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		<title>Scholarships for Dads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dads, be a candidate to obtain one of the Governments new scholarships targeted to help dads of all types enhance their educational skills, known as “Scholarships for Dads.” If you are someone looking to get an education and looking for scholarships and grants to help you out, then you owe it to your self to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=495&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Connection Between a Father’s Involvement During Pregnancy and the Health of the Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reported in the Journal of Community and Family Health, a study done by the University of South Florida exploring the connection between a father’s involvement during the pregnancy and the health of the child, especially as a newborn. Turns out that even though the woman is the one physically providing the means to grow this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=393&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Single Dads Deserve Praise and Legal Guidance During the Divorce Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Father’s Day is just around the corner, Alston &#38; Baker, P.A. wants to give kudos to fathers who are raising their children solo and keeping the family happy and healthy. Dads can be fantastic providers and role models for their children. Yet oftentimes the stressors of a divorce can bring out the worst emotions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=1284&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When a kid gets fat, is dad to blame?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ (CBS) Who&#8217;s to blame when kids are fat? Schools? The media? A new study suggests the blame should be directed elsewhere: dear old Dad A study by Texas AgriLife Research showed that kids eat more fast food with their dads, and unhealthy meal choices contribute to childhood obesity. &#8220;Dads who have no trouble eating food [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=1274&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fresh Air Fund is in need of 1200 loving host families.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you or someone you know is able to host, please sign up now. In 2010, The Fresh Air Fund&#8217;s Volunteer Host Family program, called Friendly Town, gave close to 5,000 New York City boys and girls, ages six to 18, free summer experiences in the country and the suburbs. Volunteer host families shared their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=1266&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring the Bonds of Our Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One evening in a men’s divorce group, one of the men was commemorating the third year of his separation from his ex-wife. He reflected on the most difficult parts of the separation and divorce, and reiterated how relieved he was to be out of the marriage. He then made this comment: “In the beginning there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=1226&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Not-So-Hard-and-Fast Rules for Managing Stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you’re the reincarnation of Superman, Gandhi, and Mother Teresa rolled into one, your divorce—and especially the period right after you and your wife separate—will feel overwhelming at times. You’re getting used to living alone in a new place. You might be working more than one job. Money problems are accumulating, your kids are acting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=1192&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Rules for Collaborative Divorce Co-Parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Establish The 24 Hour Rule: Insist on 24 hours to think over any significant decision you’re faced with. * Make Peace, Not War: Forget about proving who’s right, who’s wrong, and who betrayed whom. Put your kids’ first. You can’t fix the past but you can make the present and future better. * Remember [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=1183&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divorced dad focuses on kids&#8217; best interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, Thanksgiving was the first holiday alone for author Paul Mandelstein, following a September split from his wife of 17 years. Their three kids, ages 8 to 14, were with their mother, and he felt down. He’d gone into bookstores in search of advice for men in the same tough spot, only to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=1139&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being a Great Divorced Father</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Even when you can’t save your marriage, Paul Mandelstein shows ways you can save your family and your self-esteem.” — John Gray, Ph.D author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Collaborate and Cooperate in divorce? Author Paul Mandelstein who pens his second father advice book “Being a Great Divorced Father&#8221; does just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=892&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q &amp; A: A Deadbeat Dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q. I know that most of your questions come from fathers, but I need help with my situation and am not sure how to handle it.  My ex-husband left our family before Christmas of 2009 for his new girl friend.  We have three beautiful little girls which he hardly sees.  We had been married for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=882&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Father Q&amp;A</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q. I have a little son that will be 2 years at the end of this month. I am closely bonded with this little boy of mine.  I like to get home when ever I can so I can be with him and play with him.  However, the financial problem facing me is making me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=836&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deployed Military Fathers Can Still be Great Parents</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/deployed-military-fathers-can-still-be-great-parents-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was never in the military and don&#8217;t pretend to understand the stresses being a deployed father can have on the whole family, especially the kids.  The kids miss your compassionate mentoring and you miss seeing them and being part of their day to day activities, the joys and sometimes challenges that comes with being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=742&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Dads the Key to Get Boys to Read?</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/are-dads-the-key-to-get-boys-to-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from publisher Scholastic affirms what many parents and teachers already know viscerally: As kids grow, they read less and spend more time going online and texting. But the report also has some interesting details about the environment and actions that most encourage reading. Letting kids pick which books they read, having a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=656&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschooling Fathers</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/homeschooling-fathers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Children need more of their fathers and fathers need more of their children. Men have an extraordinary potential to realize in the lives of their kids, a potential that goes beyond narrowly defined gender roles that limit a father’s station in the family to that of “provider and disciplinarian.”As I consider my own life, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=651&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Creating a Collaborative Divorce</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/tips-and-ground-rules-for-a-collaborative-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In most cases, people divorce because they could not work out the conflicts they encountered in their lives together. Now that you’ve separated, you’re discovering that you are not off the hook. The fact is, as long as you have kids together, you and your ex are still going to have a relationship and some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=576&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fathers can Suffer from Postpartum Depression too</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/fathers-can-suffer-from-postpartum-depression-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postpartum depression isn’t just for mothers anymore.  In fact, new fathers have been experiencing elevated rates of depression for some time, according to a study published online Monday in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.A team of British researchers scoured the medical records of nearly 87,000 couples in the U.K. who had a baby between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=468&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Intimate Journey of Home Births</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/the-intimate-journey-of-home-births/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovering you or your beloved is pregnant will be one of the most memorable moments of your life. Through the hustle and bustle of school, work and our daily schedules, the anticipated arrival of a baby instantly takes center stage for parents, family and friends alike. Science, medicine and technology have merged to help expecting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=454&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Teenagers, Our Selves</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/our-teenagers-our-selves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a teenager in today’s world isn’t easy. Being the father of one isn’t, either. In fact, many dads concede that raising a teenager is one of the most complicated and challenging experiences they’ve ever faced. In the teen years, kids are learning how to handle changing roles, moods, and physiology. At one moment, they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=403&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working Dads: Hidden Heroes in the New Fatherhood Movement</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/working-dads-hidden-heroes-in-the-new-fatherhood-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My bet is that the dads who are going to make or break involved fatherhood are: working dads. Why working dads? The media doesn&#8217;t hark much on them. They are not who we necessarily associate with the phrase: &#8220;involved dad.&#8221; For all intents and purposes this vast majority of dads are mostly invisible, going about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=381&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Divorcing leave the Lawyer Stuff for Later if You Can</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/when-divorcing-leave-the-lawyer-stuff-for-later-if-you-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When they first split up, many people believe they must immediately seek out an attorney and file for divorce. For some people, starting the legal process is the way to reduce the confusing feelings and feel some relief. For others, it&#8217;s necessary to file right away because of support or custody issues. But it&#8217;s not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=306&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fatherhood, not marriage, is focus of Obama family policies</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/fatherhood-not-marriage-is-focus-of-obama-family-policies-csmonitor-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Good fatherhood&#8217; initiatives are at the center of President Obama&#8217;s family and welfare policies. It is a different approach than the Bush administration, which focused more on promoting marriage. Indeed, the Obama administration&#8217;s approach to welfare policy and family funds gives much attention to fatherhood-oriented programs,  but it hasn&#8217;t been this way for long: The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=288&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Same-sex couples can thrive as adoptive parents</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/study-same-sex-couples-can-thrive-as-adoptive-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Virginia and George Washington University finds that children adopted by lesbian and gay male couples develop just as well as those adopted by heterosexual parents. The findings, published in the August issue of the journal Applied Developmental Science, are important because of the debate surrounding gay [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=279&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Money, Money, Money, Money</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/money-money-money-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money is a major issue in most divorces &#8212; just as it is in most marriages. If you&#8217;re a two-income family, the burden will be a bit easier to handle because in most cases, you&#8217;ll be sharing the expenses. If you are the main breadwinner, you&#8217;ll have to start supporting two households &#8212; yours and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=242&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Helping your baby speak better</title>
		<link>http://alwaysdad.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/help-your-baby-speak-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speech development in babies is a complex and gradual process that continues even after the infant has actually spoken his or her first words.   You can accelerate your  baby&#8217;s speaking abilities by introducing some simple exercises in its playtime.   Here are some interesting exercises that could help your baby speak better: • Imitate the sound [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alwaysdad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4567363&amp;post=177&amp;subd=alwaysdad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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