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	<title>Straight Dope Dad &#124; A Father&#039;s View on Parenting</title>
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	<description>Fatherhood Advice From a Self Employed Stay at Home Dad. Tricks and Tips for Raising Children.</description>
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		<title>Death to Santa Claus &#8211; Don&#8217;t Lie, Kids Can Handle the Truth</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/death-to-santa-claus-dont-lie-kids-can-handle-the-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary &#8211; Who says it&#8217;s all right to convince your kids Santa Claus is real? Childhood shouldn&#8217;t be a hazing ritual perpetuated by their own parents.

What if you knew a parent who told their child Star Wars was real. Like a historical document. That Darth Vader patrolled the galaxy in a giant Death Star looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quit Whining &#8211; If You Are Single and Have No Kids I Don&#8217;t Want To Hear Your Complaining</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/quit-whining-if-you-are-single-and-have-no-kids-i-dont-want-to-hear-your-complaining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Parents have no patience for listening to their single, childless friends complain about their life.

At a recent family gathering my sort of brother-in-law (I say sort of because my partner and I aren&#8217;t married) and I started talking about parenthood and how it just completely obliterates your pre-child life.
&#8220;I just have no patience for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of Fair and the 50/50 Relationship Split</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/the-myth-of-fair-and-the-5050-relationship-split/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/the-myth-of-fair-and-the-5050-relationship-split/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Fairness is subjective and not everything in life can be divided 50/50. What counts is you both feel your overall contribution is balanced.
My partner and I have slightly different views on fairness. She&#8217;s more likely to favor a literal 50/50 split as a way to insure fairness. I&#8217;m more inclined to follow a &#8220;from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Fucking New Years!</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/happy-fucking-new-years-assholes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: News years eve is nothing but an excuse for assholes to get drunk and act like even bigger assholes. Plus it doesn&#8217;t even makes sense to start the new year on January 1st anyway. It&#8217;s completely arbitrary. So there!
It&#8217;s 9:30 am on January 1st, 2010. New years day. The phone rings.
&#8220;Hello&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, this is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cornstarch Packing Peanuts &#8211; The Guilt Free Art Project for Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Art projects often mean just creating more junk to throw away. Not the same day of course, but eventually. Here&#8217;s something you can feel good about tossing.
Though my partner had experimented with them while she was a preschool teacher, my first introduction the art project potential of the cornstarch packaging peanut was at The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soulmates Are Bullshit &#8211; How to Find a Real Relationship</title>
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		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/soulmates-are-bullshit-how-to-find-a-real-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Fantasies of the perfect soulmate will kill any good relationship.
Is my partner of 21 years, the mother of my child, the one I trust with absolutely everything in my life, my soulmate? Puuuleeeze. Don&#8217;t be such a sentimental dope.
We weren&#8217;t &#8220;made&#8221; for each other. Magical forces were not afoot. Nor was this part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Toys &#8211; Forget Toys R Us, Go Toy Shopping at the Hardware Store</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/home-made-creative-toys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/home-made-creative-toys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Kids have no idea of what a &#8220;proper&#8221; toy is. That&#8217;s an adult concept. If it&#8217;s fun, that&#8217;s all that matters.

From a very young age my daughter loved metal objects and gadgets. She would routinely ignore her fluffy stuffed animals and go for anything hard and shiny. So I figured, let&#8217;s go get some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Daughter Wants to Be Ripped &#8211; Helping Young Girls Develop Self Esteem and a Positive Body Image</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/helping-young-girls-develop-self-esteem-and-a-positive-body/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/helping-young-girls-develop-self-esteem-and-a-positive-body/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: My six-year-old daughter wants to be strong and ripped. Good for her! Hope she still thinks that way when she&#8217;s thirteen though.
A couple of weeks ago me and my daughter head over to Monterey to check out Sharks 3-D at the Imax theater. It was the 11 am showing and there were only four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Salad Smackdown &#8211; Competing Theories on Portion Control</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/super-salad-smackdown-competing-theories-on-portion-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/super-salad-smackdown-competing-theories-on-portion-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: People&#8217;s lives will expand to their available environment. Whatever you are doing, it will expand to fill the available space. My lunch time super salads are no different.
Every day for lunch I make a monster salad. I mean it&#8217;s huge. It&#8217;s on steroids. It&#8217;s a manly salad.
I start off with a bed of mixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men and Sex &#8211; 7 Things Every Woman Should Know About How Their Boyfriend or Husband Thinks About Sex</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/men-sex-7-things-every-woman-should-know-about-how-their-boyfriend-or-husband-thinks-about-sex/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/men-sex-7-things-every-woman-should-know-about-how-their-boyfriend-or-husband-thinks-about-sex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary &#8211; Men like to watch porn, look at other women and judge the health of their relationships by the frequency and quality of the sex. This is how things are and it&#8217;s not going to change.
I&#8217;m going to paint in broad strokes here. Every man is different but the odds are that most, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Girl&#8217;s Gotta Chew &#8211; Dealing With a Super Oral Kid</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/the-girls-gotta-chew-dealing-with-a-super-oral-kid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/the-girls-gotta-chew-dealing-with-a-super-oral-kid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary: She chewed her dolls, the furniture and anything she could get her hands on. You can&#8217;t stop her from chewing but you can stop her from chewing the good stuff.
How many water-filled toys have we tossed? All of them. Usually within a day or two of buying them. Balloons were popped by mouth long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homemade Teething Rings</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/homemade-teething-rings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/homemade-teething-rings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Unsatisfied with the teething rings on the market, I made my own with surgical tubing and exercise bands.
WARNING: Be very careful when making your own teethers and always supervise your baby when using a homemade teether. If they can fit something in their mouth, it&#8217;s too small. If they can break it apart it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tic-Tac-Toe Trauma &#8211; Dealing with a Child&#8217;s Frustration with Mastering a New Skill</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/tic-tac-toe-trauma-dealing-with-a-childs-frustration-with-mastering-a-new-skill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/tic-tac-toe-trauma-dealing-with-a-childs-frustration-with-mastering-a-new-skill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Sometimes explanations or assistance won&#8217;t do it and they just need to work it out themselves. Dealing with a child&#8217;s frustration with mastering a new skill. 
It&#8217;s Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving and my daughter is out of school today. She&#8217;s been showing an interest in Tic-Tac-Toe lately so my partner breaks out a game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Your Daddy? &#8211; Calling a Parent by Their First Name</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/whos-your-daddy-child-calling-parent-by-first-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/whos-your-daddy-child-calling-parent-by-first-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: My daughter calls me by my first name. Oh well. At least there&#8217;s no mistaking who she&#8217;s talking to.
It&#8217;s me, my daughter, my buddy and his daughter, and we&#8217;re figuring out what we&#8217;re going to do. My daughter is the first to speak up.
&#8220;Clay, are we going to the park soon?&#8221;
Dude, she calls you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introverts are Not Retarded or Anti-Social</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/introverts-are-not-retarded-or-anti-social/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/introverts-are-not-retarded-or-anti-social/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: The world is full of extroverts and reflects their extroverted ways. This is hard on introverts. The Dos and Don&#8217;ts of working with an introverted child.

If you&#8217;re an introvert you&#8217;ve heard it all. Extroverts think you&#8217;re rude, arrogant and anti-social. They think if you just tried a bit harder you&#8217;d really love going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Daughter Loves The Dead &#8211; When Your Child is Fascinated with the Macabre</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/my-daughter-loves-dead-things-haunted-house-macabre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/my-daughter-loves-dead-things-haunted-house-macabre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: My daughter loves blood, dead animals, scary movies and making homemade haunted houses. It&#8217;s in her blood, so to speak. So why not go with it?
It&#8217;s no secret that raising my daughter has not been easy. Early on there were some tough challenges around potty training, social anxieties and violent tantrums. But some parts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Apple, a Scrotum and a Bit of Baby Sign Language</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/apple-scrotum-baby-sign-language/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/apple-scrotum-baby-sign-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Using baby sign is pretty awesome and can give you insight into what your pre-language child is thinking.

My daughter was never one much for baths. Even as an infant she preferred a shower. However, that is not what this story is about, which is baby sign.
Back in 2003, after our daughter was born, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day I Discovered Unconditional Love</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/the-day-i-discovered-unconditional-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/the-day-i-discovered-unconditional-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightdopedad.com/?p=339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary: I love my partner deeply and would do almost anything for her&#8230;but she&#8217;s still my equal. My daughter, on the other hand is in another category of devotion entirely.
Would I risk my life for my partner? You bet. Would I give my life for her? Well, that&#8217;s a bit more complicated. I would do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Cheating, Just Leveling the Playing Field &#8211; Morals, Children, and The Politics of Arcade Redemption Games</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/not-cheating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/not-cheating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Is it cheating when you bend the rules of a system that is inherently unfair? The politics and economics of arcade redemption games and a couple&#8217;s differing opinion on the ethics of manipulation.
It&#8217;s a Saturday afternoon and we&#8217;re playing the Skee-Ball machines at Bounce-A-Rama.
My daughter has yet to figure out how to roll the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Employed Work at Home Junkie &#8211; Help, I&#8217;m Addicted to Flextime!</title>
		<link>http://www.straightdopedad.com/self-employed-work-at-home-junkie-help-im-a-father-addicted-to-flextime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightdopedad.com/self-employed-work-at-home-junkie-help-im-a-father-addicted-to-flextime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Straight Dope Dad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: If you&#8217;re up for it, working from home can be the best thing in the world. The pitfalls and triumphs of managing a home based business and family simultaneously.
My partner often says you can&#8217;t have it both ways. Most specifically she says that when I complain about the frequent interruptions from my daughter while [...]]]></description>
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