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Building Confidence in Your Teen

The most awkward time for you child is when they stop being a kid but aren’t quite an adult. Their bodies are changing, and their hormones are going nuts. Some handle it gracefully, but most freak out. And it doesn’t help that the role models they are presented with in the media are airbrushed into oblivion and have press agents to make sure they’re saying the right things for their image. The reality your teen faces is filled with so much fake-ness, it’s hard for them to look at themselves and recognize that what is real is normal and perfect.

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Building a House From the Ground Up

My husband and I have been talking forever about building a house from scratch. We bought the house were in now twelve years ago, before we had children. Its a great house, and its served us well, but weve outgrown it.