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Home For The Holidays: Start That Conversation

Home For The Holidays: Start That Conversation by: Linda LaPointe Annie waited too long to have that talk with her parents. It was too late to have it now as they were both beyond comprehending the seriousness of their situation. As a result, sh...

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Where Does Your Money Go Taxes

Trying to stay within the theme of Budget Stretcher, I thought a series of articles on knowing where your money is going may help some of you understand just how much you pay on certain expenses.I've decided to start this series of articles with...

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The Name Game Tips For Picking the Best Baby Name

Expectant parents spend hours preparing the nursery, poring over pregnancy and delivery books and going to childbirth classes. Yet surprisingly, many decide their child’s given name within a matter of minutes, often spending more time selecting the...

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Top Ten Common-Sense Rules for Fathers

There are a lot of fairly sophisticated parenting techniques and ideas out there that are attracting attention. To be an effective father, you can skip most of them and concentrate on common sense rules that have always worked. They won’t always ma...

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15 Successful Packing Tips

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4 Unique Christmas Ideas That Encourage Positive Habits in Children

Christmas is just around the corner, and of course there are no shortages of gifts you could buy your children that are anything but good for them. But what about gifts that can only encourage the healthy physical activity that children need? After a...

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Gone With the Wind Almost Did Not Make It

Gone With the Wind Almost Did Not Make It by: Bill Cherry Corporate America has been shaken recently by lawsuits and criminal charges of fraud by Enron, Martha Stewart and Tyco. Huge companies who lied to stockholders, the SEC and the government...

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WRITING YOUR LIFE STORY - Some Common Obstacles and How to Overcome Them

"When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's like to be a human being - to be knocked down and to miraculously arise. Each one of us has arisen, awakened."- Maya Ange...

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TV, Video Games, and Your Kids

There's been a great debate in our country for thelast number of years concerning violent TV andvideo games.There are thousands of studies indicating thatthere's a link between violent video images andincreased aggressiveness and violence i...

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Stans’ Legacy - My Fathers Impact on his 13 Children

I will always have a clear picture of his face etched in my mind. As clear as a bright spring day in Geelong, the city in south eastern Australia where may father (Stan) and mother (Elsie) raised myself and my twelve brothers and sisters. Our home in...

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