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		<title>All Joy, No Fun?</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/07/21/all-joy-no-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend posted yet another writeup on the &#8220;childfree argument&#8221; and the trials and tribulations of Parenthood:
An extremely well-written overview of recent studies showing how and why the fun has gone out of parenthood:
All Joy and No Fun
Why is this important to the childfree by choice? Well, the next time someone says, “You’ll regret [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency Child Care</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/06/27/emergency-child-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently discovered a very useful parenting resource called KidsHealth which offers tons of tips and writeups on topics concerning kids and parenting.  One such example is their fine collection of Emergency Child Care sheets that you can readily print out and use:
It&#8217;s practically impossible to parent a child from infancy to adolescence without encountering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Being ChildFree</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/06/02/on-being-childfree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/?p=702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A good friend recently introduced me to a fantastic site &#8220;on being child-free&#8220;.  Frankly, up until a few weeks ago, I hadn&#8217;t even heard of the phrase!  I&#8217;m a parent of two adorable children, and have a number of friends who aren&#8217;t married, and don&#8217;t have kids yet.  But, I&#8217;ve never thought of them as having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Tough Questions</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/05/14/three-tough-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 16:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the stuff they churn out at HowStuffWorks, especially because they cover so much of Science and Technology.  Therefore, even I was surprised to read this, recently:
Over the years, you give your child a great deal of information in answer to his questions both trivial and serious. Some of your answers are very brief, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Self Esteem</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/03/06/building-self-esteem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babycenter posted an excellent article on &#8220;Ten ways to build your child&#8217;s self-esteem&#8221; in which it detailed simple strategies that each of us can use to boost our child&#8217;s confidence. 
The suggestions ranged from giving unconditional love to supporting healthy risks.  What I found most noteworthy, however, was how the writeup distinguished between &#8220;Praise&#8221; and &#8220;Encouragement&#8221;:
Provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting the Homemaker</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2010/02/25/supporting-the-homemaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one is about how to be a good partner to your stay-at-home spouse.  Steve at BripBlap has posted an excellent writeup on the subject that covers his ten tips on what you can do.  It not only includes a simple explanation of what each suggestion refers to, but also deals with the problems that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safe Surfing</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/11/09/safe-surfing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A series of links led me to an excellent writeup on Komando.com listing the 10 Commandments for Kids Online.  Here are just a few&#8230;
I will not try to win free things or buy things on the Internet without my parents’ permission. If I get a message that I won something, I will show it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangers of Praise</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/10/26/dangers-of-praise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A remarkable article in the New York Times expounds the Power and Perils of praising your kids.  If you have children, you simply cannot afford to ignore this finding&#8230;
Offering praise has become a sort of panacea for the anxieties of modern parenting. Out of our children’s lives from breakfast to dinner, we turn it up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Photograph Children</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/08/16/how-to-photograph-children/</link>
		<comments>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/08/16/how-to-photograph-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Better Parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://papabachwani.wordpress.com/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a parent, you most likely spend more than 80% of your memory card (or film!) photographing your children.  As a photography and parenting enthusiast, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you some helpful advice on making the most of this pursuit.
For the more technically inclined, there are lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the Education System</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/06/19/changing-the-education-system/</link>
		<comments>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2009/06/19/changing-the-education-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Rajesh Jain in a post entitled &#8216;Rethinking Education&#8216; blogged about the various approaches towards changing the prevalent Education system in India, and about his own thoughts on what&#8217;s needed:
One approach is to work within the current system and see what best can be done. It assumes that the legacy that exists will [...]]]></description>
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