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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Wide-leg pants don't seem to fit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve rotated our cold-weather clothes with our warm-weather clothes
so many years, I could do it in my sleep. From the looks of some of our
clothes, I may have been doing it in my sleep.

Neither the husband nor I are clothes horses. We’re ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4083073</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Many moms on Mother's Day]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My ex-wife and I divorced four years ago. We had a son via IVF —
my egg and a donor father — but she carried our baby. I share this
background to show how complicated our story is. We have both found new
partners. She has remarried a woman ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/familyliving/s-4083046</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[You're Doing It Wrong: Pants-Washing Edition]]></title>
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The article in The Washington Post pulled no punches.

"You're probably washing your pants wrong," the headline informed me,
with no small degree of smugness. "Here's how to do it right."

As a woman and a parent, I am quite accustomed to being ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/georgiagarvey/s-4082654</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daniel Grace brings Judas and Pilate back to New York]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone has staged them with nails, blood and a cold sense of
purpose. The police see a grotesque crime scene. A defense attorney sees
a case that will swallow his career. A social worker sees a summons that
feels older than the city itself.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4081852</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anxiety memorist dives deeper into emotions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his book "Hard Feelings: Finding the Wisdom in Our Darkest
Emotions," Daniel Smith’s contemplative reflection is both
rewarding and cathartic, as he explores the emotions he has contended
with over his lifetime and the scholarly research that...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4081851</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lending Money To Family Should Be Approached Cautiously]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: In the past few months both our adult son and my brother have
experienced job loss and hardship. We have the resources to help. Is it
wise to loan money to either or both of them?

Jim: Financial counselor Ron Blue highlights a critical point ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/focusonthefamily/s-4076377</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Future-Proofing the Next Generation]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When engineers build something expensive and important, they try to
"future-proof" it. According to the Cambridge Dictionary,
future-proofing means "to design software, a computer, etc. so that it
can still be used in the future, even when ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lenoreskenazy/s-4079435</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family guide to new movie releases]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA['MICHAEL'

Rated PG-13 for some thematic material, language, and smoking.

What it’s about: A biopic about the King of Pop set during the
early (noncontroversial) days of his career, from 1966 to 1988.

The kid attractor factor: Most likely the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4077756</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: 11 reasons to not clean my desk drawer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[My desk drawer is a mess. It’s always a mess. Even after I tidy it
up, it reverts to a mess as soon as I close the drawer.

I think it’s because I do things quickly. I move fast and mess
things up fast. But even if I slowed down, it would ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4076286</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Emotional artifacts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My girlfriend and I are moving in together, and while cleaning out
her garage, I found a box of photos of her with other guys — except
most of the guys are cut out, so it’s basically her with a random
torso on a boat, her with a random ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/familyliving/s-4076282</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dark slow-burn romance explores trauma, trust and the complicated ties that bind]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some romances race toward the first kiss. "Only the Small
Bones" by C.P. Harris takes the longer road — the one lined with
rules that exist for a reason. Do not touch. Do not push. Do not demand
words that will not come. Harris opens her tale ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4075359</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Offering clear-eyed hope on infertility’s hardest days]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a particular silence that follows a fertility appointment.
It sits in the car between two people who don’t know what to say. It
hums in the background of baby showers and holiday dinners. It lingers
in the two-week wait, in the clinic ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4075358</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Handle Critical Comments]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I'm a divorced dad with joint custody of my daughter. When she came
to my place last weekend, she told me that my ex-wife has been making
some very critical and unkind statements about me. Do you have any
advice for handling this situation?

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/focusonthefamily/s-4069236</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Has Passed is Not Always What Was Best]]></title>
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Your memories will try to trick you.

I thought about that as I was driving down a street near my house the
other day, when I spotted a father walking down the sidewalk, his young
daughter slung over his shoulder like a sack of coal he was ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/georgiagarvey/s-4073411</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graduates, Follow Your (Fill in the Blank)]]></title>
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Note to Grads: Fill in the parentheses and you can skip the big speech.
It's all here!

Greetings, students, parents, deans, professors and especially our
esteemed mascot (name of fish), who so aptly represents our student body
-- and with whom ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lenoreskenazy/s-4072865</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family guide to new movie releases]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA['NORMAL'

Rated R for strong bloody violence, and language.

What it’s about: An interim sheriff discovers a small Minnesota
town's violent secret.

The kid attractor factor: This is an action comedy — not for
kids.

Good lessons/bad lessons:...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4071095</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Dirty car drives her crazy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love a clean car — no trash on the floor, no empty plastic water
bottles rolling around, no fossilized fries smashed into floor mats. A
clean car makes me happy.

Sometimes, if the car is clean on the inside and the outside, I’m
so happy I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4069074</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Conflict with grieving grandmother]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. I just got married to a man with three children. Their mother died
two years ago, and we have bonded quite well. Problem is the kids'
grandmother -- the children's mother's mother -- seems very jealous and
undermines things that I do. She will ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/familyliving/s-4069068</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['So Old, So Young': A nostalgic masterpiece]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his newest novel, Grant Ginder gives the perfect read for
20-somethings, 30-somethings and beyond, and proves to us that
friendships may come and go, but the memories never will.

"So Old, So Young" follows a group of six friends over 20
years,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4068496</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A practical guide to staying alert in an unpredictable world]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Look Twice: Your Guide to Staying Safe in an Unsafe World,
Volume I" lands in a steady, practical place. Tim Beard writes like
someone who has spent years thinking about risk and then came home to
translate that mindset for ordinary life. The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4068495</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/13/2026</pubDate>
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