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            <title><![CDATA[Letters to My Son: Before You Tell Him What Happens]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-before-you-tell-him-what-happens-2588a158bbc9?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*Ir-luzg3jMVxPXYp" width="6520"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">My dear son,</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-before-you-tell-him-what-happens-2588a158bbc9?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Boys Adrift: The Epidemic Destroying Our Families and the Man Who Knows How to Heal Them]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/boys-adrift-the-epidemic-destroying-our-families-and-the-man-who-knows-how-to-heal-them-6606307c5a21?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*hR-8ZkiZl-fonbjF.jpg" width="800"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Exploring the challenges facing boys and young men and practical solutions to strengthen families and relationships.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/boys-adrift-the-epidemic-destroying-our-families-and-the-man-who-knows-how-to-heal-them-6606307c5a21?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letters to My Son: The Things We Borrow Without Asking]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-the-things-we-borrow-without-asking-66669dcc640a?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*YcpSRRqMRCYYFM0p" width="4592"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">My dear son,</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-the-things-we-borrow-without-asking-66669dcc640a?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilio Blanco Ledesma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 02:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letters to My Son: What You’ll Inherit That Isn’t in My Will]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-what-youll-inherit-that-isn-t-in-my-will-bce0331f8060?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*klPcRc-Hy2cp8Bps" width="4054"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">My dear son,</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-what-youll-inherit-that-isn-t-in-my-will-bce0331f8060?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:17:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Fathers Can Shape Their Sons’ Self-Esteem and Adult Relationships]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/how-fathers-can-shape-their-sons-self-esteem-and-adult-relationships-74e587519e5d?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/0*uI95sfTU_KmjuRv9.jpg" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The way a son experiences his father&#x2019;s personality and behaviour may also be associated with how he evaluates himself and how comfortable&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/how-fathers-can-shape-their-sons-self-esteem-and-adult-relationships-74e587519e5d?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Some People With Almost Nothing Are Happy — and Some With Everything Are Miserable]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/why-some-people-with-almost-nothing-are-happy-and-some-with-everything-are-miserable-a69a0dcfab5b?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/0*GTIrSeCNDBpPvywd.jpg" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">If you are someone who constantly notices how much better life could have been, the ability to think differently is already inside you.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/why-some-people-with-almost-nothing-are-happy-and-some-with-everything-are-miserable-a69a0dcfab5b?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letters to My Son: The Lives We Do Not Get to Live]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-the-lives-we-do-not-get-to-live-4d3001386892?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*sZUGhzkchpVUVRAz" width="4160"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">My dear son,</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-the-lives-we-do-not-get-to-live-4d3001386892?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilio Blanco Ledesma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:19:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Whose Goal Is It? When Parents Want the Result More Than the Athlete]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/whose-goal-is-it-when-parents-want-the-result-more-than-the-athlete-d60ea71c36c8?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/0*XhoiQWIyrCfWW2Dq.jpg" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The problem is not caring too much. It is allowing care, investment, and responsibility to blur into ownership.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/whose-goal-is-it-when-parents-want-the-result-more-than-the-athlete-d60ea71c36c8?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Invisible Side of Becoming a Father]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letters to My Son: Rage Against the Dying of Your Light]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-rage-against-the-dying-of-your-light-8c6642174bdd?source=rss----8a2403150355---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*s-WIqzIAqPd6Bqnd" width="4164"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">My dear son,</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/a-parent-is-born/letters-to-my-son-rage-against-the-dying-of-your-light-8c6642174bdd?source=rss----8a2403150355---4">Continue reading on A Parent Is Born »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilio Blanco Ledesma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:25:27 GMT</pubDate>
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