Tag: family
group name: codeorange
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November 07, 2007 07:43 PM EST --
What do you do to keep your concerns about college from taking the fun out of caring for your child today?
This is a great question! I know so many people that are stressed . . .
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December 03, 2007 06:02 PM EST --
When my wife and I started out we said we wanted a big family. That is an easy enough thing to say when you are young and dreaming of a good life. A daughter and a son later the family responsibilities . . .
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November 10, 2007 06:45 PM EST --
I figure that I don't need to worry about how I'm going to send Chelsey to college yet. After all, I have nearly 5 1/2 years before she heads off to an institute . . .
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November 09, 2007 04:28 PM EST --
When my oldest son was born, my wife and I looked at the squirming, beautiful baby boy and knew that we wanted the best of everything for him. Did I see “T-ball Dad” in my future? . . .
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November 11, 2007 08:11 PM EST --
The power of conformity: it's human nature to blend in with others. However, with selective listening, one can tune in to that inner voice and ignore the loudest critics. . . .
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November 11, 2007 07:11 PM EST --
My son, his pupils dilated, squinted at the giant E projected onto the wall.
Slipping one foot out of my sandal, I wiggled my toes. "How many fingers am I holding up?"
"Mom, . . .
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November 19, 2007 05:43 PM EST --
Flip-flop on aisle five, cartwheel past the zebras, somersault to breakfast and vault to college, please! At the wonderful age of 10, Kailey lives, eats and breathes gymnastics, by . . .
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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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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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November 16, 2007 11:35 PM EST --
My son, Korey, has struggled through school since kindergarten. When Korey entered the second grade without mastering the alphabet the teachers became concerned. I had become concerned . . .
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November 09, 2007 06:28 PM EST --
Sometimes I just need to get things in perspective to relax. So aside from the usual stress reducers (you know what I'm talking about...a cold glass of sangria, your favorite music CD playing, dimmed . . .
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November 12, 2007 12:07 PM EST --
When my daughter was born I remember the fisrt time I held her I looked down and whispered "I have been waiting for you all my life and I will never leave your side." At this point . . .
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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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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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November 08, 2007 11:09 AM EST --
Many people don?t realize just how many words a child under two actually knows. You may think you?re talking over your baby?s head, but watch out: you may be surprised at how much is getting through. . . .
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October 30, 2007 10:14 PM EDT --
Sometime in the early 1980’s, when I was about 10 or 11, my mom’s attention turned towards the risk that her sweet, innocent and adorable children (yes I’m talking about me and my brother) . . .
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November 28, 2007 04:19 PM EST --
Our son, Michael Glass, is just a high school sophomore this year yet the college planning and preparation is well underway. Michael says he wants to go to Harvard. He says he wants to become a doctor . . .
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November 07, 2007 11:25 PM EST --
I paid my own way through college and am still paying for it. Sure, my parents would have helped me if they could but they didn't and still don't have a lot of money. I want to be able to send . . .
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October 05, 2007 01:37 PM EDT --
As parents, we love to give our kids as many fun, happy times as possible. We plan the perfect birthday party, the perfect picnic and the perfect holiday getaway, just because seeing their little faces . . .
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November 09, 2007 10:04 PM EST --
I have been saving for college since he was 1 year old. money he gets for birthdays & holidays usually goes to the "fund".
He is now in 8th grade and even though I have faithfully . . .
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