4,208 articles on "family"

Organizing Your Aging Parents

There comes a time in all of our lives when the roles reverse. Suddenly, we are no longer the child and the parenting skills we've so carefully honed with our own kids now need to be turned toward our aging parents. It can be one of the most emo...

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Are You Looking For A Job To Build A Successful Career - Read This Now

It is not because of a hefty paycheck that you need a job. Having a proper and steady job is what adds stability to your life. Moreover, when you can get this stability by doing your dream job then everything else falls into place. It is of course st...

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Gift Ideas for a 50th Wedding Anniversary

Gift Ideas for a 50th Wedding Anniversary by: Louise Goodman The big 50. The fiftieth wedding anniversary is an important, yet seldom reached milestone in any couple's relationship. Unlike other anniversaries, this one is such a 'biggi...

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Make Gift Wrapping Paper With Kids

Make Gift Wrapping Paper With Kids by: Abigail BealMaking your own wrapping paper is a fun activity that children or adults can do. With some creativity you can create gift wrap that is unique and different – everyone will know the gift is fro...

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Resolve to Improve Your Finances in 2004

Resolve to Improve Your Finances in 2004 by: James H. Dimmitt Kick off 2004 with these 7 money resolutions and get a fresh financial start to the new year. At year’s end, you’ll be surprised at how much you’ve reduced your debt load and th...

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Preparing For the Holidays: Ho Ho Ho... or Bah Humbug!

aring For the Holidays: Ho Ho Ho... or Bah Humbug! by: Kathy Paauw Some of my clients dread the holiday season because it often represents stress, pressure, expectations, guilt, disappointment, pain, loneliness, exhaustion... and the list goes o...

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Why Creativity and Self-Expression are Important to Little Kids

Can you draw a straight line? Most adults don’t consider themselves artistic. Parents do, however, worry about their toddler’s art abilities. As a child care provider for the past 10 years, I’ve had many discussions with parents about ‘how th...

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Family Vacations and Expectations

It’s that time of year again: Time for the family vacation. It’s a good time to rethink some things like perfectionism, expectations, and the meaning of the word “vacation.”First of all, we call it a “vacation,” but if you’re the parent...

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Survival Guide for the Holidays

How to Have the Most Fun Possible with Your Family!Does your father act like an attorney, interrogating you as ifyou were a defendant on the witness stand? Is your mother-in-lawthe master of the subtle put down? Are you the roasted turkeythey carved ...

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Clean Your Room!!

How many times have you said that as a parent? Or...how many times have you heard that as a kid? The whole "keep-your-room-clean war" happens in just about every household, but believe it or not, there are ways to make it not such a headache for both...

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