<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>grandpa1917m's Entries</title><link>http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:30:54 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:30:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>GENDER EQUITY IN 'READ ALOUD' STORIES FOR CHILDREN</title><link>http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/gender-equity-in-read-aloud-stories-for-children,2051</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:15:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/gender-equity-in-read-aloud-stories-for-children,2051</guid><description><![CDATA[Enter your post hereÃƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â  Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â This isÃƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â  an
experiment, comments invited            Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â        Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â        Preface       Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â        \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Gender bias exists in the content, language and illustrations of
a large number of children\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s books.]]></description></item><item><title>The Aftermath of School Shootings</title><link>http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/the-aftermath-of-school-shootings,2038</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:42:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/the-aftermath-of-school-shootings,2038</guid><description><![CDATA[Enter your post here      I
am a layman and private citizen on general e-distribution of \\\'The Weekly
SPARK\\\', an e-newsletter of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). Soon
after the (April 16, 2007) Virginia Tech tragedy the SPRC disseminated their
April 19, 2007 issue of \\\'SPARK\\\'.]]></description></item><item><title>An Unresponsive Grandpa</title><link>http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/an-unresponsive-grandpa,2034</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:28:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/an-unresponsive-grandpa,2034</guid><description><![CDATA[Enter your post hereAn Unresponsive Grandpa       Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â        The mother of a pre-teen age girl may have read the preceding
vignette. Not long after I had posted my reply to the aged grandpa I received
an email from a woman in which she told of her daughter\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s repeated but futile
attempts to communicate with her grandfather.]]></description></item><item><title>A Grandpa Too Far</title><link>http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/a-grandpa-too-far,2028</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:58:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/a-grandpa-too-far,2028</guid><description><![CDATA[Enter your post hereÃƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â        \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Outreach\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
and communications between grandparents and grandchildren range from frequent
to not-at-all. Some years ago I responded to an email from an \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'old-old\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
grandfather (as I am now) who told of his futile attempts to contact one or several
of his too-faraway grandchildren.]]></description></item><item><title>Basil Seeds? In Space? Orbiting Planet Earth? No, I'm not kidding.</title><link>http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/basil-seeds-in-space-orbiting-planet-earth-no-im-not-kidding,2026</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:54:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/basil-seeds-in-space-orbiting-planet-earth-no-im-not-kidding,2026</guid><description><![CDATA[I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m on distribution of the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'NASA Science News\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' and the August 16, 
2007 issue opens with (quote):          Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â        ...]]></description></item><item><title>How My 'Grandpa' Storytelling Began</title><link>http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/how-my-grandpa-storytelling-began,2019</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:50:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.families.com/grandpa1917m/journal/how-my-grandpa-storytelling-began,2019</guid><description><![CDATA[Enter your post here   Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â        (Time: about 25 years ago)Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â       I reside in one city, my grandchildren
in another about a thousand miles distant. During one of my rare visits, and
with her mother\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s permission and help, we bundled up my two-year old
granddaughter and tucked her into her stroller.]]></description></item></channel></rss>