4,208 articles on "family"

The thin line between teaching perseverance and pushing too much

At first, let me make it clear: you should never force children to practice a sport or an activity that they don't like neither to force them to go beyond where they are willing to go.Sounds obvious like that but it is scary how many parents I s...

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Author Interview - Mommy Come Home

Author Interview: Mommy Come HomeThe New Trend to Tradition: Bringing Up Your OwnInterview with Sandra Gillmore conducted by Lisa HendeyIn her new book Mommy Come Home, author Sandra Gillmore strongly advocates the role of “full-time motherhood”....

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REFLECTIONS ON FATHERHOOD

Father’s Day - stores are filled with gift ideas and cards. There are special programs dedicated to honoring fathers. Yes, fathers are a very special group of people.This is an open letter to each and every father out in the world. This is directed...

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Helping your pets cope with the stress caused by loud noise.

Which is the noisiest species of all? Nope, not the lions, or the elephants, or the geese… it’s us, humans. Our voices were not enough, we started making music and creating musical instruments to help us being louder.This Holiday season will not...

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Couple Relationship

Couple Relationship by: Brigette Meier Statistics about divorce rates in the United States vary widely from one third up to fifty percent. Still, even considering the lower estimations, that would still be every third couple getting divorced. Su...

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Ten ways to become your teenager’s best friend

Best friends! It may seem impossible to believe, but today’s teens do want to consider their parents as friends, even though they think we could never understand the realities of their world. They are also interested in what it was like being a tee...

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'Tis the Season for Regifting

'Tis the Season for RegiftingBy: Joyce Moseley Pierce 1000 words"We spend the first part of our human experience avidly accumulating things and the other half wondering what in the world we're going to do with all the stuff."Margret E. Keat...

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Parenting and Running a Home-Based Business

Parenting and Running a Home-Based Business by: Sue and Chuck DeFiore An Ann Landers column "Parenthood is not a job for the weak at heart" caught my interest. Job Description for a Parent Position: Parent Job Description: Long-term player neede...

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Communicating with your child who doesn't use words to talk

We all know people who can speak volumes without ever opening their mouths. They use their hands, their body language, their facial expressions. Experts tell us that when we talk with each other, only 7% of our message is communicated by the actual w...

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Family Matters Easing the Transition to a Home Business

Ask any would-be entrepeneur why he or she wants to start a home based business and you'll get a wide variety of replies. Regardless of the reason, there's one thing forcertain: starting a home business doesn't just affect you,the entr...

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