Why have children? DINCs, This is For You!
Why have children? DINCs, This is For You! First there were Yuppies (Young Urban Professionals). Then came the Boomers, the Busters, the Boomlets, a...
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The Truth About Motherhood
The Truth About Motherhood What is the mystery of motherhood? I know that when I was pregnant, experienced mothers could not stop giving me advice o...
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Your Checking Account
Your Checking Account Checking accounts are an absolute necessity these days. You can either have a checking account or run to the bank or other o...
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Choosing Names For Twins
Choosing Names For Twins There are many reasons for treating your twins as individuals rather than a pair. But if you must choose names that go toge...
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Communication Mistakes Parents Often Make - And Easy Ways To Correct Them
Communication Mistakes Parents Often Make - And Easy Ways To Correct Them As parents, we love our children and want to do the best for them. At time...
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Girls Gone Mild
Girls Gone Mild Voices! So many voices crying out for adherence and so many people confused about values, virtues and life. What voices are call...
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The POWER of Reading
The POWER of Reading Reading to your child at a young age is one of the most effective tools for expanding his mind and instilling a lifelong love o...
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The POWER of Your Words
The POWER of Your Words Words are truly powerful things. They are something that becomes a part of us, our history, and our legacy. From my own life...
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Play the Ball, Not the Man!
Play the Ball, Not the Man! As parents and teachers, sometimes we want to praise, at other times we need to rebuke. Either way, how do we put our po...
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Whos Your Daddy? How to be a Great Dad in 5 to 7 Minutes
Whos Your Daddy? How to be a Great Dad in 5 to 7 Minutes I am a dad. I have been now for over 8 years. And I suppose I don't know just everything th...
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Meet The Twixters!
Meet The Twixters! There is a new stage of development for parents to consider. The stages of development are roughly the following: children move...
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The Personality of a Virgo Child
The Personality of a Virgo Child Your Virgo Baby.. August 23 - September 22 Virgo children are honest and reliable and usually tidy, although th...
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7 Powerful Ways to Show Love to Children
7 Powerful Ways to Show Love to Children Our children are our most important legacy to the world. However, our love is our most important legacy to ...
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Nights by a Pinocchio Lamp
Nights by a Pinocchio Lamp Sitting by her Pinocchio lamp, she smiled at me as her tiny shadow puppet danced on the bedroom wall. "A bunny!" she gigg...
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Help Your Kids Learn More About Managing Their Personal Economy
Help Your Kids Learn More About Managing Their Personal Economy Remember when cash was a tangible commodity in all of our personal economies? As kid...
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Homework Doesn?t Have to Be a Battle of Wills
Homework Doesn?t Have to Be a Battle of Wills Homework. It doesn't have to be a daily battle of wills between child and parent. There are several st...
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Difference
Difference There are times when my ideas of raising a child is different from the elderly and others. To begin with, my baby is not an easy one. Bec...
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A Little Love, Please?
A Little Love, Please? Article based on a friend's experience I just wanted to share an experience I just had with my daughters, Yee Ting and Yee ...
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Just Average
Just Average What do you mean average? Not good? Just doing good enough? That's what came out in Joshua's report card recently. Looking back, I wa...
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The Best Gifts Ever: Life Experiences Every Child Should Have
The Best Gifts Ever: Life Experiences Every Child Should Have This past holiday season Canadians spent over $45 billion-with parents paying out almo...
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Ready, Aim, Achieve! - Become An On-purpose Family Through Goal Setting
Ready, Aim, Achieve! - Become An On-purpose Family Through Goal Setting Successful families don't just happen. They take time, talent and planning. ...
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10 Tips for Making Daily Physical Activity Part of Your Childs Life!
10 Tips for Making Daily Physical Activity Part of Your Childs Life! Here's some of the bad news about sedentary lifestyles: ? Forty percent of ch...
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8 Tips To Save On Child Care Costs
8 Tips To Save On Child Care Costs Child care costs are are one of the most expensive costs associated with going back to work. Finding ways to cut ...
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Kids Party Etiquette for Parents
Kids Party Etiquette for Parents Ever feel like you're out of the loop when it comes to the unspoken rules of kids party etiquette? Experienced Mo...
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Thirteen Values You Can Teach Through Homework
Thirteen Values You Can Teach Through Homework Are you a parent concerned about passing values on to your kids? Do you worry that you can't find th...
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Internet Dangers - Protecting Children from Internet Jeopardy
Internet Dangers - Protecting Children from Internet Jeopardy Parents are in a unique position to "monitor" their children's internet activities and...
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Hair Care for Children
Hair Care for Children Salon visits can be scary experiences for small children: They are boring, full of strangers and strange smelling products, y...
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Back to School
Back to School It is hard to believe that summer is coming to a close, but the fall and school season is fast approaching. Our son will be beginning...
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Motivation - The Key to Your Childs Educational Success
Motivation - The Key to Your Childs Educational Success For the first year or two of life outside the womb, our brains are in the most impressionabl...
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Send Your Child to College FREE!
Send Your Child to College FREE! College is one of the largest expenses through the course of your childâ??s life. It is also one of the main causes...
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Adolescence - Clues and Advice
Adolescence - Clues and Advice Be sure to respect the intellectual changes that mark adolescence. Adolescent thinking can and should reflect: abstra...
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You Dont Need a Supernanny to Be an Active Parent
You Dont Need a Supernanny to Be an Active Parent The hot new reality TV show "Nanny 911" has been joined by a similar nanny-to-the-rescue show call...
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Real Monsters Under Your Bed
Real Monsters Under Your Bed There may really be a real monster under your kidâ??s bed! Seriously, they could actually be there! If you are a pa...
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Diapers: Do You Choose Disposable Or Reusable?
Diapers: Do You Choose Disposable Or Reusable? Diapers.. Changing a dirty diaper is not the best part of having a baby, but there's no escaping it...
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How To Be Your Childs Sex Educator
How To Be Your Childs Sex Educator The debate in many towns continues throughout this country about who should hold the responsibility of educating ...
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The Secret of Understanding Children
The Secret of Understanding Children It was a day that I will forever be etched into my being. My husband was out of town visiting his mother and I ...
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Youth In A Changing World
Youth In A Changing World Introduction Children are the gifts of God to parents. That young child will in no time at all grow up to become a respo...
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Detox To Help Conception
Detox To Help Conception Detox To Conceive.. If you're having trouble conceiving your body may need a detox. The key to fertility is getting the b...
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The Mystery of Child Beliefs, Spirit in Children, Understanding Spirtuality in Children
The Mystery of Child Beliefs, Spirit in Children, Understanding Spirtuality in Children In the wonderment of childhood, it is easier for a child to ...
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From Birth to Teen, Spirituality in Children
From Birth to Teen, Spirituality in Children Until about the age of six, children do not generally have the aptitude to think in abstract terms. But...
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Understanding A Childs Beliefs, Nuturing Young Beliefs
Understanding A Childs Beliefs, Nuturing Young Beliefs Children are moral and make moral determinations... at least until their view becomes jaded t...
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Anorexia Nervosa Alert - is Your Daughter Dying To Be Thin?
Anorexia Nervosa Alert - is Your Daughter Dying To Be Thin? Anorexia nervosa is a serious medical disorder that is statistically most prevalent in t...
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How to Deal with Your Child?s Inappropriate Behaviour
How to Deal with Your Child?s Inappropriate Behaviour Children bombard parents with many challenging behaviours. We are delighted if their behaviour...
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Child Abuse - Survey & Comments
Child Abuse - Survey & Comments Beyond cases reported to authorities, little knowledge exists on the types, amount, and effects of childhood victimi...
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Top Seven Tips for Back-to-School Success
Top Seven Tips for Back-to-School Success Parents play a critical role in their child's success. These seven tips from http://www.goalsettingforstu...
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Promoting Your Childs Motor Development
Promoting Your Childs Motor Development Assuming there are no serious motor problems present, what can you, as an involved parent, do to help promot...
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Reading, Writing, Rithmetic -- and Recess!
Reading, Writing, Rithmetic -- and Recess! Recess has begun disappearing in states all around the country. The reason is the increasing emphasis on ...
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For School Success, Dont Coddle Your Kids
For School Success, Dont Coddle Your Kids Parents want their children to succeed in school. However, sometimes their best intentions are misguided. ...
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I Cant Sleep Without You
I Cant Sleep Without You When my firstborn arrived into this serene and peaceful household, my entire world was transformed into a warzone and funfa...
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Old-Fashioned Ways to Inspire Children
Old-Fashioned Ways to Inspire Children "Walk through any toy store and you will see walls and walls of toys that are loud -- toys that require batte...
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Awesome Dads Top Ten Communication Intentions
Awesome Dads Top Ten Communication Intentions An Awesome Dad in by no means perfect. But that itself is perfect, because imperfection allows us to r...
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How to Stop Divorce Parental Conflict from Bursting?
How to Stop Divorce Parental Conflict from Bursting? It is not the divorce but the conflict arising after divorce the culprit of most psychological-...
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Will My Doubts and Fears Affect My Child?
Will My Doubts and Fears Affect My Child? "Will my doubts and fears affect my child?" This father is concerned about his son, a high school athlete ...
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Childrens Discipline: How To Resolve Divorce Parenting Differences?
Childrens Discipline: How To Resolve Divorce Parenting Differences? Did you know that inconsistency on matters of discipline gives double messages, ...
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What Parents Should Do For Children To Do Their Best After Divorce?
What Parents Should Do For Children To Do Their Best After Divorce? Why do some children still do best after divorce and separation? Is there divorc...
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Speaking on Behalf of Our Children: Stop Blaming the Victims
Speaking on Behalf of Our Children: Stop Blaming the Victims How many times have you flipped through the pages of a magazine or newspaper and seen i...
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Film Industry and Our Youth
Film Industry and Our Youth In the first premise, some films and video tapes which are released into the world market are doing more harm to the soc...
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My Dads Secrets
My Dads Secrets From the book Spider's Night on the Boom I've only begun to understand my dad since I became a father myself, and it's amazing to ...
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What You Can Learn About Life From Your Children
What You Can Learn About Life From Your Children You can learn a lot from children.The best part of all is the advice is priceless. Walls looked s...
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Frequently Asked Questions About Reading To Your Child
Frequently Asked Questions About Reading To Your Child Are you worried about your child's reading habits? Perhaps you feel he or she should be start...
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How Do You Find the Best Car Seat to Protect Your Child
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Potty Training Battle of the Wills
Potty Training Battle of the Wills Some children practically potty train themselves, while others struggle and resist against the potty. Potty train...
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Parenting Univeristy: Potty Training 101
Parenting Univeristy: Potty Training 101 When your child shows signs of potty training readiness, it's time to purchase some essential potty trainin...
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Kids: Channeling Mania Towards Productivity
Kids: Channeling Mania Towards Productivity More and more kids these days are diagnosed ADD, ADHD, or Bipolar. There are biological reasons for this...
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Back to School; Time to Recharge
Back to School; Time to Recharge The back-to-school shopping is done. Brand new pencils, colored markers, and notebooks fill my daughter's back pack...
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Back to School Care Packages!
Back to School Care Packages! I am crying tears of joy mixed with great sadness as my oldest daughter prepares for her freshman year of college at t...
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More than Mom and Dad
More than Mom and Dad Love, love, love. It makes the world go round. It makes a family. So why does it seem the moment you have a baby, love, or at ...
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Monitoring Your Teens for Drug Use Without Appearing to be Spying
Monitoring Your Teens for Drug Use Without Appearing to be Spying Even if your teenagers do not use drugs, you still need to keep an eye on them. It...
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Ten Ways To Become Your Teenagers Best Friend
Ten Ways To Become Your Teenagers Best Friend Best friends! It may seem impossible to believe, but today's teens do want to consider their parents a...
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How to Make a Time Capsule
How to Make a Time Capsule Looking for an unusual and memorable gift? Why not preserve a slice of history by creating a time capsule for your loved ...
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Adoption: Laughter and Tears
Adoption: Laughter and Tears If you ever walk through an orphanage, it will be an experience you'll never forget. Witnessing children in poverty, ch...
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Late Night Adventures with Your Children
Late Night Adventures with Your Children Vacations are fun ! Weekends with the family are nice. But, Late Night Adventures are "simply marvelous". I...
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Surviving As A Single Parent: Seven Simple Suggestions To Make Your Life Easier
Surviving As A Single Parent: Seven Simple Suggestions To Make Your Life Easier 1 - Forgive even if you will never be able to Forget - Let go of g...
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Cooking With Your Kids Helps Develop Motor Skills for Preschoolers
Cooking With Your Kids Helps Develop Motor Skills for Preschoolers Did you know that cooking with your kids is a natural way for them to develop mot...
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7 Things To Teach Your Kids About Money
7 Things To Teach Your Kids About Money Did you know that many people retire broke? It's true. After a lifetime of hard work and having earned lit...
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ADD / ADHD Children : Being Your Childs Best Friend
ADD / ADHD Children : Being Your Childs Best Friend Do you live with an ADD / ADHD child? If so-- my hat is off to you! ADD / ADHD children are bril...
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A Chance for a Home
A Chance for a Home "He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home." - Johann von Goethe Home. Family. Backyard cookouts. A t...
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Its a Sick World
Its a Sick World It's no joy to be sick. It's even less joy when your child is sick. But the most unjoy is when you AND your child are sick together...
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Son, Can I Use The Car Tonight?
Son, Can I Use The Car Tonight? I recall somewhere in the recesses of my aging brain a time past when kids actually asked to borrow the family car f...
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You Want Whaaat???
You Want Whaaat??? Not too long ago my teenage daughter approached me with a very special request... one that not every father gets from his loving ...
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The Importance of Fathers
The Importance of Fathers There is no doubt that mothers play an all-important leading role in the lives of their children. They are the obvious her...
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The Ten Most Common Poisons Among Kids
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Joining a Gang: How to Help Kids Prevent it, How to Tell if Theyve Joined One, How to Help Them Out
Joining a Gang: How to Help Kids Prevent it, How to Tell if Theyve Joined One, How to Help Them Out While youth gangs are nothing new -- they've bee...
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Spending Time With Your Child
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The 411 on Natural Colic Remedies
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A New School Year
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Discipline Without Damage
Discipline Without Damage If your parenting methods include abuse of any kind; physical, sexual, emotional or verbal, please get help to stop as soo...
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Is Your Discipline Damaging the Spirit of the Child?
Is Your Discipline Damaging the Spirit of the Child? If your parenting methods include abuse of any kind; physical, sexual, emotional or verbal, ple...
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Don?t Make Fast and Furious Food Changes
Don?t Make Fast and Furious Food Changes OK, moms and dads out there, we hear you when you say, my children won't eat healthy foods. If we even say ...
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Whine Oh Whine Am I The Only One?
Whine Oh Whine Am I The Only One? I thought I was the only one in the world with a whiny 5-year-old. All the other 5-year-olds that I know of are ei...
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Book Review: The Ring Bear Depicts Turmoil of Becoming A Stepchild In "The Ring Bear," a picture book by Tigard resident David Michael Slater (Flash...
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Single Parents: Give Yourselves Credit
Single Parents: Give Yourselves Credit Single parents are not often thought of as good parents. I became acutely aware of this fact when my childr...
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The Cost of Competition on Kids
The Cost of Competition on Kids The subject of competition is one that provokes some pretty strong feelings in the United States. In fact, even hint...
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Healthy Eating Alone Is Not The Answer
Healthy Eating Alone Is Not The Answer Along with eating healthier we need to be more active. The two go hand in hand. Healthy eating + physical act...
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Let Kids Help
Let Kids Help One fantastic way to get your children involved in what they are eating, is to have them help. A great way to start is to let them mak...
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Stress is No Kiddy Matter
Stress is No Kiddy Matter Kids today no longer live the kind of privileged lives that we used to live as kids. This, I am absolutely sure of?.if the...
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Why Scrapbooking Moms are the Secret Weapon in the War on Terror There is a front line and a back end to every successful war effort. Rosie the Rive...
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The Parent Teen Relationship: How Effective is Yours?
The Parent Teen Relationship: How Effective is Yours? It was the homework that did it. Each night became a challenge in how I was going to get my so...
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Lets Protect Our Children
Lets Protect Our Children There are software programs that you can purchase to keep your children from accessing undesirable websites. There are two...
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True Romance for Couples with Kids: 10 Inexpensive Ideas Anyone can splurge on a formal dinner or a pricey bottle of perfume, but it takes creativit...
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