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Picking Up The Pieces

"My feelings have changed," my boyfriend of five years told me during one of our nightly seven o'clock phone calls. "I don't think we should see each other anymore." His words hit me, probably worse than if he had just punched me in the sto...

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Picking Up The Pieces

"My feelings have changed," my boyfriend of five years told me during one of our nightly seven oclock phone calls. "I dont think we should see each other anymore." His words hit me, probably worse than if he had just punched me in the stomach. The pa...

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Kick Start Your Mentor Program and Stop the Bullies!

Whining about bullying and how rotten the bullies were and the poor students that they bullied used to be one of my regular activities. "We have to do something to help these kids" both the bullies and their victims," I would whine. But for years, I ...

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Gaining a Child's Trust

My daughters and I went to the beach several weeks ago. They were having a blast playing in the freezing cold water as I tiptoed around the waves, trying to keep my feet from becoming frost bitten. Next to us in the water was a mother with her daught...

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Snack Ideas for Kids That Won't Wreck Mom's Diet

Snack Ideas for Kids That Won't Wreck Mom's Diet by: Kim Beardsmore If you are a mom at home on a diet, you will probably related to a frequent situation I encounter as a weight loss consultant. Many of my clients with children are abl...

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Children's Allowance For Instruction On Saving And Responsibility

Parents spend a lot of time teaching their children manners from the time they are very young, but there are other important lessons in life about responsibility and money. Even very young kids like to help with tasks around the house and can be taug...

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Finding Educational Kids Web Games

With all of the trouble and situations that kids can find on the internet nowadays, some parents are finding themselves quite hesitant in letting their children play online games. Older kids can suddenly find themselves the target of an online predat...

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You Don't Have To Be A Rocket Scientist To Pass An IQ Quiz

Q. Can you really tell anything about someone's intelligence by having them take an IQ quiz? A. The answer to this question requires a bit of background information, so let me put my professor hat on and tell you a story. An IQ quiz measures a...

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Reading Comprehension Issues: Do the Eyes Have It?

It is no wonder that many beginning readers struggle. Reading Comprehension is a more complicated process than many of us realize. To truly understand a two line text, it is necessary to follow about ten (yes, ten!) different steps. Since reading i...

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Top Ten Ways to be a Better Father

The expectations for fathers are increasing bothat work and at home. Here are ten ways for fathersto be more effective in the most important jobthey’ll ever have:1.See your kids as capableThe achilles heel of many fathers is to see theirkids as “...

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