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		<title>Life Skills for Kids &#8211; How to Teach Them to Your Preschoolers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2023 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Teaching kids essential life skills is a great way to help young children learn basic skills that they&#8217;ll use as they grow into young adults. From personal hygiene to developing decision-making skills, you can teach many of these starting at a very young age. Younger children learn in different ways, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/life-skills-for-kids-teach-preschoolers-life-skills/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Reasons Parental Involvement is Essential in Child Development</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Inside: Discover five reasons why parent involvement is important, and 4 parent involvement ideas to better be involved in your child&#8217;s life. Modern parents have become more involved in their child’s development. An increasing number of fathers, for example, decided to take a backseat to their own careers and be their child’s primary carer while<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/parental-involvement-important/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Start a Book Club: Tips and Suggestions for an Awesome Group</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moving to Texas meant I would be leaving some pretty great groups of people behind, and along with them, the regular activities we had, like our monthly book clubs. In Indianapolis I was actually part of two book clubs for years, and most of the time was able to attend them both groups each month.<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/how-to-start-a-book-club-tips-recommendations/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Who had it Worst? The Pregnancy Debate I Love to Avoid</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am one of those lucky &#8220;unicorn&#8221; women who have relatively easy pregnancies. I never throw up, ever, during my pregnancies. I&#8217;m one of those fortunate women who doesn&#8217;t have to pee every 15 minutes, who sleep through the night all nine months, who carry their babies like a cute basketball (or mini torpedo) stuck under<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/who-had-it-worst-the-pregnancy-debate-i-love-to-avoid/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Newsflash: I&#8217;m a bad mom but so are you&#8230; kinda</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[No matter what you do as a parent, there will come a point where someone will disagree with your choices. Sometimes this disapproval will simply come in the form of smug glances, whispered conversations, or loud proclamations of how their child does the opposite or how they would never do that in their parenting. Other<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/i-am-a-bad-mom-so-are-you/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When you feel like an Island</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently read a post from Motherhood and More (one of my favorite blogs) called It Takes a Village to Raise a Mother and this post resonated with me so much. I cried. And I am not one to cry easily. But, it brought up so many emotions from my past, and made my heart<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/feel-like-island/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Encourage Imaginative Play in Your Child</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have twin four year-olds who know how to play and imagine. And I absolutely love it. It is such an important part of childhood. Acting out different situations, expressing different emotions, trying to empathize, and doing bigger and awesomer things. And there are definitely somethings you can do, as a parent, grandparent, or caregiver,<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/encourage-imaginative-play/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Run a Successful Playgroup</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Wet-Nap but all opinions are my own. #pmedia #showusyourmess https://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV Playgroups are just one of those great things for kids and for their parents. Everyone gets to play, socialize, have fun, and connect. It also provides a scheduled activity<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/how-to-run-successful-playgroup/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inviting People Into Your Small Apartment Anyway</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Curious about how to entertain company in a small apartment? Or how to have friends over when you live in an apartment? Here&#8217;s how we&#8217;ve done it and why. Life as a family of five in a 1200 sq. foot apartment townhome can get kind of crowded. One of our three bedrooms is a split<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/invite-people-despite-small-apartment/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Throw a Birthday Party for a Two Year Old</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katelyn Fagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Throwing a party for a one-year-old is a little different than throwing a birthday party for a two-year-old. When your child turns one, the birthday party is more about you and less about them. Your friends come over and bring their babies, and all the parents sit around and talk. Plus, you get tons of new<a class="more-link" href="https://homecleaningfamily.com/guest-post-and-giveaway-how-to-throw-a-birthday-party-for-a-two-year-old/" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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