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		<title>Mornings are Awesome (&#8592; lie)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made it easy. Both kids can get $1 if they earn 25 points. They want dollars. They love dollars. They can earn 5 points for simply brushing their teeth in the morning after being asked only once. An easy &#8230; <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/mornings-are-awesome-lie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><br><br><img src="http://motherhoodwtf.com/wp-content/plugins/readers-from-rss-2-blog/wpsmartapps-lic/images/ico-tag.png" border="0" align="absmiddle"> Tags:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/behavior/" rel="tag">behavior</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">children</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/discipline/" rel="tag">discipline</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/motherhood/" rel="tag">motherhood</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/parenting/" rel="tag">parenting</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/wtf/" rel="tag">wtf</a><br><br><div style="width:80%"><table align="left" width="50%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#f1f1f1"  border="0px;">
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		<title>Parenting or Biological Warfare?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison @ Motherhood, WTF?</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few things are as terrifying and foreboding as the ever-growing threat of widespread antibiotic-resistant bacteria. I mean, antibiotics are all we&#8217;ve got. It&#8217;s our arsenal. And the bacteria are going to resist it? Yikes! The antibiotics of parenting (bear with &#8230; <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/parenting-or-biological-warfare/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><br><br><img src="http://motherhoodwtf.com/wp-content/plugins/readers-from-rss-2-blog/wpsmartapps-lic/images/ico-tag.png" border="0" align="absmiddle"> Tags:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/behavior/" rel="tag">behavior</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/child/" rel="tag">child</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">children</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/discipline/" rel="tag">discipline</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/growing-up/" rel="tag">growing up</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/kids/" rel="tag">kids</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/motherhood/" rel="tag">motherhood</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/parenting/" rel="tag">parenting</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/parents/" rel="tag">parents</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/son/" rel="tag">son</a>, <a href="http://motherhoodwtf.com/tag/wtf/" rel="tag">wtf</a><br><br><div style="width:80%"><table align="left" width="50%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#f1f1f1"  border="0px;">
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		<title>They don&#8217;t know that I know they know</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 01:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison @ Motherhood, WTF?</dc:creator>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Payback Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 02:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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