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How to Limit Screen Time on a Limited Budget
There are many ways to limit the amount of time your children’s eyes are exposed to screens and devices, but most of the cost an arm and a leg. You could go to the movies, but then you have to buy $12 popcorn and an $8 soda. Visit a museum? Unless you can find a free admission day, that’s another $50 or more for the family. When your funds are low but your screen-free ambitions are high, you’ll have to get creative.
By Kristin Louis7 years ago in Families
The Love Chromosome
I woke up one morning an hour before my alarm was supposed to go off to my phone ringing. An unknown number showed on the screen, so I threw it on the floor, tucked the covers over my head, and drifted back to sleep. Only a few minutes later, the number tried again. With an irritated grumble, I rolled out of bed like a whale out of water and curled up face first on the floor before answering.
By E. B. Rowland7 years ago in Families
This is How Things Have Changed Since Your Parents Got Married
It’s almost like there are certain rites of passage in our lives. In fact, there are certain rites of passage most people expect to experience sooner or later. For one example most of us go through, graduating school and choosing your career path is one rite of passage. There are exceptions to any and every rule naturally, which is to say that not everyone graduates school or chooses to return for a higher education. There are different career paths available to different individuals based on their experiences, but the concept is still the same. Certain life experiences become rites of passage based on how normal they are to each passing generation.
By Melody Porter7 years ago in Families
5 Family Activities For Fun And Good Health
Fun is a better motivator toward health than future outcomes in terms of physicality or mental clarity. What ten-year-old cares about how healthy they’ll be in thirty years? They care about movies, video games, frogs, bicycles, cotton candy, carnivals, roller coasters, and the whimsy of youth.
By Wendy Dessler7 years ago in Families
Left Behind In Cuba
My family is from Cuba. On my dad's side there are 14 brothers and sisters, all raised on a farm. On my mom's side, there are 5 siblings, all raised apart by relatives since my maternal grandmother passed away when my mother was just 18 months old.
By Chris McLennan7 years ago in Families
I'm Dreaming...
As a little girl in the 1980's, I spent my Christmases either in California with my mother or in New York with her parents. She tried to always be in New York for the Holidays, but it was rare. I was usually in New York without her. Both her parents birthdays fell in December with my grandfather's birthday falling on Christmas Day.
By Lady Sunday7 years ago in Families
I Won't Back Down
I'm pretty positive that inthis life, most of us have heard at least once, if not over and over, the phrase, "life is hard". The truth behind that simple 3 word phrase can be seering, and very hard to accept. Especially if you were just born dealt a hard hand to play to begin with. It is nice to be able to open your heart to inspirational events or even songs that come your way, and keep you going. This is my story:
By Rebecka Lamb7 years ago in Families
Speaking OUT - Part 1. Born in Pain.
Pain. For the longest time I wasn’t sure where it was coming from. I was in pain all the time, even now I’m in pain. I didn’t get by a car or fall off a horse. I didn’t join a wrestling team or play much sports. But still this pain all over, did I sleep walk ?
By She’s just HURT. 7 years ago in Families
