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		<title>The New Houseparent Network Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After over a year and a half without a forum I am pleased to announce that it is back.  The life of being a houseparent is ever changing, so it only makes sense that so does the conversation and information.  After you have finished checking out the archive I invite you to come over to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to The Houseparent Network Forum Archive</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had to close down the forum for several reasons.  1. Because the latest version of the forum was causing issues with the server hosting my website.  They were threatening to suspend my account and there was no way I could roll back to a previous version.  2. Constant attacks by spammers compared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories of First Houseparenting Positions, What was it like and what did you take with you??</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[shansimons77 Ok well, my husband and I are taking on our first houseparent position and were wondering what it was like for you. Our facility is one where we are moving into a home in a normal neighborhood. We are the only Houseparents, no rotation. We have 5 1/2 days off straight a month for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consequences I need ideas for Consequences!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[theknowles  My wife and I are going into our third month of being houseparents for teenage girls. The girls that we have range from ages 14-18 and can be quite difficult. Here where we are we use a level system to hold them accountable for their actions. To give you an example level one girls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secure your Network!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a funny story that has a point. There once was an individual that worked at a children&#8217;s home. (NO, it’s not me) He decided we wanted to have a wireless network so he could work on his laptop anywhere in the house. He bought a router, plugged it in, and got everything hooked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t believe everything you hear</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[dontlietokids.net  A friend of mine heard he was going to get a young lady from another home and he was pretty uptight about it because he had been told that she was a trouble maker who manipulated a lot. I knew the young lady and told him that I believed she was a great kid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I have noticed about many of the children we have worked with is that they don’t have many traditions, especially during Christmas and the holiday season. It is important to have roots and traditions and I believe that is one of the more important things we can do for the children we care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Count on Technology!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are concerned about the things your children see on the Internet and want to try and protect them from it, don’t count on technology to do it for you. I work at a children’s home that uses the most current filtering software to try and protect our children from the bad influences of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Pencil Whip Your Fire Drills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[webmaster “Pencil whipping” is a term we used in the military which means to complete the paperwork on something without actually doing it. It was most often used for checks, drills and inspections that people didn’t want to do. I was much too uptight to do it very often but I have been known to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Aid Kit My kit</title>
		<link>http://houseparent.net/NewForumArchive/?p=383</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Launchpad We went to the beach this weekend and had a great time. Unfortunately one of our kids were climbing on the breaker rock and cut himself really good on a piece of coral. So I walked back to the bus and got the first aid kit (Standard tin can kit) and started fixing up [...]]]></description>
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