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10/08/2012
10-Second Recipes: Pair Flu Shots with Fun Nutrition Lessons It's flu shot season. If and when you take your kidlets to get flu shots (or along with you when you get one), consider a quick lesson that day either at home or at a restaurant about how good nutrition can help keep immunity up. The 10-second options that follow are delicious examples. More >>

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10/08/2012
Professionalism at Home One of the benefits of working from home is the ability to set your own schedule, work around your family, and even lounge in your pajama pants from time to time. However, is there a way to still retain our professionalism while we're working at home? More >>

Tags: At-Home BusinessBudgetStay-at-Home MomStay-at-Home MomsWork from HomeWorking from home
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10/08/2012
Lunch Box Fruits and Veggies It is never too late to encourage your child to make healthy food choices and build a foundation that will last a lifetime. Here are few suggestions for including fruits and vegetable in your child's lunch box... More >>

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10/01/2012
Discipline Them and You'll Earn Their Respect When my daughter was about 12 (1990), she had a friend sleep over and I was to drop them off to meet other friends at a theme park. Before I dropped them off, I had to do some grocery shopping. My daughter's friend made a snide remark to me... More >>

Tags: BehaviorDisciplining childrenMannersRespectStay-at-Home MomValues
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10/01/2012
10-Second Recipes: With a Will - and a Clever Way - You Can Waste Less In a study published in August, the National Resources Defense Council reported that $165 billion of food is wasted in the United States each year, with the average family of four wasting $2,275 annually. Check out the top four wasted foods and some 10-second ideas to reverse that trend here... More >>

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10/01/2012
Sizing Up Amazon's 'Fulfillment By Amazon' Program Anyone who's ever sold anything online knows that often the most unpleasant part of the process is packing, shipping and fulfilling orders. So it should come as no surprise that one of the hottest things in online retail right now is the "Fulfillment By Amazon" service offered by Amazon.com... More >>

Tags: BudgetCliff Ennicoonline sellingStay-at-Home MomSucceedingInYourBusiness.comWork from Home
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09/25/2012
Dads Make a Difference Recently, my husband and I, and our 13 year old daughter, dropped my son off at college. While my daughter and I decorated his dorm, my husband and son worked on his computer. Finally, it was time to say our goodbyes and let him start his new chapter of his life. More >>

Tags: AdoptionFatherhoodImportance of FathersMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingRaising Boys to MenRaising Men Not BoysRead On-AirStay-at-Home Mom
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09/25/2012
Disciplining Other People's Kids I was babysitting the two oldest children of a good friend, ages 7 and 5. Our kids play together all the time and these kids know me...Well, Mr. 5-year-old and my 5-year-old got in a fight. I didn't see who started it, but it was over a toy. More >>

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09/24/2012
10-Second Recipes: Get Set to Be Amazed by Economical, Creamy Almond Milk Almond milk is a standout in the 'milk' category that you might be missing out on if you think it's just another replacement for animal or legume milks. Its flavor and function rivals cream in coffee. It shines in hot chocolate, smoothies and other items... More >>

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09/19/2012
Honesty A long time ago, before I started kindergarten, my mother and I entered a dime store in a small Seattle suburb. As we checked out, we passed those shelves with gum, candy, and sundries where I saw something I just had to have... More >>

Tags: Disciplining childrenHonestyMorals, Ethics, ValuesMotherhood-FatherhoodMotheringParentingRead On-AirStay-at-Home Mom
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