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9 Best Things To Be A Modern Mom
When you talk to a mother about the pleasures and sorrows of parenthood, she will take you on an emotional roller coaster. She’ll have a hard time stopping herself from whining and laughing at the same time about the restless nights and emotional bath times. She’ll tell you about how feces may provide joy to a parent. She would exclaim, “Oh, finally, the baby pooped.” Today’s mothers are more prepared than ever before. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age of first-time moms has reached an all-time high of 26. Women attend school longer, enter the workforce to begin a career, and postpone marriage and…
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Top 10 parenting tips to understand your teenage kids
For both the infant and the adult, the adolescent years are perplexing and challenging. They are, however, vital molding years; the behaviors and attitudes that your adolescent adopts now will have an impact on their attitude and character in the future. During this time, many parents become depressed. Frequent attitude clashes can make you feel as though you’re losing touch with your once-obedient boy. You must understand, though, that your adolescents are most likely only trying to figure out who they are and to test the limits of their beliefs and what they should deal with and accept about themselves and others. Things don’t have to be difficult, and there…
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Why you should have a hobby as a stay-at-home mommy?
Being able to spend every day with my little baby and see her develop as a stay at home parent has been one of the greatest joys in my life. I’ve never missed a milestone, and I’m raising the world’s biggest mommies daughter (yeah me!). Although being a stay at home parent has been an incredible experience for me, being cooped up in the house every day sometimes feel lonely. I have an incredible boyfriend who supports me and the most gorgeous young child who keeps me on my toes at all times of the day, but being alone in the house when it’s quiet can be psychologically draining. That…
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How to deal with siblings at war?
In families with several children, sibling rivalry is common. On the surface, you have two children who are at odds with each other. They are always bickering and do not get along. There are a variety of explanations for sibling rivalry, but at its heart is the belief that one sibling is the object of the other or is something “less than” the other. As a result, one sibling assumes he or she receives less affection from their parents and blames their sibling for this. This is how sibling rivalry works. For many families, sibling rivalry is a complex and often painful problem. Still, in the end, competition and envy…
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How to Teach Your Kids to Be Financially Successful Adults
What is the best way for children to learn about money? Though there is something to be said for teaching by example, it doesn’t happen by osmosis. Although children do not learn to be financially responsible in a magical way, they do not typically learn good personal finance practices in school. Instead, they must be taught the concepts of sound personal finance at home and given the opportunity to put them into practice (on a small scale) from a young age. The Dangers of Not Teaching Your Kids About Money It wasn’t lost on you when you wanted to start a family that it would be up to you to…
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