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5 Threats Your Teen Faces

5 Threats Your Teen Faces

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Some things about being a teenager never change: heartbreak over a first love, learning to drive, searching for a college. But today’s teens face new challenges we never had to deal with. So what does the parent of a millennial need to…
Potty Mouth Kids

Teaching Your Kids About Swearing: No Potty Mouth!

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Potty mouth at home? If your kids have one, it's time to teach them, and yourself, about swearing.  OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE Years before we became parents, my husband and I lived in New Jersey and commuted into Manhattan every day.…
Seven Lessons Our Children Teach Us

Seven Lessons Our Children Teach Us

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We teach our children everything we can think of, from tying shoelaces to crossing the street safely to how to ride a bike. But have you thought about the ways our kids can inspire us? Here are seven valuable lessons we can learn from our…
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5 Plastic Surgery Predictions for 2014

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Plastic surgery is back. The number of people undergoing cosmetic plastic surgery plummeted after the economic recession of 2008, but as the economic outlook improves, the most recent figures suggest that a double-digit comeback is underway.…
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15 Quotes on Charity and Giving

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Though we traditionally associate charity and giving with the holidays, our help is needed year round. Whether your charity of choice is your local homeless shelter, an international childrens aid group or an animal welfare or environmental…
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Paleo Diet: 5 Reasons to Love (and Hate) It!

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Called a diet revolution by some and a fad diet by others, there’s no question that the Paleo Diet is in vogue right now. The diet, based on the diets of Paleolithic hunter/gatherers who lived about 50,000 years ago, is also referred to…
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Building Healthy Communities for Our Kids

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As mamis, we love our kids and we want the best for them. Sometimes this means figuring out what vegetables they will eat and sometimes it’s just finding any good vegetables we can afford at a store nearby. The same can be said for getting…
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5 Medical Innovations You Should Know About

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When technology and innovation meld with creative thinking, stunning results can occur. One field where this is happening is medicine, where unconventional applications can be used to create practical medical techniques. Here are five forward-thinking…
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A Latina Mom's Health Survival Guide

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Coffee in bed is, for most of us, a decadent luxury that we may experience on vacation or every once in a blue moon. But for 40-year old public relations professional Soldanela Rivera it is a morning ritual akin to brushing her teeth—and…