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    <title>LSU AgCenter . Childcare</title>
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      <title>Be Child Care Aware! Know What It Takes To Be A Better Consumer of Child Care</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Predictable environments offer children a sense of security and responsibility. This is true of the childcare setting as well as the home. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Helping Children Deal with Disaster</title>
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      <title>Strategies for Helping Youth Cope with Disaster</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After any disaster, children are most afraid that the event will recur, that they or someone they love will be hurt or killed, that they may be separated from those they love and be left alone. Here are strategies to help caregivers help affected children. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:04:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[With more and more parents working and the need for child care increasing, parents need to plan carefully for quality child care for their children. You can do many things to become a better consumer of quality child care, according to LSU AgCenter specialist Becky White. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Child Safety in the Garden</title>
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      <title>Training A Must For All Child-Care Providers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A look at how early care providers' education levels affect the overall quality of child care. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Quality Caregiver Makes Difference; Know What To Look For</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To assist in making decisions about quality child care, parents can look for certain personal traits when selecting a caregiver for their child. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Outdoor Play Provides Rich Environment For Learning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When choosing a child-care facility it is just as important to visit the outside spaces as it is to tour the classrooms. Playing outdoors provides the opportunity for young children to use and develop their large muscles and cognitive abilities. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Appropriate Environments Ensure Safe, Healthy Children</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the most important roles parents and caregivers serve is to ensure that the children entrusted to them thrive in healthy and safe environments. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Encourage Pre-schoolers To Explore, Learn</title>
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      <title>Caregivers Should Examine Playground Safety</title>
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      <title>Be Child Care Aware: Arm Yourself With Skills To Tackle Terrible Tantrums</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Temper tantrums aren’t uncommon in young children. The key for adults is learning how to deal with them, says LSU AgCenter child-care associate Cheri Gioe. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Daily Routines Offer Children Security</title>
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      <title>Choosing Child Care</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What do you look for in choosing child care? This article provides a checklist to help parents choose child care, considering issues related to quality care for your child. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Field Trips Help Children Learn Through Experiences</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter’s “Be Child Care Aware!” educational program is designed to educate parents and child-care providers about quality childcare. This brochure is filled with tips on checking for staffing ratios, relationships, environment, safety, and services. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Several Factors Come Into Play When Selecting Quality Child Care</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A variety of factors should be considered when parents are attempting to find quality child care for their children. While cost and convenience are important considerations, parents should also consider their children’s ages, abilities, interests and personalities. Beliefs and attitudes about education, training, child guidance, nutrition and health are also major considerations. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Malnutrition Impairs U.S. Children’s Health, Behavior</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some 13 million children in the United States live in homes with limited access to a sufficient food supply. A new generation of research demonstrates a direct link between inadequate food supply and a poorer overall health status among U.S. children, according to LSU AgCenter food and nutrition expert Dr. Annrose Guarino. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Be Child Care Aware! Several Factors Come Into Play When Selecting Quality Childcare</title>
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      <title>Policies That Exclude Sick Children Protect Others</title>
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      <title>Check Written Policies Of Child-Care Providers</title>
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      <title>Infants, Toddlers Need Environment That’s Welcoming, Responsive</title>
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      <title>Appropriate Toys for Appropriate Ages</title>
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      <title>Starting A Child-care Program – Things To Think About</title>
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      <title>Multicultural Curricula Foster Respect of Others</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Early care and education programs should offer a multicultural curriculum. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Quality Early Care Essential For Healthy Development</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many children and young adults sustained both physical and emotional injuries from tragedies associated with the recent storm and the days that followed. It’s important to help them cope with those issues, says LSU AgCenter family development specialist Dr. Diane Sasser. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Help your child recover from fearfulness following hurricanes</title>
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      <title>Keeping Sick Children Out Of Child-care Centers Protects Others</title>
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      <title>Planning Healthy Menus Helps Ensure Healthy Children</title>
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      <title>Make Sure Children Are Receiving Quality Care</title>
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      <title>Infants, Toddlers Need Welcoming, Responsive Environment</title>
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