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	<title>Comments on: Step Mommies</title>
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	<description>parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it</description>
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		<title>By: Daphne</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-499</link>
		<dc:creator>Daphne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been thinking I should talk about it more.  But, it&#039;s delicate...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking I should talk about it more.  But, it&#8217;s delicate&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: BF</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-417</link>
		<dc:creator>BF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>its really tough to be in a blended family, and its really a big deal to have people around who would support and encourage you in your role as a step mom.  
I had other people help me with my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blendedfamilyexperts.com/jane-massengill/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blended family&lt;/a&gt;. Good for you, you have your mom to count on to!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>its really tough to be in a blended family, and its really a big deal to have people around who would support and encourage you in your role as a step mom.<br />
I had other people help me with my <a href="http://www.blendedfamilyexperts.com/jane-massengill/index.php" rel="nofollow">blended family</a>. Good for you, you have your mom to count on to!</p>
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		<title>By: Jill</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-311</link>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d love to hear more about your thoughts on stepparenting and steprelationships, too! I&#039;m new to your blog, and I love it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d love to hear more about your thoughts on stepparenting and steprelationships, too! I&#8217;m new to your blog, and I love it.</p>
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		<title>By: The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Links for Wednesday, July 16</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-301</link>
		<dc:creator>The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Links for Wednesday, July 16</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Cool Mom: Step Mommies (video) - Cool Mom talks to her mom, a former teacher, about the positive role she often saw stepmoms playing in the families she interacted with. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Cool Mom: Step Mommies (video) &#8211; Cool Mom talks to her mom, a former teacher, about the positive role she often saw stepmoms playing in the families she interacted with. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mrs. H</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-258</link>
		<dc:creator>Mrs. H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a teacher and a stepmom. Truthfully, my role as a parent and stepparent impacted my teaching more than any single thing in my life. On the other side of it, my teaching has impacted my parenting.

I don&#039;t think I believe that there is any one way that a stepmom should function in a family. Each family and the needs of its members vary too greatly.

The key is to find what works best for you and is best for the kids. Wouldn&#039;t it be nice if there were a magical answer for that?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a teacher and a stepmom. Truthfully, my role as a parent and stepparent impacted my teaching more than any single thing in my life. On the other side of it, my teaching has impacted my parenting.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think I believe that there is any one way that a stepmom should function in a family. Each family and the needs of its members vary too greatly.</p>
<p>The key is to find what works best for you and is best for the kids. Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if there were a magical answer for that?!</p>
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		<title>By: Mel</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-255</link>
		<dc:creator>Mel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your mom is a sweetheart - but I would welcome more discussion about stepparents.  I&#039;m not one, but have (and have had) a few.  Coming from the stepchild&#039;s perspective, I think a stepparent can be a positive influence in a child&#039;s life if the stepparent is coming from a place of love for the child.  Step relationships can be very complicated - jealousies and insecurities of both the adult and child involved and also the relationship between the divorced parents.  There are often time-sharing and money sharing issues as well.  This vlog was interesting to hear a teacher&#039;s perspective on stepmoms being in tune with any issues with a child, but there so much more to mine!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your mom is a sweetheart &#8211; but I would welcome more discussion about stepparents.  I&#8217;m not one, but have (and have had) a few.  Coming from the stepchild&#8217;s perspective, I think a stepparent can be a positive influence in a child&#8217;s life if the stepparent is coming from a place of love for the child.  Step relationships can be very complicated &#8211; jealousies and insecurities of both the adult and child involved and also the relationship between the divorced parents.  There are often time-sharing and money sharing issues as well.  This vlog was interesting to hear a teacher&#8217;s perspective on stepmoms being in tune with any issues with a child, but there so much more to mine!</p>
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		<title>By: Pages tagged "kids"</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-254</link>
		<dc:creator>Pages tagged "kids"</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] bookmarks tagged kids Step Mommies&#160;saved by 3 others  &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Yachan85 bookmarked on 07/12/08 &#124; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] bookmarks tagged kids Step Mommies&nbsp;saved by 3 others  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yachan85 bookmarked on 07/12/08 | [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Daphne</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-251</link>
		<dc:creator>Daphne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you very much.  I am very proud of my mom and how she has helped people through the years.  She&#039;s my hero.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you very much.  I am very proud of my mom and how she has helped people through the years.  She&#8217;s my hero.</p>
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		<title>By: Kelsey</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-247</link>
		<dc:creator>Kelsey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow your mom is a smart lady! Great vlog!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow your mom is a smart lady! Great vlog!</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda</title>
		<link>http://coolmom.com/2008/07/11/step-mommies/#comment-235</link>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your mom seems to have some wisdom...and she has a lovely , radiant personality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your mom seems to have some wisdom&#8230;and she has a lovely , radiant personality.</p>
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