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		<title>Back Next Week</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4181</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uncharted Parent is on hiatus this week. I’ll be back next week with a new post, as soon as I remove the kittens from the lampshade and speed up their training as mousers, which, apparently, is now necessary in our house. Get off the keyboard, kitties&#8211;that’s my job. You’ve got other responsibilities&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How to Be a Considerate Mom &#8211; An Example from My Inbox</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4172</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I received an email invitation for eleven-year-old “Jack.” The mother of one of Jack’s friends was inviting him to a sleepover party. The invitation included the usual details: date, time, activities planned and so on. One line grabbed my attention: “Please let us know if your child has any allergies, special food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Our New Family Members: Spaghetti &amp; Meatball</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been over a year since our beloved cat, Charlie, passed away. Since then, the house has definitely felt not quite right. No one runs to the door to greet us when we come home, no one walks on my head in the middle of the night, no one speaks a language comprised of tail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the Value of Criticism, or Why I Want My Tween to See “Star Trek into Darkness”</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4139</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education & Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, you think I have lost it. You believe I’ve journeyed to that part of the galaxy where grown men and women whom you think of as ordinary neighbors, coworkers and such suddenly sneak off on a Saturday morning sporting Vulcan ears or muttering in Klingon&#8211;a language that someone has actually taken the trouble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Hits &amp; Misses: Fairness</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4114</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sound familiar? Today I’ve got a links roundup for you. Some fascinating articles have come out in the parenting world this week, and a few of them dovetail nicely with what’s been going on in my own house. I actually used the advice in one the same day I read it. Below you’ll find useful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fantasy that “It’s All Good” in Parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, it has come to my attention that some parents awaken each morning to the joy of perfect, sunny children who always do what they’re told or, if they do misbehave, respond quickly to loving, gentle correction. These parents never raise their voices, never have a drink at 5:00 unless their rosy-cheeked children are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips &amp; Ideas for Visiting Our Nation’s Capital with Kids, Round 2</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4093</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, I ran a list of 12 Uncharted Tips for visiting Washington, D.C. with kids. We just returned from another visit to the city in which I lived and worked for ten years, and we were able to delve a bit deeper into its many offerings. Each trip back with the kids is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day After&#8211;Again</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4082</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World We Parent In]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember these feelings. They come too easily, slide into the place that isn’t supposed to be there, but was carved out eleven-and-a-half years ago and has since worn a groove into our brains, our hearts and our nerves. September 11 dug the track, gouged it deep and wide, in my case just outside the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Announcement, A Judgment, and Books for a Tween Boy</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4036</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, an announcement: As we say here in New England, I am wicked excited to share with you the news that I’ve been awarded an Artists Entrepreneurial Grant by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Part of what the grant will fund is a renovation of this blog, so if you see scaffolding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much of a Chore are Chores?</title>
		<link>http://unchartedparent.com/?p=4023</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hahn-Burkett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domesticity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, I hear a story or read an article that makes me think, Damn, I’m turning my kids into slackers. A parent I know tells me about her kids who make their own breakfasts, pack their own lunches and all but drive themselves to school. An article notes that ten-year-olds are perfectly [...]]]></description>
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