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Parenting Pointers: Speech Disorders and Friendships

Motherhood Moments

Children with persistent speech disorder have greater difficulty than their peers in making friends and maintaining relationships, according to new research. Researchers analysed data collected from 7,390 participants of Children of the 90s, who attended the clinic at eight years of age.

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Parenting Pointers - When Your Child Learns Differently

Motherhood Moments

It includes a guide to helping parents understand how brains learn and how their child's brain learns best empowering them like never before. Our children and grandchildren cannot hope to memorize how to do what they will need to do in the future roles and careers. Can children with autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, etc.,

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How to Plan a Multi-Generation Family Vacation

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Even the New York Times acknowledges that: As boomers join the ranks of grandparents, many are financing vacations for their children and grandchildren. A soon-to-be-released survey from MMGY Global, a travel industry research company, finds that around 5.5 We took my Mom with us to Florida in the 1980’s. Start planning early.

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Ways for Busy Parents to Teach Young Children About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But you are a super busy parent, with work, continuing education, business travel, your kid’s other activities, church and the myriad of other things that demand your time and attention. 7 Ways to Save Money As New Parents. What Our Parents Taught Us About Money. You want your kid to be financially savvy. Around the house.

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How to Talk Estate Plan and Last Wishes with Your Sibling?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We have jointly handled our parents estate but we have never talked through (with each other) how we want our own estates handled by the other. Most of the advice found with internet searches applies mainly to adult children starting the discussion with parents or vice versa and doesn’t seem very relevant to my situation.

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Addicted to the Screen

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For the drive, his parents allowed him to use his Kindle to read or play games. They have installed parental controls which restrict the times of day he can use the device as well as the time he can spend playing games vs reading books on it. Use parental controls. Are we adults just as addicted? No doubt, on both counts.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The number of personal bankruptcy filings reached 1,500,000 in 2010, the highest number since 2005, and in 2011, the percentage of total consumer filings increased from 2010 (according to the National Bankruptcy Research Center). Share what you know and do with those around you to help the nation become more financially literate!