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<title><![CDATA[Statesville.com: Columnist Amy Fuhrman]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[When everyone has a bad day]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/22/when-everyone-has-bad-day/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Whether you blame it on the full moon, too little sleep the night before or too much sugar for breakfast, every mom knows that kids just have bad days.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting divorced is always painful]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/08/getting-divorced-always-painful/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Even in the best of circumstances, divorce is a messy thing.

You're pulling apart two lives — untangling daily routines, promises made, future plans.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Yes, Ma'am, I do feel really old']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/01/yes-maam-i-do-feel-really-old/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Want to feel 10 years older, instantly? 

Try being told "Yes, Ma'am." By a grown-up.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazing – Kids know parenting is tough]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/sep/24/amazing-kids-know-parenting-tough/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It was one of those questions you don't really expect an answer to.
"What should Mommy write her column about this week," I asked my 8-year-old.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Oh, the things that children can learn]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/sep/17/oh-things-children-can-learn/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[We're two weeks in, and this mom is loving kindergarten.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Times have changed in the kitchen]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/sep/10/times-have-changed-kitchen/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Baby, we've come a really long way since our grandmothers' day.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sports world filled with 'Too much information']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/aug/01/sports-world-filled-too-much-information/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[ Log on to Facebook, read the tabloid covers at the grocery store or just listen to the conversations swirling around you at the pool.
The world is filled with T.M.I.
And, apparently, so are some sports books.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:24:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Learning to speak your kids' language]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jul/17/learning-speak-your-kids-language/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[You love your kids. They love you. Everybody's happy, right?
Well, maybe. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Speaking 'Southern' is a cherished tradition]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jul/17/speaking-southern-cherished-tradition/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I love my G.R.I.T.S., and they love me. In fact, I love G.R.I.T.S. so much that I didn't just marry one, I managed to spawn two of my own, and I love all three very much, bless their pea-pickin' little hearts.
For y'all what ain't from around here, and who still think of grits as that mysterious yet savory Southern dish that goes so well with butter, pepper and a glass of ice tea, let me clarify. Grits are simply coarsely ground corn. G.R.I.T.S. are Girls Raised In The South. This place wouldn't be the same without either one.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It wouldn't be summer without a trip to the ER]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jul/12/it-wouldnt-be-summer-without-trip-er/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[There are so many things you can staple. Reports at work, bulletin boards at school ... Ben's head at the hospital. 
After an unfortunate meeting with my parents' coffee table on the last day of his New Orleans visit, my 5-year-old wound up in the emergency room, with a doctor examining the gash in the back of his head.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:58:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mom gets a little too much 'alone time']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jul/02/mom-gets-little-too-much-alone-time/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A little voice came over the phone, the words tumbling out faster than his 5-year-old brain could process.
"Mom. Mom. Mom. I want to tell you something. I swam. I swam across the pool. Without floaties."
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Just say 'No' is harder than it sounds]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jun/11/just-say-no-harder-it-sounds/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It may just be the time of year, but I have developed have an uncontrollable urge to start saying something I've never said before.
Oh, not that word! 
The word I need to start saying is "No."
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The many talents of an everyday mom]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jun/04/many-talents-everyday-mom/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[There's a talent show at my 8-year-old's school this week. He's going to tell jokes, and has spent a considerable amount of time sifting through the good, bad and ugly of kid humor that's available online.
As he practiced and prepared, he asked what I thought my talent was. I thought of a few answers, but none seemed to fit as well as this one:
Being a mom.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Caring for an ailing parent]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/may/21/caring-ailing-parent/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[ We all expect to take care of our children, to fix their meals, give them baths, dole out their medicine.
What we often don't expect is to be doing the same things for our parents.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 May 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Parenting full of ups and downs]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/may/14/parenting-full-ups-and-downs/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[ A good friend of mine has a theory about parenting — for each year of your child's life, there is a hill and a valley. You spend a while feeling on top of the world, and equal amount of time feeling like you've hit rock-bottom. The rest of the year is spent on your way up or back down.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 May 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can I really bond with my boys?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/may/07/can-i-really-bond-my-boys/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Like someone adrift at sea, clinging to a piece of driftwood, I found myself hanging on every word of a group of mothers I had the pleasure of spending last weekend with.
They were all older and wiser than me, and many were the mothers of boys. I realized I was analyzing every story they told, searching for little shreds of hope that my sweet little boys would still want to talk to me in 10, 15, 20 years.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 07 May 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kids: Safety versus freedom]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/23/kids-safety-versus-freedom/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA["Free-Range Kids." The idea calls to mind children running through wide-open fields, rolling down green-grass hills and skipping hand-in-hand.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Family game' gets us talking]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/16/family-game-gets-us-talking/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Every night, around the dinner table, we play a "family game."
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tales from the motherhood]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/09/tales-motherhood/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[ Motherly wisdom — it's both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that you've accumulated years of hard-learned lessons; the curse is that you can't resist sharing them with others.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Let stories of tiny babies move you]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/02/let-stories-tiny-babies-move-you/lifestyles-relationships_special_occasions-parenting/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[ There are stories of miracles and stories of heartbreak for every family who has been helped by the March of Dimes.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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