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  • Lying To Your Spouse About Money? Join The Club

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • May 4, 2012
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    Lying about money can ruin a relationship, but couples still do it all the time.
    Three in ten adults who are married or living with a partner cop to committing some form of financial infidelity, including hiding purchases and splurging on big-ticket...

  • Should We Call It Quits? A New Kind Of Couples Counseling

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • May 4, 2012
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    Many unhappily married couples turn to marriage counselors to help them improve their relationship. Now a new type of couples therapy helps them figure out whether the best solution is to call it quits.
    "We basically only see people where divorce is...

  • Eight Strategies to Provide For Your Child's Education

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • May 3, 2012
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    InCharge Debt Solutions highlights eight strategies for parents to prepare for their children's college education, regardless of whether they have a newborn or kids in high school.  "The key is to get started, develop a plan and take the initiat...

  • Stay-At-Home Dads: More Men Choosing Kids Over Career

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 30, 2012
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    Before Jessica and Lance Somerfeld had their baby, they decided it would make the most financial sense for one of them to stay home to raise him. Since Lance made a fraction of Jessica's earnings, he was the obvious choice.
    With wages at a standstil...

  • Former Foster Kids Get Connected To A Better Life

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 30, 2012
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    De'Jerica Michaels became pregnant at age 15, but friction at home became so tense that she left. She wound up in foster care, placed with a Noblesville family. After seven months, she returned to live at home. That arrangement fell apart again, howe...

  • How To Handle Little Liars

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 26, 2012
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    When Cindy Ballagh's 10-year-old son Kaden lost his portable video game recently, she asked him where he last put it. His answer: on his dresser.
    After they spent several minutes searching on, under and all around the dresser, she happened to spot t...

  • The Top 5 Dog and Top 5 Cat Breeds for Families with Children

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 26, 2012
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    April 26 is National Kids and Pets Day, a day to celebrate the special bond children have with animals. Choosing to welcome a pet into a home with children can be an overwhelming commitment, but knowing the characteristics that are common to certain ...

  • The End of Marriage? Husband-Wife Households at Record Lows: 2010 Census

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 25, 2012
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    Ozzie and Harriet step aside.  The proportion of homes in America with husband-wife couples has now fallen below 50 percent, the lowest since the Census Bureau began tabulating this family data in 1940.
    New census 2010 figures, released today, ...

  • Moms: 'I Can't Afford To Work'

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 18, 2012
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    After factoring in the rising cost of child care, the daily commute and other work-related expenses, a growing number of mothers are figuring out that having a job just doesn't pay.
    "It comes down to a cost analysis and I have several clients that h...

  • Does Your High-Speed Crawler Need a Helmet?

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 13, 2012
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    Given the lengths so-called helicopter parents will go to protect their children, one would think an actual helicopter blade is hurling toward their sheltered offspring. I suspect the stress caused by parents’ fears might harm kids more than th...