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7 Tips to Survive Thanksgiving

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Wanting to merely "survive" Thanksgiving? Some people dread Thanksgiving, and I can’t blame them! You spend most of the year trying to avoid fat-laden food and pesky relatives and on the fourth Thursday in November, bam, you’re confronted…
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How Singalongs Help Your Child Learn Spanish #BilingualPlus

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Singalongs are a great way for kids to learn Spanish. Strolling about town, watching traffic jams, skirting bicycles and skateboarders on sidewalks, I often catch myself humming. Waiting for a traffic light to change, fellow pedestrians raise…
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Tips for Busy Women to Find Time For Themselves

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Whether you’re a single or married mom, whether you have one kid or six, chances are, you’re trying to do it all for everyone in your home. You clean, you cook, you get the kids to and from school, you work, you attend parent-teacher conferences,…
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Eight Tips to Help Family Caregivers Cope

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When her mom suffered a devastating stroke, Lori Ramos Cavallo left her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and job in Colorado to become a family caregiver in California. “I took a new job running our family and I had no idea how to do…
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Tips for a Happy, Safe Halloween with the Littles!

Whether you’re a Halloween newbie or a seasoned trick or treating pro, it’s sometimes easy to forget the simple steps that go along with trick or treating with your kids. Life gets hectic and we may skip a step or two in a hurry. Here…
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Healthy Eating with Blenders

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So many moms come to Mamiverse asking for quick and easy meals for different reasons. The main ones being “I don’t have enough time to cook a meal before the kids rush off to catch the bus,” or “I just can’t whip up a five-star meal…
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5 Tips to Help Kids Overcome Fear of Speaking Another Language

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We were spending the summer at a gated community, outside the city, and my son Oscar was about four years old. Children had the run of the place and were having a blast. He had made many friends his age, and spent all day cycling, swimming,…
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Keys to Successful Sit-Down Family Dinners

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Decades ago, families sat at the table for meals as a matter of fact. Our harried lives today don’t leave us much time to enjoy this on a daily basis. But, no matter what’s for dinner, there are unquestionable benefits to regular sit-down…
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5 Language Games to Play With Your Children

All children need our coaching, affection, tender love and care… and that means they need our time. And when we spend an hour with them we relax, enjoy ourselves, feel positive, laugh and smile at their ways and quips. We also learn from…