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Parenting Advice

You And Your Twenty-Something Child: How Close Is Too Close?

Christine Hassler | Posted 09.26.2008 | Living

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Christine Hassler

Dear Christine, I am the parent of a twenty-something who is having a hard time letting go. My 25-year-old daughter and I have always been very close ...

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How To Handle A Teenage Temper

Mona Ackerman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living

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Mona Ackerman

Q: Can someone act a certain way without realizing why they are doing so? I have a 17 year old niece, Ellen, who is just plain cruel to her mo...

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The Bliss Myth: Cut the Crap, Mommies

Galt Niederhoffer | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

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Galt Niederhoffer

After four years of motherhood, I finally know the truth: mothers of young children are not in a state of bliss

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Peaceful Revolution: Joint Parenting, Joint Retirement Accounts?

Elizabeth Cox | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Social Security, Retirement, A Peaceful Revolution, Parenting, Retirement Plans, Parenting Advice, Parents, Marriage, Living News
Elizabeth Cox

Under our current system it is not possible to have retirement savings in joint name. So for better or worse, richer or poorer, in retirement planning the maxim "he who earns it, owns it" holds true.

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Why Having Kids Might Not Make You Happy

Newsweek | Lorraine Ali | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

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According to this week's Newsweek article, having kids might not be all it's cracked up to be. The most recent comprehensive study on the emotional ...

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Greening Hollywood: Green Books & Recycling Art for Kids and Tots

Paige Donner | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

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Paige Donner

Dr. Seuss spoke through the Lorax to warn us against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty. And this was long before saving the earth became a global concern.

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Parenting Gone Wrong: The Best Friend Syndrome

Reuters | Belinda Goldsmith | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living

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There's perfectionist mothers, unpredictable mothers, "me first" mothers and "complete" mothers but family experts say the fastest growing group of mo...

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Raising That '07 Baby Will Cost $204,060 In U.S.

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2008 | Living

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Middle-income families can expect to spend $204,060 on feeding, housing and schooling a child born in 2007 until his or her 18th birthday, the U.S. go...

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Why Child's Play Is So Important

The New York Times | Robin Marantz Henig | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: The Daring Book for Girls, Parenting Tips, The Dangerous Book for Boys, Parenting Advice, Child's Play, Living News

This is part of a larger conversation Americans are having about play. Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play ...

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