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		<title>Do Kids Need a Mom and a Dad? The University of Chicago biz school study</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/12/do-kids-need-a-mom-and-a-dad-the-university-of-chicago-biz-school-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I discussed a Life-Style Leftist blogman’s outraged response to a perfectly reasonable statement about a very sound study, and analyzed the rhetorical strategy of accusing your opponent of saying  something he didn’t say. In this post, I want to talk about the substance of the study, what it shows and what it doesn’t. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does raising kids decrease marital happiness?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/13/does-raising-kids-decrease-marital-happiness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/13/does-raising-kids-decrease-marital-happiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan In the last post on the new State of Our Unions (SOU) report from the National Marriage Project we read that “the benefits of generosity were particularly pronounced among couples with children”. Parents who were very generous with each other were more likely to be very happy as well. But there’s more. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To help kids, help their parents</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/25/to-help-kids-help-their-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan A leading British headmistress is worried that it is not just today&#8217;s schoolchildren who lack values and good standards of behaviour but also their parents. Dr Helen Wright, president of the Girls&#8217; Schools Association (GSA), does not blame the parents because she believes they themselves were failed by the education system at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I think it was love at first sight.</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/i-think-it-was-love-at-first-sight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/i-think-it-was-love-at-first-sight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was riding the ski lift with one of my pupils, a little girl of roughly seven years. She could not keep her eyes off me. I thought it was really sweet, having a crush on her teacher, as it were. When we reached the top and the ski lift stopped, she finally spoke to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I never should have had eight children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/22/why-i-never-should-have-had-eight-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/22/why-i-never-should-have-had-eight-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Leila Miller October 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; A few months back, I told my readers on my blog how to raise eight children without even trying. Today, I’m going to tell you why I never should have had eight children in the first place: had I listened to the devil and modern conventional wisdom, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, conscience… Hello? Are you in there?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/20/oh-conscience%e2%80%a6-hello-are-you-in-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/20/oh-conscience%e2%80%a6-hello-are-you-in-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the car the other day, my seven-year-old asked if she had a conscience.  I told her, “Yes,” and then slowly asked, “Why?” “Because,” she replied. “I wasn’t sure, so I decided to test it&#8230;&#8221; Keep reading.]]></description>
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		<title>Snappy Answers for Stupid Questions About Your Big Family</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/16/snappy-answers-for-stupid-questions-about-your-big-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/16/snappy-answers-for-stupid-questions-about-your-big-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Simcha Fisher Guess what? I’m having a baby. Yes, another baby. Why? Because once you find something you’re good at, you stick with it. Congratulations are welcome! Comments of “Die now, mindless breeder” will be dealt with appropriately. My baby, God willing, is not going anywhere, whether you approve of this pregnancy or not; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Experimentation the Real Issue in Stopping “Transsexual” Boy’s Puberty</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/08/human-experimentation-the-real-issue-in-stopping-%e2%80%9ctranssexual%e2%80%9d-boy%e2%80%99s-puberty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/08/human-experimentation-the-real-issue-in-stopping-%e2%80%9ctranssexual%e2%80%9d-boy%e2%80%99s-puberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Wesley J. Smith I have worried before that stopping the normal onset of puberty in boys who believe they are girls, is a form of human experimentation–and on children, no less. And now another case has surfaced of an 11-year-old boy who is being kept medically from entering puberty. From the story: The lesbian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One parent or five?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/07/one-parent-or-five/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan Most couples who marry, even today, probably intend to have one or two children at least. Marriage and the baby carriage (as family scholar Brad Wilcox likes to pair them) have always gone together. But this is not what is meant by the new catch-phrase “intentional parenthood”. A report out today (golly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awh, isn’t he a dear?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/06/awh-isn%e2%80%99t-he-a-dear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/06/awh-isn%e2%80%99t-he-a-dear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Parentingisfunny.wordpress.com. When my son was about 2 1/2, he became aware, from listening to his siblings or hearing things on TV, of what we call bad words, like “shut up”, “stupid,” and “jerk.”  So one day when we were in the check out line at the grocery store, Keep reading.]]></description>
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		<title>Kids want to hear about life and love from parents</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/04/kids-want-to-hear-about-life-and-love-from-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/04/kids-want-to-hear-about-life-and-love-from-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan There was an uproar in New Zealand recently about sex education when a father told the NZ Herald he had pulled his son out of sex education because the teacher had told his class that anal and oral sex were alternatives to intercourse and that it was okay to play with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t drink the Kool-Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/04/dont-drink-the-kool-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/04/dont-drink-the-kool-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Marcia Segelstein In the not too distant past, traditionalists theorized that when it came to raising children, the answer was to retreat from the world.  Use private or parochial schools.  Or even better, homeschool.  Raise up a generation of kids who would change the world by trying to raise them outside the world. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education isn&#8217;t what it used to be</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/28/education-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/28/education-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another installment from Parentingisfunny. When my daughter started first grade, I asked her if she was enjoying school. After her answer to the affirmative, I inquired what she liked most. “Recess” was her response. I pointed out that she has “recess” at home all the time, so why was that her favorite? Finally she declared: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey! Giving birth over here!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/19/hey-giving-birth-over-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s your second installment from the parentingisfunny.wordpress.com blog. When I was in labor at the hospital, O.J. Simpson was driving his white Bronco down a long stretch of highway, being chased by police cars and helicopters. Footage of this was on the TV in the delivery room. All the adults standing in the room were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fatherhood and biology</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/14/fatherhood-and-biology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/14/fatherhood-and-biology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan If you asked a normal father why he stayed around after his child was born he might be a bit offended, and then he might say that it was because he loved his child and its mother (his wife) and because, anyway, he is responsible, along with his wife, for the children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fathers&#8217; Presence Linked to Enhanced Intellect, Well-Being Among Children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/14/fathers-presence-linked-to-enhanced-intellect-well-being-among-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/14/fathers-presence-linked-to-enhanced-intellect-well-being-among-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2011) — Fathers who actively engage in raising their children can help make their offspring smarter and better behaved, according to new research from Concordia University. Published in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, the long-term study examined how fathers can positively influence the development of their kids through hands-on parenting. &#8220;Fathers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something light-hearted and funny for a change</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/13/something-light-hearted-and-funny-for-a-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/13/something-light-hearted-and-funny-for-a-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a week I&#8217;m going to be including a story from the &#8220;Parenting is Funny&#8221; blog. We&#8217;ll feature one here, but feel free to read more at the blog itself until you have your funny fix! (You can also subscribe to the blog and be emailed every time a new post goes up. That way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Nobody Gets Married Any More, Mister”</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/08/%e2%80%9cnobody-gets-married-any-more-mister%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/08/%e2%80%9cnobody-gets-married-any-more-mister%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An urban high school teacher in Connecticut talks about unwed motherhood, fatherlessness, and how it affects the kids in his classroom. by Gerry Garibaldi &#8230;Here’s my prediction: the money, the reforms, the gleaming porcelain, the hopeful rhetoric about saving our children—all of it will have a limited impact, at best, on most city schoolchildren. Urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California AB 889 &#8212; the State climbs further into your home</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/02/california-ab-889-the-state-climbs-further-into-your-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/02/california-ab-889-the-state-climbs-further-into-your-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics & Marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State should support families and better enable them to survive and thrive.  California, however, is once again making it difficult-to-impossible for families to care for their own members in their own homes.  AB 889 is expected to soon be on Governor Brown&#8216;s desk. &#160; If you hire someone to care for your children in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motherhood Is a Calling (And Where Your Children Rank)</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/19/motherhood-is-a-calling-and-where-your-children-rank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/19/motherhood-is-a-calling-and-where-your-children-rank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Rachel Jankovic A few years ago, when I just had four children and when the oldest was still three, I loaded them all up to go on a walk. After the final sippy cup had found a place and we were ready to go, my two-year-old turned to me and said, “Wow! You have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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