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		<title>Nature: The Nice-Maker</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/nature-the-nice-maker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the remaining Fridays of the WordCount Blogathon, I’m republishing popular posts from the past. This one originally appeared in October 2009. 
We parents knew that spending time outside did something positive for our kids (besides making them take a better nap). And now a new study shows that people who spend more time in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with poison</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/playing-with-poison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the remaining Fridays in the WordCount Blogathon, I’m republishing some popular posts from the past. This one originally appeared in September 2009.
Our Big Boy was sent home early from preschool one day last week. He wasn’t sick. He wasn’t biting other kids. He just couldn’t stop scratching. He’d clawed his arms and legs to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roses for Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 22:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, every year on the Saturday before Mother’s Day, my maternal grandmother would drop in with a pail of fresh roses she’d picked from the rosebushes in&#160; her yard. She’d leave a red rose for each of us to wear on our lapels at church on Mother’s Day, and she always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boys and gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/boys-and-gardens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gardens are good for kids, whether they&#8217;re girls or boys. But since I have boys, and I&#8217;ve been reading a book called Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys, by Stephen James and David Thomas, I&#8217;ve been thinking about how a garden is an especially good playplace for preschoolers with a Y chromosome. (And I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great gardening music: My Changing Planet</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/05/great-gardening-music-my-changing-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you and your kids are looking for some new music to listen to this spring, check this out. Four working moms with a passion for the earth recruited musicians and songwriters to create My Changing Planet, a fun CD full of messages about playing outside, appreciating nature and taking care of the earth. 
Released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day Every Day</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/04/earth-day-every-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a gardener who spends a lot of time with your toes in the dirt, every day is “earth day.” But today, as more than 1 billion people in 190 countries participate in ecological celebrations, it’s Earth Day with a capital “E” and “D.” It’s a great day to remind your kids (and yourself) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take the Alaskan Outdoor Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2010/03/take-the-alaskan-outdoor-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t worry, this has nothing to do with Sarah Palin. Whether you like her or not, we can all get on board with getting outside. And in Palin’s home state of Alaska, both dogs and people are taking to the outdoors this week for the opening of the Iditarod, the iconic dogsled race. The race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature makes us nice</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2009/10/nature-makes-us-nice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We parents knew that spending time outside did something positive for our kids (besides making them take a better nap). And now a new study shows that people who spend more time in the natural environment, as opposed to manmade environments, place greater value on personal relationships and community, and are more generous with money, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playtime poison</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2009/09/playtime-poison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Big Boy was sent home early from preschool one day last week. He wasn’t sick. He wasn’t biting other kids. He just couldn’t stop scratching. He’d clawed his arms and legs to the point of drawing blood in some places. What I’d thought were a few bug bites that morning turned out to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;An Outside Fella&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.growingfoodandkids.com/2009/08/an-outside-fella/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Mann Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning my four-year-old and I were discussing what birthday gift to buy for his almost-five friend. 
My Boy #1: “He’s really into dinosaurs.” 
Me: “I thought he liked rockets.”
Boy #1: “Yes, he loves rockets and space too. And he’s into superheroes.” 
Me: “What are you into?”
Boy #1: “I’m into fishing and hiking and farming. [...]]]></description>
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