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	<title>Stepping Stones</title>
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	<description>Step Parenting....Living in a Blended Household</description>
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		<title>Sarah, Back Seat Driver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This really drives me nuts. Not only does my wife do this, but Sarah too!
Well, my wife got a taste of her own medicine.  *chuckle*&#8230; Today, Sarah and my wife were shopping in town.  They were sitting at a red light and when the light turned green, my wife started to drive.
&#8220;Slow down!&#8221; shouted Sarah.
&#8220;I have to go, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/02/07/sarah-back-seat-driver/</link>
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		<title>Teaching Empathy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am husband to the step-below step parent. I should have had a better understanding of the issues my new wife and I would have to deal with when we got married, but I honestly thought that we would handle whatever comes our way. I still do think we can handle it, but the price [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/02/05/teaching-empathy/</link>
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		<title>Knowing When to Step in</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Live by the sword, die by the sword&#8221; can apply to the warring camps of blended households too. How this applies to warring, divorced parents is like this:  He or she who draws the most blood, loses. My philosophy on issues that my ex and I disagree upon is simple.  I&#8217;ve learned how to pick my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/02/01/knowing-when-to-step-in/</link>
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		<title>Big Ears? Use Pig Latin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Some of you have wondered how come I changed my name from &#8220;you know who&#8221; to Cottsay Ownetay, on Printnpost.com. I think it&#8217;s time I owe you an explanation. You will find the explanation at first funny, but ultimately tragic.
First of all, it was not a clever marketing ploy, although my traffic has inexplicably increased since the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/01/24/big-ears-use-pig-latin/</link>
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		<title>If I Only Knew Then&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;&#8230;what I know now.&#8221;  This statement is a common reaction from those step-parents &#8220;in the trenches&#8221; who get flak from all sides. Many times it is the the &#8220;step-below&#8221; step parent I refer to in my earlier post The Three Categories of Step Parents, who is the most stressed out, but not always.  Problems often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/01/20/if-i-only-knew-then/</link>
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		<title>What Sarah Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Little kids are the pinnacle of creative thinking and originality.  They have such an &#8220;outside the box&#8221; way of describing and reacting to things.  They don&#8217;t have to &#8220;try&#8221; to be creative, they just are. Everything is brand new and fresh!  So with this is mind, I thought it would be fun now and then to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/01/18/the-original-what-sarah-says/</link>
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		<title>No-Tobacco Role Model</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I wrote my post on New years day about quitting tobacco, I neglected to mention another good reason to quit: To be a role model for my kids.  Perhaps this is the most important reason of all.
You never know when being a role model will pay off.  Take my own situation. I mentioned that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/01/17/no-tobacco-role-model/</link>
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		<title>Ex-Bombs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t think of any marriages that have ended on a sweet note when children are involved, although I am sure there are plenty of good examples out there.  It&#8217;s best to realize early on that Problems will arise when Mom and Dad are not able to seperate personal from what really matters&#8230;. The children.
Good communication is not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/01/15/ex-bombs/</link>
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		<title>Packers Homefield Advantage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In two words or less decribe how you felt when Green Bay put a serious case of  whop-butt on Seattle. Here&#8217;s my two words&#8230;.Wa Hooo!!!  I&#8217;m not sure if they count as a real words, but hey, who cares!  I happen to like Seattle too.  Beating them was sort of like beating up a kid brother.  But, &#8220;It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/01/14/packers-homefield-advantage/</link>
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		<title>The Three Categories of Step Parents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a step parent, you most likely fall into one of the following three categories. Each type of step parent deals with problems unique to their role.

Step Parent &#8220;A&#8221; is the spouse of the custodial parent. The family in which the child(ren) spend the majority of time with. This step parent has what I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freelancewi.com/blog/2008/01/13/the-three-categories-of-step-parents/</link>
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