<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570624788839354887</id><updated>2011-10-18T08:42:06.446-07:00</updated><category term='sari'/><category term='parents'/><category term='parenting'/><category term='teenager'/><category term='daughter teen'/><category term='teens'/><category term='column'/><category term='shashi tharoor'/><category term='culture'/><title type='text'>parenting a teen</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3570624788839354887/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anu Narasimhadevara</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='30' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/295/3427/640/DSCN1610_anu.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570624788839354887.post-4238846455382005118</id><published>2008-12-23T09:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T09:06:58.185-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daughter teen'/><title type='text'>My daughter: 15 years, 7months, 4 days</title><summary type='text'>She is a joy - absolutely completely.But how do I help her make education choices?She is in the 10th grade this year - public exams (boards - as we call them in India) and needs to actually choose her stream NOW. what she decides now will be what she is going to be 30 years form now. As a first step, she knows what she DOES NOT want to do - no commerce, no core liberal arts.That leaves the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/feeds/4238846455382005118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3570624788839354887&amp;postID=4238846455382005118&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3570624788839354887/posts/default/4238846455382005118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3570624788839354887/posts/default/4238846455382005118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-daughter-15-years-7months-4-days.html' title='My daughter: 15 years, 7months, 4 days'/><author><name>Anu Narasimhadevara</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='30' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/295/3427/640/DSCN1610_anu.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570624788839354887.post-7521589983769567924</id><published>2007-04-08T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T03:08:29.423-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sari'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shashi tharoor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='column'/><title type='text'>The sari v/s churidar debate</title><summary type='text'>well, I have just got to jump in!!Between clients at work and exams for kids at home, Shashi Tharoor's column did not even register a blip on my radar.This Sunday morning I have been catching up on my reading, this column and otherwise and the range of verbiage is mind boggling.As one of thounsands of women who work both in and outside the house, i have no time to wear the sari for my 7 am exit </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/feeds/7521589983769567924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3570624788839354887&amp;postID=7521589983769567924&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3570624788839354887/posts/default/7521589983769567924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3570624788839354887/posts/default/7521589983769567924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/2007/04/sari-vs-churidar-debate.html' title='The sari v/s churidar debate'/><author><name>Anu Narasimhadevara</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='30' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/295/3427/640/DSCN1610_anu.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570624788839354887.post-471626343695559360</id><published>2006-11-19T00:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T01:07:32.727-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parents'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teenager'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parenting'/><title type='text'>Uncharted Territory!!</title><summary type='text'>I have come back to write after much time has passed. Somewhere between, coming back to India and trying to settle back in a very changed country, my first born is a teenager!! The birthday was celebrated with the usual fanfare but realizing that this WAS a milestone for all of us a family. I was determined to approach this with my usual sense of upbeat-ness and coast along with a few bumps along</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/feeds/471626343695559360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3570624788839354887&amp;postID=471626343695559360&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3570624788839354887/posts/default/471626343695559360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3570624788839354887/posts/default/471626343695559360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parentingateen.blogspot.com/2006/11/uncharted-territory.html' title='Uncharted Territory!!'/><author><name>Anu Narasimhadevara</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='30' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/295/3427/640/DSCN1610_anu.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
