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10 Ways To Help Your Child Become A Better Writer

If your kids are like mine, they don’t take well to their parents giving them advice on much of anything — academics, athletics, you name it. In many ways, I am thankful for this. My kids are independent and have learned to do their homework on their own.But I had to step in recently to help my middle-schooler with a term paper that needed a lot of help. I started with my red pen …

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A Song Can Change Your Life

The following is a guest post by singer-songwriter Stephanie Quayle Picture this, just outside Bozeman, Montana, miles of wild green fields, off a gravel road sits an old white farmhouse.

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Best Beauty Products of the Decade

As a ModernMom, it’s practically in the job description to look fresh and gorgeous on a daily basis. In order to achieve a look that screams your name, it’s important to use beauty products you can rely on for their quality and results–items that consistently make you feel like your most beautiful you.

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How Busy Is Too Busy?

As I flipped through the Montreal Gazette this morning while drinking my coffee, I came across a headline that caught my eye. The kids had no school, so it was a pleasure to sit down, slowly, in my bathrobe, with my cup of joe, and enjoy the unfrenetic pace. Definitely a welcomed change from the usual whirlwind of a typical school morning. The headline read, “Crazy Busy is too busy– but what if not busy …

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Vision Testing for Children

Some parents first learn their children have vision problems after they start attending school, when the teacher sends home a note saying little Johnny is having trouble seeing the blackboard. Up to 10 percent of pre-school children have vision problems, many of which can be corrected if caught early enough through vision testing and screening. The American Academy of Pediatrics advocates childhood vision screenings begin as early as the newborn period.