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		<title>Homecoming memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody cares if you can&#8217;t dance well.  Just get up and dance.&#8221;  ~Dave Barry My son Nate is 25 now, and past the stage of high school homecoming dances. But this week, some of my neighbors are gearing up for this sweet tradition, and I remembered this essay from my book, Writing Home. Happy news: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting advice</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard.&#8221; ~Sloan Wilson Note: This essay was published earlier this year (&#8220;A New Season of Parenting&#8221;) in Metro Parent magazine. It was written especially for friends whose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now on the stands</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my son was growing up, I wrote pieces for parenting magazines, including Detroit&#8217;s own MetroParent. Now that I&#8217;m an empty nester, I&#8217;ve naturally moved on to other topics. But I was honored last year when the managing editor of MetroParent invited me to submit an essay on preparing for a new season of parenthood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School bus blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[âIt will be hard watching her get on that bus for the first time,â my friend Jen (not her real name) confides. Jen&#8217;s firstborn starts kindergarten this week.Â  She and her adorable daughter have purchased all the necessary school supplies, including a new lunch box and a coveted neon-pink backpack from Target. &#8220;I&#8217;m just not [...]]]></description>
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