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		<title>Choices Our Boys Make Can Be Life Altering</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this young lady in an interview this morning. It made me think about bad choices I sometimes made as a young adult. As a loving parent, teacher, mentor, caring adult impress upon our youngsters (especially our sons) that split second poor choices can be life altering. But, also important to note, poor choices [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1488&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goal Setting Your Son and Masterminding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post has 435 words and will take less than 5 ½ minutes to read Goal setting is a skill every one of us needs to master. Success does not drop out of the sky. Accomplishments are not attained magically. Knowledge to better ourselves does not enter our minds via osmosis. The ability to form a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1481&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corrective Discipline with Teen Boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am now a Big Brother with the Big Brother Big Sisters organization. Because of the things I&#8217;ve done with my son and his rites of passage training I also have a family member that has diligently asked that I take time up with her son. Both of the young men have tried the patience [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1472&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post has 249 words and will take less than 3 ½ minutes to read  Being the father of a recent high school graduate I’ve spent the last few years knee-deep in college information as we helped our son weigh his after-high-school-options. During this time I’ve had to face some realities and challenge what once was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1433&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New World Demands Innovation and Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Herold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post has 272 words and will take less than 3 1/2 minutes to read. The new world that we live in demands innovation and creativity—from global commerce down to a family run business; from working for a Fortune 500 company to creating your own lifestyle through intentional design—innovation and creativity are subterranean elements that can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1426&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Proud of You and I Love You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We dropped my son off at the airport today. A 5-day leave isn&#8217;t long. He is headed to his first duty station as a United States Coast Guardsman to the&#160;largest USCG base in Kodiak Alaska. Before he got to this point though he survived the USCG boot camp and volunteered to be his company&#8217;s historian. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1414&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Proud Village and Prouder Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We picked up my son Glynne from the airport late last night. It is hard to explain how good it felt to put my arms around him after his return from the United States Coast Guard boot camp training and hold him tightly. We talked until 2 A.M. As my wife and I sat and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1409&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fathers Forge Futures</title>
		<link>http://positivepassage.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/fathers-forge-futures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you continue: This post has 1080 words. On average, it will take you less than 12 minutes to read. Although, in many ways, my father was an utter mess (an alcoholic, in and out of prison etc.)—there were life lessons I learned from him despite his failings. He would often say to me “Son, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1398&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Formalization of Your Village</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you continue:  This post has 299 words.  On average, it will take you less than 3 1/2 minutes to read. When it comes to a rites of passage program for boys a key component needed to execute the program and final ceremony is the child’s village. As parents our circle of family and friends [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1383&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young Adults and the Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son is scheduled to be home next week. As a married adult and father I haven&#8217;t been really big on holidays. However, as a little child, like most folks probably, holidays were an exciting time. But, I do recall, having a bigger expectation during the holidays when I was in college for a short [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=positivepassage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5935175&amp;post=1365&amp;subd=positivepassage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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