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Affordable Family Fun

Finding it hard to find affordable family fun? For many financially struggling families, spending quality time together seems more and more difficult, especially as the kids get older. So it’s important not only to do so whenever you can,…
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5 Winter Olympic Parents You Should Know

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With the Sochi Winter Games commencing on February 6th, we’re getting into the Olympic spirit. We’re taking a look at 5 past and present winter Olympic parents, including hockey stars Mike Smith and Jenny Schmidgall-Potter, and controversial…
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Why We Still Need Black History Month

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Last February, I asked my older kids how they were commemorating Black History Month at school. Both children gave me blank stares. “My teachers haven’t even mentioned it,” said my 10-year-old daughter. “What’s Black History Month?”…
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How to Relate To & Deal With Difficult People

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We all have someone in our lives with whom we have difficulty relating. Your mother-in-law you always fight with. The sister who always manages to cut you off. A friend who drains your energy by talking about her problems all the time, and…
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How a Man Feels When He Learns His Wife Is Expecting

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When a man learns that his wife or partner is expecting, his life changes completely. Recently a student of mine, a 30-year old woman, announced, in shock, in class, that she was pregnant. What she said, and how she said it, almost in agony,…
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6 Reasons Why It’s Great to Be Single on Valentine’s Day

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Many single women lament Valentine’s Day as one of their most hated days of the year. After all, V-Day is all about couples, love and romance, and if you’re single, February 14 is enough to make you feel defective! But chin up, single…
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Make Sure Your Family Reunion is Not a Family Rebellion!

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Perhaps your family does it every year. Or maybe it’s Grandma’s 80th birthday, or your parents’ 50th anniversary or hell, just summer. At one time or another, if we’re lucky, we all participate in a family reunion. With so many people…
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After 14 Years of Body Weight Workouts, Here Are my Accomplishments

I have been working out 3 to 6 days a week (mainly 6 days since '03) consistently for 14 years performing a wide variety of body weight workouts. Here are my accomplishments. The spreadsheet on which I calculated this underestimates…
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Jessica Alba Spotted at The Playground With Her Kids

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Looking every bit the perfect family, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren enjoyed a day with their daughters – Honor, 5, and Haven, 2 – in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Saturday (January 25). While hugging it out, the proud parents watched their girls…