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So You're A Single Mom — What Now?
So You're A Single Mom — What Now?

If you're a single mom, you aren't alone. Single mothers are the head of roughly 15 million households in the U.S. today. That's about a 25% increase from three decades ago when being a single mom was still somewhat taboo. . No one has to tell you how difficult that can be. However, whether you've been a single mom for a day, a month or a year, there are ways to make motherhood a bit more manageable. Here are just a few tips that may help you handle the chaos and regain a bit of your sanity.

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Furthering Your Education While Caring For Your Kids
Furthering Your Education While Caring For Your Kids

While it’s no secret that raising ambitious youngsters is a challenge all on its own, attempting to further your own education and enhance your career achievements while raising children can be understandably overwhelming. Whether you are a stay at home mom for active youngsters, or your children are already school going, here’s how you can make studying an achievable decision.

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A Mom’s Guide to Buying Kids' Clothes Online (So They Actually Like Them!)
A Mom’s Guide to Buying Kids' Clothes Online (So They Actually Like Them!)

Worth over $10 billion, the children's clothing industry is growing in both market size and significance. With this growth comes economic prosperity and smiling, well-dressed children, but it also creates stressed-out adults that need to accommodate their kids' sense of style. Here, we're going to help you tackle the task of buying kids' clothes online so that you have nothing to stress about. Read on for some of the greatest tips to get the styles your child will love!

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Guide In Choosing A Brighton Daycare For Your Kid
Guide In Choosing A Brighton Daycare For Your Kid

Good parenting means wanting and working for the best for your kids. However, to give them a better future by making a living, oftentimes, your bonding time will have to be sacrificed. But what if your child is still in the early toddlerhood who still needs more guide and attention? Although the option to hire a nanny or a baby sitter is there, the impact on this decision on the kid’s safety, security, and overall health may be unpleasant. More often than not, sending the kid to a daycare facility is the best thing to do

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These Coffee Drinks Will Fuel Your Mom Life
These Coffee Drinks Will Fuel Your Mom Life

If you're a mom who doesn't drink coffee... how do you do it?  For the rest of us, coffee is life. Either we get to savor it in the moments before our kids wake up. Or, we put it in a thermos and hope we get to drink it while it's hot.  It doesn't matter how coffee hits us, though — it's our fuel. Most of the time, any coffee will do. But we think you should try these 11 recipes to amp up your morning cup of joe because, well, you deserve it.

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Practical Gift Ideas For High School Graduates
Practical Gift Ideas For High School Graduates

Graduating from high school is a milestone signifying a new life chapter. Attending college is invariably their next big lifestage, and a whole heap of challenges will come during that transition. But you can make this switch both easier and more exciting with a gift that shows how much you care about your favorite high school graduate. Here are the best suggestions for practical gifts those clever high-school grads will love to receive.

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Tummy Tuck Scars: What Can You Do?
Tummy Tuck Scars: What Can You Do?

If you’re a little rounder around the midsection that you would like, it may be the result of too many candy bars—but the answer isn’t always that simple. Most women who have been pregnant are familiar with persistent flab around the belly area, which hangs around even after they’ve lost their baby weight. This bulk is affectionately known as a “mom pooch.” Unfortunately, your genes can also make you more susceptible to the unwanted flabbiness. Chances are good that if your mom and dad had belly fat overhang, this trait may be passed on to you.

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How To Make Sure Your Children Are Prepared For The Future
How To Make Sure Your Children Are Prepared For The Future

Every parent wants their children to be healthy and happy. They also want their children to be successful. While parents can ensure health and happiness (for the most part), success is, of course, down to the child themselves. That said, there are some ways that a parent can help to prepare a child for the future and ideally give them the chance of being more successful. Some of these ideas are outlined below.

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Tips For Insulating Your Car Hood For A Quiet Ride
Tips For Insulating Your Car Hood For A Quiet Ride

Installing sound insulating panels in the hood of your car can do more good for your commute. I recently had the privilege of doing some upgrades to my Nissan GT-R and was amazed by how quickly a few minor changes in the hood could make for a quiet ride. So recently, I got new JVC surround speakers for my ride and thought it wise to finish up with soundproofing to make the drive even more pleasant.

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Kids And Tech: Tips For Parents In The Digital Age
Kids And Tech: Tips For Parents In The Digital Age

In today’s tech-oriented world, raising kids can seem a bit scary. From online bullying to all the online security threats, modern parents need to start teaching their kids how to approach technology safely. In fact, if your kids spend too much time in front of a screen, it’s not only their vision that might get impaired. Their posture and overall health can potentially be compromised as well. So, let’s see some useful tips that should help guide modern parents when trying to teach their kids how, when and to what extent to use technology.

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Kids' Behavior: Do Your Children Need More Discipline?
Kids' Behavior: Do Your Children Need More Discipline?

Many times, we feel that children want to manipulate us with certain behaviors. We tell you how to realize on time and correct this type of behavior for their own good. Certainly, we do not hear that parents want to raise undisciplined children, or at least it is not the idea, since many times, it impairs the process of parenting and learning of our children. However, sometimes we are forced to make certain deals to make things easier.

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3 Tips For Effectively Teaching Your Own Children
3 Tips For Effectively Teaching Your Own Children

While teaching anyone anything can be a challenge, teaching your own children is arguably one of the hardest teaching jobs you’ll take on. For many parents, their nerves and patience aren’t as strong with their own children as they are with other people. But if you’re determined to teach your kids, whether you’re doing homeschooling or wanting to teach something like piano, there are things you can do to make this learning and teaching experience better.

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Three Superb Kids’ Books Offering Healthy Lessons On Gender
Three Superb Kids’ Books Offering Healthy Lessons On Gender

We now have a range of children’s book authors out there, taking it upon themselves to lead the way in shaping new generations of caring, inclusive thinkers who are not bound by gender norms or toxic stereotypes. By creating books that will have a positive influence on children’s relationship with gender in their formative years, young generations will enter society with the best possible outlook.  We think these three books are trailblazers for the cause. Each of them discusses gender in their own unique way. Adults and children alike could learn a lot from their example. Take a look for yourself…

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The Best Way To Handle Co-Parenting This Holiday Season
The Best Way To Handle Co-Parenting This Holiday Season

You and your ex-partner both love your children. However, co-parenting around the holidays can reopen old wounds. Suddenly, you realize you won't necessarily see your little angel come downstairs to see what Santa left on the big morning this year. This season, resolve to make things as joyous as possible by communicating openly and coming up with a manageable plan with your ex. Yes, your formal separation agreement, if you have one, might outline the specific duties of each parent. However, civilly discussing arrangements benefits everybody — especially the kids. And that's who it's all about.

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