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5 Great Family Road Trips to Take This Summer-MainPhoto

5 Great Family Road Trips to Take This Summer

  The United States is a big country, and you and your family should see as much of it as possible. Since crisscrossing the continent in a private jet—or even a commercial airliner—isn’t an option for most, a lot of us opt for family…
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4 Tips to Give Your Teen Some Freedom & Keep Your Peace of Mind

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Teenagers pose many dilemmas for parents, and one of the biggest is determining how much freedom to allow. “There’s such a fine line—they have one foot in childhood and the other in adulthood, so you can’t completely trust their decision-making.…
Why Tamela Mann Loves Being A Mom

Why Tamela Mann loves being a mom

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Meet The Browns alum Tamela Mann stars in the UP Original movie In The Meantime, premiering this Saturday, August 17th at 7 p.m. ET. The talented actress plays Minnie, a grandmother taking a literacy class so she can be able to read the…
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NYC Domestic Violence Shelters Accept People AND Pets

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It’s a terrible dilemma. You’re in an abusive relationship that you must escape. But your only option is a domestic violence shelter. And you can’t take your beloved pet, the one that has comforted your children during difficult times,…

What To Do If You Hate Your Daughter's Boyfriend?

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Dear Jen: I love you. I have loved you since I first found out you were there. I loved you when I barfed every morning before breakfast. I loved you when you kept me up all night. I loved you when you took those first tentative steps away,…
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By Sharing My Cancer, I Replaced Fear with Hope

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When I asked my mother, she said, “de esas cosas no se habla.”  We don’t speak of these things. Little did I know that telling her about my breast cancer diagnosis wouldn’t be the biggest trauma of that day. I called her in Puerto…
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10 Reasons Moms Are Glad It’s Back to School Season

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Summer vacation is over! While this may bring tears to our kids’ eyes, we moms are weeping out of sheer joy! After wearing our “summer activity planner” hat for three months, we’re kind of glad it’s back to school season. Here’s…
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Should Married Women Have an Exit Strategy?

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Most of us happily married women, hopefully, never think about having to leave our husbands (though I admit that after a particularly heated argument, I occasionally fantasize about getting my own apartment about 10 miles away from my spouse).…
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My Havana: Memories of a Cuban Boyhood

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My Havana, a poignant and heartwarming biography was inspired by a radio interview of architect Secundino Fernandez, a Cuban immigrant living in New York City. An artist from early on, Fernandez loved drawing the beautiful buildings of “his…