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		<title><![CDATA[Michigan law lets foster kids keep more of their money]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Foster children will now have more support when they age out of the
foster care system after a new law was signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
that prevents the state from keeping
children's full federal benefits to pay for the cost of their
care.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4261799</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Son Feels Pressure From Dad To Compete In Sports]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My husband was an excellent athlete as a teen and collegian. Our
teen son is also showing athletic promise. But he doesn't enjoy playing
sports because of the pressure he gets from Dad to perform. How can I
help balance the growing tension in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/focusonthefamily/s-4257477</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Murder 101' Isn't Much About a Murder at All]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Like parents, teachers can shape not just a child's experience in the
world but also the very essence of who they are.

Stumble into a class with a bad teacher and the encounter might stick
with you forever.

To wit: I'm a grown woman with kids ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/georgiagarvey/s-4260675</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Picnic Perils]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is, according to the calendar and the faint cheering you can hear
whenever you pass an anthill, picnic season. Planning one yourself?
Well, I really hope you come out alive, but if you don't -- can I have
your margarita?

No, seriously, it's ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lenoreskenazy/s-4260280</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family guide to new movie releases]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA['MOTOR CITY'

Rated R for strong bloody violence, some grisly images, drug content,
sexuality/nudity and language.

What it’s about: Set in 1977 Detroit, a factory worker wrongly
imprisoned goes on a revenge spree to win back his woman.

The kid...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4258708</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Suspicious bruises?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My child’s mother recently moved in with her boyfriend, who has
full custody of his three boys. Last time I picked up our son from his
mother’s, I noticed suspicious bruises on his thighs and back. This is
new. I don’t know if this is the...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/familyliving/s-4257407</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: When Grandpa toys with parallel parking]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When my husband was asked if he would help teach twin granddaughters
how to parallel park, he immediately yelled, “Yes!” If there was a
parallel parking competition, my husband could take first place —
unless our son entered the competition,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4257370</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After her son's death, she found a new purpose. 'He's whispering, 'Mom, this is your path']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- It was after the death of her son, Laith, that Esme
Saleh decided to become a folk artist.

She had always been creative, experimenting with watercolors and
learning to sew and embroider at a young age.

"I had a creative inkling," ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4257356</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Dog Days': Emily LaBarge on trauma writing and trauma reading]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s often assumed that to write a good memoir, a writer must have
something happen to them. Something big, juicy, and traumatic. Something
unbelievable that really happened to you. Emily
LaBarge is here to critique this idea.

In her memoir, "...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4256762</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regency meets road rage in 'Fast and Fastidious']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Fast and Fastidious" is an absolutely smashing and highly
entertaining genre-defying first novel by R.M. Caldwell, a pseudonym for
New Zealand theater director and escape room puzzle designer. 

The author has described it as a “mash-up of '...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4256761</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family Considers Multigenerational Living]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My aged mother is not doing well. We're strongly considering
bringing her into our home rather than placing her in a care facility.
But we still have three children living with us. How might this impact
our family dynamics?

Jim: It will likely...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/focusonthefamily/s-4252286</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New Normal: Abnormal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's poison in the air outside my house, a bitter smoke of ashes and
hot freeway, and it is keeping us all inside.

Yesterday morning, the kids' summer camp announced that the planned trip
to the pool had been cancelled. They would do ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/georgiagarvey/s-4255210</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let Mute Kids Speak]]></title>
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It is easy to think of people who can't communicate as people who can't
think. That's how deaf people were long regarded. But once sign language
was invented, it became clear that the deaf were no different,
intellectually, from the rest of us.
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lenoreskenazy/s-4254924</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family guide to new movie releases]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA['THE ODYSSEY'

Rated R for violence and some language.

What it’s about: An adaptation of Homer’s epic poem that follows
Odysseus’ 10-year journey back home after a decade in the Trojan
War.

The kid attractor factor: Teens and older kids ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4253114</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Parenting from a distance]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My ex is a terrible co-parent. When we divorced, I remarried soon
afterward, but I have stayed open to co-parenting with their mother. We
had to move an hour away and so my time with the kids had to change. I
now have most weekends, but my ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/familyliving/s-4252159</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: This gardener has more seeds than sense]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[My philosophy concerning a garden is the same as my philosophy toward
dessert — there’s always room for a little more.

It didn’t take long this spring before I realized I was sowing too
many seeds in too little space. Then a light bulb ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4252157</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dance upon demons in Vaishnavi Patel’s new contemporary fantasy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vaishnavi Patel, New York Times bestselling author of
"Kaikeyi," returns with a heart-pounding new standalone
contemporary fantasy novel, "We Dance Upon Demons."

Set in the present day following the events of the pandemic and the
most recent ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4251518</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Isabel Klee’s 'Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About' highlights the messy magic of your 20s]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Isabel Klee perfectly captures the feeling of being a woman in her
20s in her brand new memoir, "Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve
Cried About."

For 20-somethings this will be incredibly relatable, and for those of
us who made it through that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4251517</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Guide Child Through His 'Villain' Phase]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Our three-year-old son is fascinated with evil characters. Whenever
he plays make-believe he always takes on the role of the villain; the
only action figures he wants are the "bad guys." We've made big changes
to our media viewing habits -- but...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/focusonthefamily/s-4246576</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If You Don't Love the World Cup, You Haven't Heard the Right Story]]></title>
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At this point, my family members are accustomed to my weird European
sporting interests. Short of watching "Heated Rivalry," you can't get me
into hockey, but I can give you a 15-year history of the F1 race team
that was Force India. And when it...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/georgiagarvey/s-4249438</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/11/2026</pubDate>
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