Tag: codes
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January 22, 2008 09:47 AM EST --
So much has been written about the difficulties of making relationships work, you might wonder why we bother, if they're so much trouble. Maybe it's because there's nothing more . . .
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December 27, 2007 11:10 AM EST --
In this world, colors are important. Chances are you know at least one extremely organized person who uses color-coded file folders to store important papers. Color coding is also a useful way to highlight . . .
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December 20, 2007 04:18 PM EST --
Funny thing about sharing your life with someone. After a few years, conversations with your partner are full of non-verbal cues. There are the things you know you don't need to say any more - and . . .
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December 17, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
It wasn'tthat long ago that the controversy surrounding The DaVinci Code was swirling through the media. As a novel and afilm the story centers on a seemingly unsolvable puzzle, designed to conceal . . .
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October 08, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
Call it good instincts; call it ?momdar.? Sometimes it seems that moms have a natural talent for deciphering a situation that presents itself practically in code. Like when you just know your child is . . .
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January 22, 2008 09:49 AM EST --
Somewhere in the transition from "The Old Days" to now, it seems a few things didn't get completely worked out. While TV is full of couples who share parenting and household chores equally, . . .
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October 29, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
Funny thing about language. It?s just as good at hiding our feelings as it is at expressing them. For example, have you ever said, ?You look great,? without really meaning it? So as we listen to our . . .
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November 19, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
Thanksgiving has a magic power to help family and friends share the cozy warmth of togetherness around a celebratory meal. Of course, along with that beautiful bird and the flotilla of side dishes, comes . . .
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December 03, 2007 11:39 AM EST --
Seems like every job category has its share of codes known only to insiders. It’s one of the ways employers can gauge your experience in the field. Try waiting tables without knowing the difference . . .
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November 29, 2007 10:00 AM EST --
If your family lives in a temperate climate, you experience four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn ? and Cold. Let?s face it: as parents we spend the entire winter wishing our kids could learn how to multiply . . .
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November 12, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
Wouldn?t it be helpful to have a set of agreed upon codes for rules your kids could follow in situations that requires extra precaution and communication?
Ever had your six-year-old run off in the . . .
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October 25, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
Every family has its own set of codes they use to stay in touch. Some families stay highly organized with ?to do? lists and charts that divide up chores and reward with stars or allowances. Other families . . .
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December 27, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
Phew! Sharon and Shane are finally in bed and it's only 8:30 p.m. But you have bills to pay
and issues to talk out and the phone's ringing: It's Mom!....How can you keep from getting totally . . .
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November 21, 2007 10:15 AM EST --
If you?re like a lot of families with small children, you may have a family code word. It might be ?Pink Lemonade? or ?Aunt Jackie? or something obscure enough it can?t be guessed, but easy for everyone . . .
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December 28, 2007 09:20 AM EST --
The moment you become a parent, you realize that everybody has an opinion. Between family, friends and neighbors, parenting advice practically rains down in sheets. You're either giving Janey too much . . .
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December 06, 2007 09:46 AM EST --
Long ago, perhaps, one of our ancestors woke up in a baobab tree and said ?I am Stone-Chipper.? It was the birth of identity, the bright shining moment when consciousness first broke out across our furrowed . . .
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January 17, 2008 04:53 PM EST --
Do you believe that, as a mom, it's your job to guarantee everyone in your family is happy at all times? If your answer was "yes," you may have SuperMom-itis.
SuperMom-itis isn't . . .
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November 15, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
Being a parent is a full-time job, especially when your kids are very young. Naturally, that?s aside from your other full-time job ? the one that actually pays for all those juice packs and ginger snaps. . . .
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November 26, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Are your kids speaking a secret language? Somehow, overnight, it seems every kid out there old enough to write is fluent in techno-speak. It?s a language that?s evolved for use in chat rooms, on IM or . . .
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December 10, 2007 11:31 AM EST --
Ever since the anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell began publishing his observations about body language in the early 1950s, psychologists have found more and more clues to children?s emotions in their gestures . . .
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