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Parenting Pointers: Helping Our Teens

Motherhood Moments

A shocking new report by the CDC confirms what many parents already suspected: Teenage girls are in crisis. Most parents receive news like this with a sinking feeling and a sense of dread. Young people face a cauldron of pressures their parents can’t relate to. The question is, regardless of gender, how do you reach your teens?

Parenting 100
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Book Nook - The Price We Pay

Motherhood Moments

The story centers on Zenetta Henchman, a teenage girl with a rebellious streak who is navigating strained relationships with her parents, difficult interactions with her teachers and complicated feelings about her faith. “When difficult conversations become productive, they improve relationships.”

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A Realistic Cleaning Schedule Working Parents Can Stick To

Penny Pinchin' Mom

The post A Realistic Cleaning Schedule Working Parents Can Stick To appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Wednesdays: Kitchen At my house, everyone does the dirty dishes in turns, so that’s never really an issue. The post A Realistic Cleaning Schedule Working Parents Can Stick To appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom.

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Easy Ways for Parents to Exercise with Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At that point, all I wanted to do was crawl into bed with a good book. We found an acrobatic yoga DVD that is specifically for a child and parent. Typically, the parent takes the pose and the child joins or the parent and child work together in tandem. If money isn’t an issue, there is another option to try.

Parenting 210
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Q&A | focus, blogging for money, and prepping for a split

The Frugal Girl

How do you stay focused when your life feels overwhelmed with financial and parenting issues? In the past, I did the best I could with the information and beliefs I had at that point. Mercifully for me, this was not an issue I had to navigate.) Today we have three mostly random questions. Let’s go!

Money 199
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A day in the life: a nursing school day

The Frugal Girl

I’ve heard that there were some cheating issues with another semester recently, so that explains why things are verrrrry locked down in the nursing program these days. Annnnnd we got our math test scores at this point in the day. We get a pencil and a scratch piece of paper, and nothing else. 8:45 Test over!

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Budgeting for Life

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My parents are both in their late 70’s and my father recently was diagnosed with diabetes. In addition to my father’s health issues, my mother is no longer able to drive anymore, so the little errands and doctor appointments that need to be done to aid my father have become a substantial issue in our family.

Budgeting 201