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		<title>Words Can Hurt</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2012/05/04/words-can-hurt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an excellent writeup I encountered via Facebook, a &#8216;team mom&#8217; writes about &#8220;5 Things Parents Shouldn&#8217;t Say to Their Kids&#8220;. The premise of the article is that the best of parents can do with some help and guidance on things to avoid saying to their children, because &#8220;how moms and dads communicate with their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post on Neeraj&#8217;s blog opens up an interesting debate on Identity &#8211; the issue of growing up in one country, migrating to another and rasing a child in a new culture&#8230; But what about my son? He’s not American. Unless I invest a lot of time explaining the very rich cultural intricacies of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidbits: Apr 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wonder Years]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Family Math One morning at breakfast, the conversation revolved around the upcoming summer holidays for the kids. I was also excited that I would get four days off from work in the coming week, thanks to a couple of holidays combined with the weekend. Here&#8217;s what happened next&#8230; Tiger: Papa, do you get summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidbits: Dec 2011</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/12/31/tidbits-dec-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/?p=867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Problem Solved One Sunday morning, I found myself talking to the kids about the concept of Extinct and Endangered animals. They had a book of the same topic, and wanted to know more about creatures like the woolly mammoth and the dodo. Here&#8217;s what happened next&#8230; Papa: Endangered animals are those which are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Tiger @ Four</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/10/17/dear-tiger-four/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Tiger, Yesterday, you turned four! It&#8217;s easy for all at home to think of you as the &#8220;baby&#8221;, especially since you are the youngest of us all, look so cute and are so adorable.  But, you are fast learning that almost-four-year-olds don&#8217;t bawl each time they don&#8217;t get their way.  And, you&#8217;ve been waiting for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidbits: August 2011</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/09/03/tidbits-august-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/?p=850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Perspectives&#8230; One morning, at breakfast, I was reading out a newspaper headline to my daughter, in an attempt to get her interested in the happenings around the world.  Unknown to me, my li&#8217;l son was also paying attention.  Here&#8217;s what happened next&#8230; Papa: Pumpkin, see what this newspaper is writing about: &#8220;The world is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidbits: July 2011</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/08/04/tidbits-july-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Vacation Planning One morning, at breakfast, I asked both the kids about what kind of a holiday they would want.  I was planning out some options for the Diwali vacation coming up in a few months, and thought that the children should have a say in it too.  Here&#8217;s what happened next&#8230; Papa: So, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Present</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/07/29/the-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Better Parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick on the heels of my last post, comes another one that focuses on what truly matters when you&#8217;re a parent. In a blog post entitled &#8211; The Power of Presence &#8211; Mike Shippey offers a wonderfully-written, thought-provoking reminder of the power we wield as parents, and how we can put it to good use&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Matters Most</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/07/19/what-matters-most/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenthood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I turned 36.  And, I chose to celebrate my birthday by taking the day off, and spending it with my family.  Lunch with my better half, play time with the kids, and finally, dinner with my family and in-laws.  In short, one of the nicest birthdays I&#8217;ve had in a long time. I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgotten Truths</title>
		<link>http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/2011/07/13/forgotten-truths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naveen Bachwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Better Parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://naveen.bachwani.com/dad/?p=821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A tweet from my friend Jin Yang reminded me of how often we adults take children for granted, and how important it is to follow through what they&#8217;re trying to say to us. Yang&#8217;s tweet was about a blog post called Wood Tape, in which Scott Nesin writes about an incident that happened with his [...]]]></description>
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