Articles about Family
The Principal Facts of an Interest-Only Mortgage
You are buying the house of your dreams with an interest-only mortgage. You'll get a low mortgage payment, and you'll maximize your tax deduction, all on your current income! Everything seems to be g...
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Should You Send Save The Date Notices To Your Guests?
You’ve probably heard about Save the Dates since they have become quite popular with brides but you might not know exactly what purpose they serve. People’s lives are getting increasingly busier and ...
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Find Your Noble Ancestors!
Are you interested in genealogy and family search? Would you like to find out if you belong to an ancient noble family? 3 years ago I started doing serious research about my family, and came all the ...
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A Spousal Trade? We'll Have It Made!
A short while back, I was at a restaurant enjoying dinner with some friends. At this particular restaurant there were lots of TV monitors, most of which were tuned to ESPN. Watching lots of athletic ...
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New Hope for Old Farmers: Americans Long For Life 'Down on the Farm'
Imagine my surprise when I read an article in the April 2005 edition of Reader's Digest informing me that membership in Future Farmers of America (FFA) has hit a 22-year record high. Since 1994, the ...
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Are You Addicted To TV?
It is 2AM and you are blankly staring at a rerun of "Columbo". You meant to go to bed hours ago, but the time has somehow managed to slip through your fingers. Your hand reaches for the remote. It'...
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Do I Have to Part With My Pet If I Have Pet Allergies?
Aaaaaaachoo! Sneezing? Wheezing? Nose runny, eyes itchy? You may be suffering from the common cold. But if the condition has been hanging on for two weeks, or more, you may be suffering from an alle...
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Save Money on a Holiday
Going on a family vacation can be considerably more expensive than going with your partner only. Instead of buying two airline tickets and renting a double room in a hotel, you need maybe four or fiv...
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Compatibility
Harsh words, hurting comments, tears and flying household objects - for sure, no one ever wanted that to be the everyday routine when deciding to live together with the beloved person. Yet, why is th...
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Couple Relationship
Statistics about divorce rates in the United States vary widely from one third up to fifty percent. Still, even considering the lower estimations, that would still be every third couple getting divor...
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Family Mental Illness -- Coping
Experience and Coping Strategies of Living with Mental Illness "The mental illness of a family member is an unexpected event that disrupts the usual sense of continuity an rhythm in the lifecycle wit...
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Relationship Deal-breakers
In the 37 years that I have been counseling couples, I have discovered that there are only a few issues that are true relationship deal-breakers. Many of the issues that tear relationships apart are ...
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Why Modern Moms Are Going Back to the Basics – The Evolution of the Cloth Diaper
Having a baby is one of the most exciting times of your life. It is also one of the most stressful. So many decisions have to be made about nearly every aspect of your baby’s comfort, safety, and hap...
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Those Mobile Phone Wielding Drivers
A taxi driver in Singapore recently drove his taxi headfirst into a rather deluxe condominium swimming pool! At the subsequent court case the driver was fully exonerated from any blame on the grounds...
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The Record Industry Continues Battle Against Free Music Downloads
Movie and record producers alike are saying file-sharing networks that permit its users the ability to make copies from other network member’s computers are infringing on the copyright laws and costi...
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How To Recognize and Stop Feline Urinary Tract Infections Early
How can you recognize feline Urinary Tract Infections early on, to save your kitty needless pain, and damage to your home from her cat urine? This article will outline the steps you can take to preve...
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Simplifying Your Life With Unique Scheduling
The simple life is a life lived with a single focus. The more responsibilities a person has, the more complicated life becomes. For generations the focus for women was their families. I have often lo...
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Weaning Puppies Is Only Natural
Weaning puppies is a perfectly natural process. Mamma dogs have been doing it successfully for ages, so how hard can it be, right? But humans, not being dogs, can sometimes forget the natural part, a...
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Dog Worms -- Don't Let Them Get Started
There may be no warning before dog worms strike. It was about two AM, when beneath our bed the new puppy we'd brought home from the pound just a month earlier began screaming. Not yipping or whining...
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Persuasion Through Needs is Achieved in the Film Fargo
The film Fargo, an Academy Award winner for Best Picture in 1996, has several characters that exemplify the first process premise of needs, in turn making this film persuasive. This film is based ar...
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