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What to Do When Kids Fight for Attention

My husband and I learned soon into the process of parenting two children (which soon multiplied into four children) that each needed, wanted and deserved his or her own special time. In the multi-tasking mayhem of a typical family day, it is simply impossible to dedicate quantity based special time to each of our children each day.

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Pay It Forward… With Lattes?

Sometimes our seemingly smallest acts can have the largest impact — and what’s more profound is that we might never even know just how much. Take the Starbucks drive-thru, for example.

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Multitasking Mania: Six Tips to Make Time for What Matters

“To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.” – Jill Bolte Taylor Life is too crammed full these days. Even in our downtime, we are busy communicating. Texting, tweeting,…

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Dangerous Baby Rattles Recalled For Choking Hazards

Uh oh! About 12,000 Manhattan Toy Quixel baby rattles (8,300 in the US and 4,100 in Canada) have been recalled by the Manhattan Group because of choking hazards.Why the product is being recalled:The colored arches can break, creating a small part which poses a choking hazard to small children.Description:This recall includes the Manhattan Toy Quixel baby rattle. The plastic rattles have four, colored arches (red, orange, green and …