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		<title>Don&#8217;t I have the right to know everything my kid is doing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often hear from teens bitterly complaining about parents who snoop through their email, playlists and text message exchanges with friends. In case you just thought: &#8220;Aren&#8217;t I paying for this technology? Don&#8217;t I have the right to know everything my kid&#8217;s doing with it.&#8221; Yes you are. And no you don&#8217;t. If you feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2012/02/05/dont-i-have-the-right-to-know-everything-my-kid-is-doing/</link>
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		<title>Guest blogger: Having &#8220;The Talk&#8221; with your kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Dr. Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and we&#8217;re pleased to support the outstanding efforts of Project Youth Safety. According to PYS&#8217;s website, Teen dating violence is defined as a pattern of physically, sexually, verbally, or emotionally abusive actions committed by a partner to establish control over the other. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2012/02/02/guest-blogger-having-the-talk-with-your-kids/</link>
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		<title>Single mom + Son + Conversation about Girls=Awkward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got this email today from a single mom who just discovered her teen son has been pressuring girls to &#8220;put out.&#8221; She felt unsure how to talk to him about it. Obviously she&#8217;s not the only single mom out there who can&#8217;t rely on a positive male role model to set a boy straight on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2012/01/27/single-mom-son-conversation-about-girlsawkward/</link>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: Rites of Passage &#8211; Becoming An Adult</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By DeAnna L&#8217;am DeAnna L’am, (B.A.) speaker, coach, and trainer, is author of Becoming Peers – Mentoring Girls Into Womanhood and A Diva&#8217;s Guide to Getting Your Period. She is founder of Red Moon School of Empowerment for Women &#38; Girls™. Her pioneering work has been transforming women’s &#38; girls&#8217; lives around the world for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2012/01/25/guest-blogger-rites-of-passage-becoming-an-adult/</link>
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		<title>I can forgive him (Or can I?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing my first book for adults since Armchair BASIC. It&#8217;s called: Teaching Our Kids to Be Good People. Since one person&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; might be another person&#8217;s &#8220;Are you kidding me?!&#8221; I knew I needed to be precise from the onset. So I asked several dozen of my most thoughtful friends, colleagues and family members [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2012/01/17/i-can-forgive-him-or-can-i/</link>
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		<title>Two sides of the story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I watched the sunset it was a normal Wednesday. David and I ate oatmeal and read the paper. I went on poop patrol in the yard. Drove to Spanish class. Filled up the car. And answered this email from a desperate teen: Hey Terra, I can&#8217;t take it much longer. I like this boy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2011/12/29/two-sides-of-the-story/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t come down by the count of 5, you will be pepper sprayed.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just read a headline in my morning San Francisco Chronicle. &#8220;$55,000 for pepper spraying of child.&#8221; Sounds a tad extreme. What could possibly cause a cop to use a toxic weapon on a kid?! Well, apparently, back in June 2010, a 7-year-old special education student from San Mateo (who, according to the story, has &#8220;learning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2011/12/08/if-you-dont-come-down-you-will-be-pepper-sprayed/</link>
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		<title>Guest blogger: 10 ways parents can promote a healthy self</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Lyndsay Elliott Dr. Elliott is a clinical psychologist and an eating disorder specialist in southern California. Learn more about her work here. A healthy body image means accepting and appreciating your body and feeling satisfied with your appearance. It also means being grateful for your body&#8217;s qualities and capabilities. Learning to love and respect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2011/11/27/guest-blogger-10-ways-parents-can-promote-a-healthy-self/</link>
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		<title>Not under my roof: A conversation w/author Amy Schalet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past 14 years I&#8217;ve received email from t(w)eens around the world. 80% of them fictitiously sign their letters &#8220;Confused.&#8221; They&#8217;re confused about a whole lot of stuff, especially sex. It&#8217;s cool that they use their confusion as a motivator to ask questions of an adult (by most measures, that would be me). Otherwise, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.anniefox.com/2011/11/16/not-under-my-roof-a-conversation-wauthor-amy-schalet/</link>
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		<title>415.ASK.AFOX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know how sometimes a conversation can be life-changing? We had one of those yesterday. Even before we finished talking, we knew we were on to something. It was raining. Good day to be inside. Me and David and two neighbors around our dining table. And yes, there were muffins involved. Let me just say [...]]]></description>
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