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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: A whole other family]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My girlfriend travels for work, or so she told me, but I just
found out she has a whole other family, including a child! I'm thinking
about calling the other woman and telling her. What's good
ex-etiquette?

A: Before you pick up the phone, ask...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/familyliving/s-4267815</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Cooking up a way to plan meals]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, when women only a few years older than I am now announced
they quit cooking, I silently judged them. I would think to myself,
“How in the world do you just stop cooking?”

I get it now. They were tired — tired of chicken, tired of...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4267798</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A story of loss and the hard work of carrying love forward]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grief does not always behave like an ending. Sometimes it acts more
like a ride that refuses to stop: the same drops and turns, the same
sickening return to the place where everything irrevocably changed. 

In the latest entry to his “Life and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4267266</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Murder at the Hotel Orient' checks readers into a scandalous whodunit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If "Murder at the Hotel Orient" were a film, it would be
given an “R” if not an “NC-17” rating, as it is a quite naughty,
although highly entertaining, murder mystery that would be unsuitable
for church or library-based book clubs. The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4267265</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Husband Neglects Family For Work]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I'm not generally one for labels, but I think it's fair to call my
husband a "workaholic" -- he might even agree. He's preoccupied with his
job and spends very little time with me and our kids. When I've asked
him about it he just says: "Things...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/focusonthefamily/s-4262825</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who's Winning the Battle Against Your Face?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[

The other night, smack-dab in the middle of an insomniac phone jaunt, I
found myself scrolling through posts on a plastic surgery chat room.

I can't say I recommend the activity, especially as a way to get back to
sleep, but it was certainly ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/georgiagarvey/s-4265727</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family guide to new movie releases]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA['SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY'

Rated PG-13 for sequences of action/violence and some language.

What it’s about: Tom Holland's Peter Parker is all grown up and
attempting to navigate adult life and the Spider-Man life with very few
friends.

The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4264022</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[They're raffling off their $2 million home for $7 to travel the world: 'If not now, when?']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It began as a whimsical idea that occurred to Daniel Leigh after an idyllic trip to the United
States: Sell his family's five-bedroom home in England and travel the
world with his wife, Lauren Vaknine, and their two children.

So he was surprised ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/parentnews/s-4262748</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: I fought the lawn and the lawn won]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve hit a rough patch over mowing the lawn this summer. The
husband is temporarily sidelined with a knee injury and I cheerfully and
enthusiastically (a slight exaggeration) volunteered to do the
mowing.

We are now engulfed in turf wars. My ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4262732</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Keeping secrets?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I'm in trouble. My ex is very angry that I did not pass on a
confidence that our child told me, but she asked me not to tell her dad.
I want her to trust me, so I kept it a secret, but when her father found
out, he hit the roof. Now he's angry ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/familyliving/s-4262727</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kristin Casey’s fearless memoir of survival and self-worth]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Casey‘s "Casey Dancer" takes on subject matter
most memoirists would soften or sanitize: a return to stripping at 39
after a stalled real estate career, a decade of dating in sobriety and
an eventual pivot into professional companionship...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4262044</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A breakup turns into a nightmare of manipulation and control]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some thrillers begin with a crime scene. "Dawn Before
Darkness" begins with a woman trying to end a relationship without
angering the man on the other end of the phone. That choice — careful,
almost ordinary — tells readers exactly what kind ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4262043</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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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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		<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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