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	<title>eHarmony Parenting &#187; Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</title>
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		<title>What Kids Need Most</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/09/hr-what-kids-need-most/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a couple of weeks I’m participating in a panel discussion at a local high school. There, in front of a very large crowd, I will join four other experts discussing the dangers, the patterns (and the strategies to combat) teenage drug use. The panel discussion is titled “Drug Awareness and Prevention Seminar,” and the PTA is marketing it through a number of channels. Hundreds of anxious parents can be expected.]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Hal &#8211; Kids and Advertising</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/09/ah-kids-and-advertising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You cannot fully protect them from the media onslaught because it is exactly that. Take heart though, for while you can’t fully protect or shelter them, you can equip them.  You have the power to teach them to face and navigate the barrage of advertisements they are sure to see in their lives.
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		<title>The Paradox of Parenting</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/09/hr-paradox-parenting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an inherent paradox to parenting, and it confuses us all. It goes something like this: Parents shape their kids, kids shape themselves. Our entire role as parents is to help our kids learn to help themselves. The paradox is that if I neglect them, then they actually become more dependent upon me. If I smother them, then they back away without getting all the skills they need (they just have to get away!).]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Hal &#8211; Four Boys and a Traveling Husband</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/09/four-boys-and-a-traveling-husband/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have 4 boys, #3 is the most disruptive from morning until night. Dad has been on the road for the past 4 weeks. Tonight I LOST IT. I really started screaming. Now after 30 min of a quiet house I understand how destructive it was. So how do I do this? There's no one here to say, "Take 5 minutes to yourself." There's only so many times that I can be the bulldog. I get tired of it all. Can anyone tell me how to stop in the midst of it all?]]></description>
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		<title>Every Day is Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/08/hr-mothers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Undoubtedly, many of us heard this exact question this past Mothers’ Day: “It’s no fair Mommy gets a day; why don’t we get a kids’ day?” And undoubtedly, many of us came back with this exact reply: “Every day is kids’ day!”

I remember having that same interchange with my parents when I was a kid. Seems almost universal and timeless—kids don’t think mothers and fathers should get their own day, and mothers and fathers think kids should be more grateful that every day is all about the kids.

Well, both are wrong.]]></description>
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		<title>I’m Sorry, Butt</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/08/hr-sorry-butt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["If I don't scream, how can I get my kids to do anything?" That's the question on the minds of many at the beginning of my seminars. At the end, hopefully, the question(s) run something like this: "How can I start over with my kids, now that I know I've blown it time and time again? Is it okay to apologize and start anew?"

Obviously, I like the latter questions better. And obviously, I like to answer those questions with a resounding "Yes". Yes, we can reverse bad patterns of interaction with our kids. Yes, we can always start anew with a ScreamFree approach to our parenting.]]></description>
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		<title>ScreamFree Parenting</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/07/hal-started-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years from now, when Oprah leans across the couch and asks, “Hal, how did all of this get started?”, I’ll have my answer ready. It started right here with these words: the greatest thing we can do for our kids is learn to focus on ourselves. Those are the words that launch my upcoming book, ScreamFree Parenting: Raising Our Kids by Keeping Our Cool.]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Hal &#8211; How Can I Talk to My Children?</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/07/ah-talk-to-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Linda. I am a single mother of 5 young children. (4 boys/1 girl) I really need to know how to talk to my children. The kids’ dad doesn’t have much to do with them, and that makes it real hard on my boys. I heard you on the FISH one day. I have been looking for the book. I decided to search the web, so this is how I got this far. I will get this book when I can. Thanks for your time and I’ll check the download out.]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Hal &#8211; My Daughter&#8217;s Social Skills</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/07/my-daughters-social-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[K-4]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hal,

My daughter is in the first grade and has a hard time with her friends. The girls tend not to want to bother with her and it's because my daughter still acts a little immature compared to her friends. She sometimes pushes, or pokes them. She is not a bully but I can see she is annoying the other children. ]]></description>
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		<title>What I’m Learning From Single Parents</title>
		<link>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/06/learning-from-single-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://parenting.eharmony.com/2007/06/learning-from-single-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot really imagine being a single parent. Yes, I’ve counseled with hundreds of them, spoken to hundreds more. And yes, I’ve experienced countless moments of “doing it on my own” with my two kids when my wife was out, or out of town. And yes, unfortunately, I was raised by two single parents after my parents divorced when I was eleven.]]></description>
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