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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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Estate Planning Basics for Blended Families

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With the high incidence of divorce, remarriage and children born outside of marriage, the “new normal” is being part of a blended family. Hopefully all the family members are important and loving parts of the new family and they are treated…
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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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5 Financial Myths Busted

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Most of us have bought into certain financial myths that we are about to bust for you! 1. A penny saved is a penny earned. Benjamin Franklin may have been spot-on back when he originally voiced those words, but today that certainly…
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Building Strong Families from Diverse Individuals

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Have you ever wondered how members of the same family, from aunts, uncles and cousins to siblings born of the same parents and raised in the same household, can be so very different? We see it in every family—Grandma’s so easygoing and…
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Snow Day? How to Keep the Kids Busy When They Can’t Play Outside

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Like to take quizzes? Try this one: When it’s too cold for my children to play outside, I: a) Let them watch unlimited television and videos b) Organize a marathon session of board games c) Force them to clean their rooms d) Lock myself…
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7 Tips to Survive the Polar Vortex!

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“Polar vortex” is the buzzword this week, with much of the northern and mid-Atlantic United States gripped in extremely cold temperatures and several feet of snow. The polar vortex is actually a system of Arctic air that normally stays put…
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Is Your Child Embarrassed by Your Accent?

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Is your child embarrassed by your Spanish, Cuban, Mexican or Puerto Rican accent? Young people do not want to be different. Youngsters wish to belong, especially to the country and to the culture they were born into or have adopted. They are…
Getting Kids To Cook: Easy Steps To Raising A Lil’ Chef

Cooking with Kids: Easy Steps To Raising A Li'l Chef

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The biggest influence on my cooking is my mother. From the early days of making peanut butter and banana sandwiches to learning how to slice plantains to using a pressure cooker and now managing a kitchen on my own, mi madre can take 100%…