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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Strollerderby : smoking parents</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/smoking+parents/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: smoking parents</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Mommy Needs a Smoke</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/29/sometimes-mommy-and-daddy-need-to-smoke.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:97465</guid><dc:creator>Rachael Brownell (Redsy)</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=97465</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/29/sometimes-mommy-and-daddy-need-to-smoke.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/05/23-End%20of%20Month/gamucci%20girl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/05/23-End%20of%20Month/gamucci%20girl.jpg" alt="" align="right" border="0" height="265" hspace="4" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Raising children is like taming a wild octopus high on crack, but in
a
good way. Naturally, parents are often quite interested in ways to
relax and unwind after a long arduous day of &amp;#39;rearing.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;#39;s high
octane, baby! Which is why Mommy and Daddy and Daddy and Mommy need to
C.H.I.L.L.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Luckily, there are plenty of ways to do this that
don&amp;#39;t involve &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/28/in-defense-of-potty-mouth-mamas.aspx"&gt;swearing&lt;/a&gt;, screaming, &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/content/articles/columns/badparent/Smack-I-Dont-Believe-In-Spanking-But-I-Did-It-Anyway/"&gt;spanking&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://redsy.com/2008/04/10/today-6-months-tomorrow-the-world/"&gt;or drinking&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, you could &lt;a href="http://www.fitnessfixation.com"&gt;take up exercise&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Or? You could eat more fruits and vegetables. Or meditate. Or practice tantric sex.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gamucci.com/gamucci/index.html"&gt;Or smoke a nicotine-free fancy European cigarette&lt;/a&gt;?? You bet!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In an imperfect world full of parents with truly destructive habits I support finding alternatives that are still edgy but retain an element of health.&amp;nbsp; And sure, we don&amp;#39;t want to set a bad example for the kids by smoking away their youth... but we also don&amp;#39;t want to be uptight yellers who never have any fun or &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/29/father-puts-baby-for-sale-on-craigslist.aspx"&gt;sell our babies on craigslist&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A good friend of mine is using the Gamucci as a way to quit smoking and it&amp;#39;s really working!&amp;nbsp; I don&amp;#39;t smoke, but if I decide to start, t&lt;a href="http://www.gamucci.com"&gt;his is where I&amp;#39;m stocking up&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Related Posts:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/29/weekly-check-up-five-ways-to-exercise-with-kids.aspx"&gt;Exercise you slackers&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/29/father-puts-baby-for-sale-on-craigslist.aspx"&gt;Dad tries to sell baby on craigslist. Is called a &amp;#39;dick&amp;#39; by his girlfriend&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imperfectparent.com/rugrat/articles593_1.php"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home for Wayward Mothers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/28/in-defense-of-potty-mouth-mamas.aspx"&gt;Mommies who swear are awesome&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=97465" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/smoking/default.aspx">smoking</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/parents+who+smoke/default.aspx">parents who smoke</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/smoking+parents/default.aspx">smoking parents</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/nicotine/default.aspx">nicotine</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/babies+and+smoking/default.aspx">babies and smoking</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/tar/default.aspx">tar</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/gamucci+cigarette/default.aspx">gamucci cigarette</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/mothers+who+smoke/default.aspx">mothers who smoke</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/european+cigarette/default.aspx">european cigarette</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/dangers+of+smoking/default.aspx">dangers of smoking</category></item></channel></rss>