starting earlier for many girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They may come to their physical exams a little self-conscious. Their mothers, though, can be more than a little concerned.
Some young girls, barely into grade school, are showing the first signs of puberty. A study published this week in the journal Pediatrics finds that these early maturers are far more common now than just a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/10/study-puberty-starting-earlier-for-many-girls/</link>
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		<title>Gisele Bundchen&#8217;s breastfeeding stand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen roiled the blogosphere this week when, in an interview with the U.K. Harpers Bazaar, she suggested that all new mothers should breastfeed their children for the first six months of life.
In the interview, which hit newsstands earlier this week, Bundchen declared, &#8220;There should be a worldwide law, in my  opinion, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/06/gisele-bundchens-breastfeeding-stand/</link>
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		<title>School supplies take big chunk from parents&#8217; wallets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Felder loved shopping for school supplies — when she wasn’t buying.
“I remember being excited about buying all of that stuff, but I wasn’t really paying for it,” she said.
Now the mother of a kindergarten student at Coggon Elementary School,  Felder is experiencing the sticker shock that can come with a new  school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/06/school-supplies-take-big-chunk-from-parents-wallets/</link>
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		<title>REPLAY: Live chat on traveling with kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family road trips and vacations can create some enduring memories for both parents and children, but the experience can be full of challenges as well. Boredom can set in early for kids accustomed to electronic entertainment, and hours of close proximity in a car can lead to squabbles that threaten the fun factor of any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/05/live-chat-noon-today-tips-on-traveling-with-kids/</link>
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		<title>REPLAY CHAT: What you need to know about immunizations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August is always a busy time for immunizations. Children are going back to school or daycare and are getting their immunizations updated.  Also, the  flu season will be here before we know it.
Diana Stahle, Teresa Krone, and Lori Smith, Linn County Public Health nursing staff, took questions from Parenting Ain&#8217;t Easy users from 11 a.m. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/04/live-chat-what-you-need-to-know-about-immunizations-11-a-m-wednesday/</link>
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		<title>Foreign adoption issues leave some couples in limbo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The photos are poignant, sometimes goofy: little Noah with a purple plastic ring on his head, tearing up at his first haircut or splashing in a baby pool. Then there is the video of a father twirling his son through the air, both giggling uproariously.
The website is called &#8220;Becky &#38; Jeremy&#8217;s Exciting Adoption Adventure,&#8221; created [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/03/foreign-adoption-issues-leave-some-couples-in-limbo/</link>
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		<title>New fraud scheme targets kids&#8217; Social Security numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest form of identity theft doesn&#8217;t depend on stealing your  Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid&#8217;s number long  before the little one even has a bank account.
Hundreds of online  businesses are using computers to find dormant Social Security numbers —  usually those assigned to children who don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://parentingainteasy.com/2010/08/02/newest-fraud-scheme-targets-kids-social-security-numbers/</link>
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