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		<title>Say What You Mean; Mean What You Say</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/11/25/say-what-you-mean-mean-what-you-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m going to just be linking &#38; leaving it up to you to decide what you read or if you read anything concerning the matter. There&#8217;s been a lot of buzz about what &#8216;we&#8217; say &#38; how we say it. Idzie wrote a little post about her issues with the word &#8216;teaching&#8217; and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unschooling: Evaluations &amp; Portfolios</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Can you really do that? Is it legal? What about socialization?&#8221; Then there are some more questions people like to ask when you tell them you are Unschooling. Eventually though, they ask, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you have to report to the school and take tests?&#8221; Answers to the last question vary and depend on where you live. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life, Stuff &amp; Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2009/07/09/life-stuff-adoption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally getting around to cleaning and unpacking my office/studio. We have lived in our current house a smidgen over 2 years now and I am just now getting around to my space. It kind of feels good, but oddly not as good as it felt helping Dear Other Half clean out and somewhat organize [...]]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=284</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/?p=223</guid>
		<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>&#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>
		<comments>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/12/29/i-need-time-away-from-my-child/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/12/29/i-need-time-away-from-my-child/</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/12/14/rules-vs-principles-again/</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/good-enough-parenting/</guid>
		<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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/05/21/rules-vs-principlesrespectcontrol-parenting-logic/</guid>
		<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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		<title>Door = Shoes Off</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/03/29/door-shoes-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naturalattachment.com/wordpress/2008/03/29/door-shoes-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele james-parham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just thought that since a reader of this blog decided to post about me and my house&#8217;s &#8220;shoes off at the door policy&#8221;, I would be kind enough to link to it for others. Can Punks have a shoes-off policy? Well, can they? On further examination of my beliefs regarding this, I find that [...]]]></description>
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