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Gap Year – Taking Off A Year

What is a “Gap Year?” Actually, it’s the new term for taking off a year after high school but before college. Sound fun? Not if you think it’s for slackers.A gap year is intended to help kids get a better grasp on the real world after high sc...

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A Child Can Make a Difference

Sometimes dreams really can come true! May 8th - 11th, 2000, my daughter and I traveled to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, because of a dream my daughter, Amanda, has to make a difference in this world. Amanda (then a 6th grader) entered McDonald&a...

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Role Models for Your Teen

By the time your children reach their teens, there is only a limited amount of time left to influence them and get them started in life in the right direction. The teen years are a critical time for role models in your children's lives. Often y...

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Raising a Self-Sufficient Teen

Raising a Self-Sufficient Teen by: Rachel PaxtonTeens don't learn responsibility overnight. If you haven't been working with your teen on gradually giving them a sense of independence and ownership of their lives, then you're goin...

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Making it Easier for Kids to Move

Moving With the Family: Helping Younger Kids Kids feel a lot of uncertainties and fear during a move. They may not be able to voice out their concerns, but in one way or another, you'll find them having the need to adjust to what's happeni...

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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

Q. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" A. "Something that hasn't been invented yet." Most of us were brought up to study hard, get good grades, choose a "practical" college major, and strive for a "good job." Talk to a stranded midli...

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Inexpensive Dating Ideas

Dating and saving money. For many, the two concepts don't equate. There's an automatic reaction for most when suggesting the two together that the person paying is trying to be "cheap" and the resulting date will naturally have the same fee...

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Reaching Your Potential

Reaching Your Potential by: Jeff Hagen In today’s pressured world, many teens are afraid to fail—and even—afraid to succeed. They don’t want to stick out, whether for good or bad. They want to be accepted, and just ‘fit in.’ This typ...

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If Real People Ran the Bank - I (a spoof for the heart)

If Real People Ran the Bank - I (a spoof for the heart) by: Lynella Grant Banish Loans Forever If ordinary, hard-working, people ran the bank... the very first thing to get rid of would be loans. Absolutely no more loans! Because once they’re...

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Three Steps You Need To Know To Improve Your Learning And Have Better Grades

"Im a failure" "Ill never make it." Thats the kind of affirmation we hear people say. To overcome this feeling of worthlessness you need to make 3 little steps that will help you discover the genius within you. 1. You need to motivate yourself. First...

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