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	<title>Natural Attachment &#187; empowerment</title>
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	<description>“Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.” -- Mark Twain</description>
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		<title>hair cut &amp; weekly blog schedule</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2011/02/22/hair-cut-weekly-blog-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I cut Elijah&#8217;s hair last night. Some of you know how crazy that is. See, Elijah doesn&#8217;t like his hair touched AT ALL and will only give me permission to cut it about once ever six or eight months. He&#8217;ll usually let me tend to it more frequently than that to split apart dreadlocks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>our stories &#8211; part 4 &#8211; needs &amp; wants &amp; guilt</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2011/02/13/our-stories-part-4-needs-wants-guilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week has been all about needs and wants for me. I&#8217;ve had a lot of time to myself (for the most part &#8211; I do live practically 24/7 with a 7y/o) to reflect over all the craziness that my life has been the last few months. I&#8217;ve chosen to live for a long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Say Yes!</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/06/30/just-say-yes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first pieces of advice parents get from other peaceful/mindful parents or unschooling parents when they are trying to release their need for control is, &#8220;just say yes&#8221;. The idea is to find a way to say yes to everything that you possibly can&#8230;barring those things which could cause serious harm. And when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drugs&#8230;Sex&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/06/10/drugssex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, awhile back, Matthew C. left me a comment; in which he asked me about unschoolers and drug use: Michele, I work in the field of drug and alcohol misuse. I would be very interested if you could give some thoughts as to how an unschooler would handle the subject of drugs and alcohol. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hair Cut</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/01/12/hair-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mommmma, do you still want to cut some of my hairs?&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;d like to give you a trim, but I know you are attached to your hair.&#8221; &#8220;What will happen to my hair? Will it be gone forever or can we keep it?&#8221; &#8220;Yes. We can keep your hair in a baggie for you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I need time away from my child&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/12/29/i-need-time-away-from-my-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I don&#8217;t, but that&#8217;s what you hear so many parents (especially mums) saying these days. &#8220;I need *me* time.&#8221; &#8220;When will I ever get time to myself?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how you can be around your child all day; I&#8217;d kill myself.&#8221; &#8220;I give you credit, because I sure couldn&#8217;t do it.&#8221; &#8220;I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules vs. Principles, again</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/12/14/rules-vs-principles-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/12/14/rules-vs-principles-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am revisiting thoughts on living with free children and being an adult (more specifically a parent) who does not hold a set of rules or expected behaviors for my child or any children I choose to associate myself with. What does that mean exactly? I do not carry around on paper or in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Good Enough&#8217; Parenting</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/good-enough-parenting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/good-enough-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, choices in life&#8230;we have so many of them. Many of us in the unschooling world have been discussing how many parents choose NOT to be better parents, because they are already &#8216;good enough&#8217;. I really don&#8217;t understand the concept of &#8216;good enough&#8217; parenting. Kelly Lovejoy wrote in a post at unschoolingbasics: What always amazes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unschooling Food</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/unschooling-food/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/unschooling-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grub]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned unschooling and food on here before, but I came across a podcast about just this and I wanted to pass it on. I know the concept of unschooling food and not limiting food with children, might be a new idea to many coming to unschooling. Obviously, unschooling food is part of radical unschooling, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules vs. Principles/Respect/Control &amp; Parenting Logic</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/05/21/rules-vs-principlesrespectcontrol-parenting-logic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/05/21/rules-vs-principlesrespectcontrol-parenting-logic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 23:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent blog activity, a fellow Anarchist and I had gone back and forth about the difference between rules and principles and about whether or not it&#8217;s possible to be a non-coercive parent and not over step your natural bounds. We are on opposite ends of the matter. I wanted to use this space to [...]]]></description>
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