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		<title>Report Card Translation, Please!</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2010/04/02/report-card-translation-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s report card time again.¬† Unfortunately, I&#8217;ve come to dread reading my boys&#8217; reports as much¬†as the mutual fund statements¬†I get from the bank.¬† It&#8217;s not the marks that are the problem.¬† It&#8217;s the commentary.¬† I could spend thirty minutes¬†reading every sentence provided by the teacher along the right column of the page, but I&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Skittles Ad.  Funny or Disturbing?</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2010/02/01/new-skittles-ad-funny-or-disturbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this ad is supposed to be funny, but I just couldn&#8217;t laugh.¬† Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m a mother and I take my children&#8217;s health and happiness too seriously.¬† Or maybe it&#8217;s because this commercial just isn&#8217;t as funny as it should be.¬† My children love Skittles, regardless of the quality of their marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Movie Tickets or Psychopathic Action Figures</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2010/01/24/buy-movie-tickets-or-psychopathic-action-figures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve got to feel a little sorry for Hollywood these days.¬† Recession times, such as they are, have hurt them as much as any other business out there.¬† Did you see the Golden Globes?¬† Clearly, they&#8217;re on a budget &#8211; why else would they have hired a Brit to host?¬† Cheap overseas labour is something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Will Work for Money: Commission-based Chores</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2010/01/12/kids-will-work-for-money-commission-based-chores/</link>
		<comments>http://porridgereport.com/2010/01/12/kids-will-work-for-money-commission-based-chores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago, I implemented a new chore system for our household.¬† Determined to get my kids to learn the value of hard work, I developed a commission-based chore schedule.¬† I was sick of begging them to set the table, practice piano, or do homework.¬† Even worse, I was fed up with the shrill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Christmas Toys R Us Lets Your Fingers do the Shopping</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2009/11/21/finger-shopping-this-christmas-at-toys-r-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hand will be getting some extra exercise over the coming month of December as parents dip into their pockets or purses and open their wallets. ¬†But their legs might get a surprising rest.¬† That&#8217;s because Santa&#8217;s favourite workshop (read: Toys R Us) is offering customers the opportunity to shop right from their mobile devices.
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That&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Ratings Confusion</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2009/07/22/movie-ratings-confusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a beef with those things called movie ratings.¬† Seriously, folks.¬† They&#8217;re confusing.¬† They&#8217;re¬†confusing the heck out of¬†parents across North America.¬†
You disagree.¬† I see you disagree.¬†
There&#8217;s PG and there&#8217;s R, you say.¬† What else does a parent need to know?¬† Oh yeah, and that really nice rating called G for General.¬† A parent&#8217;s dream, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Game Fun or Addiction?</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2009/04/27/video-game-fun-or-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I periodically discussed purchasing a Wii for our three boys.¬† They each have a DS Nintendo already, which they would gleefully play from sunrise to sundown if only we&#8217;d let them.¬† But, handily enough, they&#8217;re small enough to stow away in one hiding spot or another until their next Happy Hour &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bracelet Gives Sound Advice: Don&#8217;t Do Drugs</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2009/03/18/bracelet-gives-sound-advice-dont-do-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://porridgereport.com/2009/03/18/bracelet-gives-sound-advice-dont-do-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everybody does it.&#8221;¬† The statement is a mantra among high school kids, for whom the label of &#8220;being different&#8221; can mean a one-way ticket to loserdom.¬† It&#8217;s the defence for the slacker who wants company when he&#8217;s skipping class.¬† It&#8217;s the¬†girls waving off with indifference why they shoplift jewellery.¬† Or it&#8217;s a little nudge among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commission-based Chores for Your Kids</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2009/02/27/commission-based-chores-for-your-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://porridgereport.com/2009/02/27/commission-based-chores-for-your-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids are just reaching the¬†stage where they are capable of helping out around the house.¬†¬†The oldest of my kids (now in grade three) can make his bed without much difficulty, brush his own teeth (if you don&#8217;t mind a little yellow), understand the difference between cleaning his room and stuffing everything under the bed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Kids to Nag Mom and Dad</title>
		<link>http://porridgereport.com/2009/02/04/marketing-kids-to-nag-mom-and-dad/</link>
		<comments>http://porridgereport.com/2009/02/04/marketing-kids-to-nag-mom-and-dad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder why the marketers have so much power to sway your child&#8217;s preferences?¬† Well, watch this video and you&#8217;ll see for yourself.¬† It&#8217;s the perfect David versus Goliath scenario.¬† Mom and Dad&#8217;s voices cannot possibly compete with the omnipresence of a multibillion dollar investment in advertising and marketing research devoted to children.¬† The following [...]]]></description>
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