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Family Matters
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Tips to Help You Enjoy the Theme Park With Your Grandkids

Going to a theme park with grandkids can be an exciting and memorable experience for grandmas and grandpas, but it can also be tiring and overwhelming.  A balanced and seamless travel experience for everyone, including those who are mobility challenged, is important as we age.  However, it’s also just as

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Preventing Distracted Driving in your Teens

As a parent, entrusting your teen driver with car keys can be exciting and nerve-wracking. You want them to experience freedom and independence on the roads. But there’s always a fear of them potentially getting hurt if they don’t practice safe driving habits. One of the most dangerous threats faced

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Caregiving
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Teenage Drug Addiction: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment Options

Teenagers getting addicted to drugs is something we hear every day. The question is, why? Why are young people getting addicted to such harmful materials still a thing? Because there are a lot of factors that could be contributing to the drug addiction. Teenagers have the minds of clay, and

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Grandparenting
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16 Cute and Useful Gift Ideas for Your Tween Granddaughter

Shopping for tween girls can be extremely tricky because it’s their stage of life where tastes can swing between realms of childhood and teenagehood. Now they might prefer something practical than that “little girl” stuff. To make it easier for you, we’ve listed sixteen amazing gift ideas for your tween

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carnival games
Grandparenting
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The Best Carnival Games to Rent for Your Kid’s Party

When you’re throwing your child a birthday party, you want to be sure that you are doing everything in your power to make the experience something they will remember and cherish for years to come. There are many ways to do this, but one more creative is renting carnival games

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4 Lesser Known Side Effects of Pregnancy

Do you think you are pregnant? Once you confirm with a store-bought test or at a clinic that offers free pregnancy tests in Illinois, it’s not very long before you start to notice changes to your body. Common side effects such as weight gain, breast tenderness, morning sickness, and heartburn

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Getting to Know Neurodiverse learning: Helping Family Members Succeed

Self-sufficiency is the path to independence.  As the friend, grandmother, grandfather, aunt or uncle of a child or adult with neurodiverse learning needs, that can be a tough concept to take heart in the real world. For many children, today’s school environment provides the necessary foundation of skills, insights and

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7 Ways to Improve Your Grandchild’s Emotional Well-Being

Instead of creating a perfect world for your grandchildren, focus on giving them the skills they need to solve problems and conflicts. Without emotional intelligence, your grandchildren may not be able to handle or overcome the stress, disappointment, or adversity that is also a part of life. Before you turn

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3 Ways to Be There for Your Grandkids

Grandparents have a very special role in a child’s life. They are often the ones who are a source of fun, they shower the grandkids with unconditional love, they are always thrilled to spend time with the kids, and they don’t have to be the ones setting the tough rules

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Simple Ways to Expose Your Small Grandchild to Science

When you think about introducing science to young grandkids, you may picture complicated, messy experiments with glass tubes and chemicals. And, since science is such a broad subject, it can be challenging to know just where to start. Before you start gathering up baking soda and bunsen burners, let’s look

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5 Tips for Retirees Raising Their Grandkids

Once you’ve reached a certain age, raising grandkids might not seem like the ideal choice. Changing diapers, dealing with meltdowns, and attending back-to-school nights might seem like something you would’ve preferred to do in your 20s, 30s, and 40s. However, being around young children will help you maintain your vitality

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Grandparenting
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What is Birth Injury Malpractice?

If a doctor, medical staff, or hospital acts in a negligent manner, it could be birth-related medical malpractice. A negligent manner means that they do not use reasonable care. This negligence could cause injury to the child or mother during the pregnancy or delivery. It could potentially lead to a

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Grandparenting
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How To Customize An Online Personal Letter

Sending a letter is somewhat of a strange experience for many as the digital era has bought about instant messaging and emails as a much faster response than the traditional letter. But how can you make the perfect personalized gift for someone with a surprise letter that they are not

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Grandparenting
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Ways to Have Fun with Your Grandchildren at Home

Since the lockdown started, you spend more time with your grandchildren. You are grateful for it since you can see them growing and becoming more mature. You won’t have this opportunity if you need to go to work each day. The problem is that after several months of being together,

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Boat trip
Grandparenting
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Tips for a Fun and Safe Boat Trip with The Grandkids

Are you looking for a fun way to spend some time with your grandchildren? If so, why not take them on a family boating trip? There’s nothing like spending quality time in nature with your loved ones as you coast along the open waters. You’ll get to reconnect with nature

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Resiliency
Grandparenting
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Five Ways to Teach Your Children Resiliency

You may have imagined that by the time you reach your 50s, you’d be slowing down on parenting, but it just isn’t so. If your kids didn’t have a strong foundation to become self- sufficient, resilient human beings, and they are in their late teens and early twenties, you often

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Childhood developmental
Grandparenting
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Early Childhood Developmental Stage & Beyond

Childhood developmental occurs at different rates, so while one child may be walking at nine months, another may not walk until the are two years old. However, no matter the age at which a child finally gets the hang of it, there’s no disputing that children grow rapidly. Their brains

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