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Fun Ways to Inspire Healthy Eating

We’ve all been there: despite our very best efforts – and cajoling – our kids simply won’t eat healthy, home-cooked food. How about trying a new strategy and making healthy […]

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Why Day Care Is Great For Your Kids

I’ll never forget the first time I dropped off my now-teenage son at day care. He was just three months old, but I had to go back to work and […]

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Fitness and Family Time: Fun Ways to Encourage a Healthy Lifestyle

As our family grows, it is hard to squeeze in everything we have on our to do list. At the end of the day, we end up pushing off exercise […]

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Ditching the New Year’s Resolutions: Five Things to Try Instead

Every year, as the New Year rings in, thousands of people around the world make “new year, new me” pledges – only to find themselves discouraged and disappointed a few […]

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Put the “Om” in Homework: Tips to Ease Homework Frustration & Boost Focus

By the time Meira Mednick’s daughter was in third grade, homework time had morphed into lengthy, embattled evenings fraught with angry tears as frustrated daughter and frazzled mom squared off. […]

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Prepare Your Kids for College: 10 Things to Do Now So They Are Ready

My son looked at me with dread in his eyes. He needed to find out about driver’s education classes, and there was minimal information on the website. I smiled and […]

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8 Things You Can Do Right Now to Truly Support Your Friend Through a Divorce

The first time I attended the wedding of a friend, I knew exactly what to do. I brought a gift, set it on the gift table, and sat on the […]

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An Advent Calendar of Family Fun

Traditionally, Advent calendars are small gifts you open for 24 days in December. This year, plan 24 activities to enjoy with the family during the holiday season. Not sure where […]

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10 Commandments for More Holiday Cheer

Want to experience a more joyful holiday season this year that doesn’t leave you depleted, miserable and broke? Here are 10 ways to shift your perspective and take command of […]

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The Life-Changing Magic of Purging Toys

Until recently, I was convinced my life would be better if only we had more space. Until we got a bigger house or remodeled, I thought a special organizing system […]

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