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221: The Best Way to Keep Your Family Happy by Adina Soclof

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220: Looking At Our Daycare Costs And Why We Send Our Son To Daycare by Kevin of Financial Panther

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219: 12 Life Skills We Want For Our Children Before They Leave Home by Joshua Becker

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218: To the Mama Who Just Wants to Raise Healthy Kids by Crystal Karges

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217: What Your Child Needs to Succeed by Adina Soclof

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216: Power Struggles With Our Kids by Kristena Eden

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215: [Part 2] 10 More Reasons Why Parents Should Not Send Their Kids to College by James Altucher

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214: [Part 1] 10 More Reasons Why Parents Should Not Send Their Kids to College by James Altucher

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213: What You Need to Know About Postpartum Anxiety by Jessica Jondle

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212: Why Your Child's Health Starts With You by Crystal Karges

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211: How To Buy Yourself Back Some Me Time by Julie Morgenstern

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210: 5 Ways to Bring More Peace to Your Busy Life by Katie Ping

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209: Gratitude vs. Consumption: Helping Kids Be Grateful by Brittany Olson

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208: How to Define Simple Living for Your Family by Shawna Scafe

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207: Why a Minimalist Playroom is Better for Kids by Rachel Jones

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206: Six Tips to Help Reduce Our Children's Stress During the School Year by Allison Carmen

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205: 15 Things To Clean For An Illness-Free Home by Jen of This Time of Mine

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204: 5 Ways I’m Promoting Gender Equality for My Daughter by Andy Hill

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203: How to Create (And Stick With) a Weekly Schedule for Your Family by Kalen Bruce

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202: Why I Don't Play With My Children by Rachel Jones

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201: [Part 2] How to Create a Bedtime Routine For Your Kids and Get Them to Sleep by Cara Harvey

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200: [Part 1] How to Create a Bedtime Routine For Your Kids and Get Them to Sleep by Cara Harvey

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199: Can’t Switch Gears - Helping Kids Transition by Adina Soclof

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198: I Stopped Calling Myself A Lazy Mom by Shawna Scafe

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197: Family Issues: Tension Between Your Parents and Your Spouse by Dr. Laura Dabney

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196: What are the Actual Child Labor Laws (And What Jobs Should Kids Work) by Kalen Bruce

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195: How to Know if Your "Baby Blues" is Really Postpartum Depression by Dr. Susan Chanderbhan

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194: Create a Morning Routine in 3 Easy Steps by Cara Harvey

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193: 9 Important Strategies for Raising Children in a World of Technology by Joshua Becker

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192: How to Get Kids to Clean Up Without a Fight by Jen of This Time of Mine

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191: Being A Father by Vitaliy Katsenelson

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190: Easy! 6 Steps to Become a Minimalist When You Have a Family by Rachel Jones

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189: Are We Doing Too Much For Our Kids by Adina Soclof

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188: As an Introverted Mom, I Often Have to Tell My Guilt to Shut Up by Kristi Pahr

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187: Tips to Help Busy Moms Find Time To Exercise by Josh Anderson

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186: What to Consider if Grandparents Are Buying Too Many Toys by Renee Benes

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185: [Part 2] Ungrateful Child - 5 Ways to Combat Entitlement in Kids by Jen of This Time of Mine

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184: [Part 1] Ungrateful Child - 5 Ways to Combat Entitlement in Kids by Jen of This Time of Mine

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183: Helpful Tips for Balancing Teen Independence by Dr. Susan Chanderbhan of ChandPsych on Giving Your Teen Space

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182: How to Parent an Anxious Child AND How to Discipline a Teenager Who Makes Bad Decisions both by Dr. Laura Dabney

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181: Learn 14 Great Ways to Talk to Your Child by Adina Soclof

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180: When Intentional Parenting Kinda Sucks by Shawna Scafe

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179: What I Wish My Extroverted Parents Knew About Raising an Introvert by Tyler Jacobson

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178: How To Not Be Victimized By Empty Nest. Letting Go With Intention by Dr. Margaret Rutherford

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177: Can Using Hormonal Birth Control Affect the Health of Future Children by Science of Relationships

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176: Body Acceptance: Accepting Your Body Through the Changes of Motherhood by Crystal Karges

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175: Teaching Our Children to Be Self-Reliant Learners by Kristena Eden of Core Living Essentials

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174: 10 Things My Mom Told Me as a Kid That Give Me Confidence as an Adult by Parent Co.

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173: 6 Surefire Ways to Manage Your Child's Mini Tantrums by Adina Soclof

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172: Here’s Everything Parents Should Be Teaching Their Kids About Student Loans by Jeff Rose

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171: When The Path Changes (One Mom’s Story of Fetal Stroke) by Shawna Scafe

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170: 10 Secrets to Motivating Teenagers by Karl Staib

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169: No Mama, You Don't Have to "Earn" Your Food, and This is Why by Crystal Karges on Eating Mindset For Moms

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168: [Part 2] Do This, Not That: 10 Alternatives to Yelling by Jen of This Time of Mine

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167: [Part 1] Do This, Not That: 10 Alternatives to Yelling by Jen of This Time of Mine

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166: This Is The Most Important Skill Parents Should Teach Their Kids by Nir Eyal of Nir and Far

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165: Total Guide for New Mompreneurs. How to Start Your Business From Home by Morgan Rose Elliott of The Fun Sized Life

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164: The Joys (and Tears) of Parenting My Adult Children by Shantel Patu of Gottman on Appreciating Your Children

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163: 10 Top Tips for Returning Parents by Jayne Chater with Altris on Preparing to Return to Work After Having A Baby

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162: Computers, Screen Time and Kids: What You Need to Know by Dr. Jenny Brockis on Children's Health Risks

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161: How to Parent Your Teen Through the Transition to College by Dr. Susan Chanderbhan of ChandPsych

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160: How Much Should You Really Save For College by Jeff Rose of Good Financial Cents on College Inflation Costs

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159: 7 Steps to Financially Prepare for a New Baby by Amy Beardsley with Smart Money Mamas on Family Finances

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158: How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings by Amy Burzinski and Stan Davis of Parenting Simply

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157: When to Embrace Life’s Red Flags by Jay Harrington of Life and Whim on Parenting Girls & Raising Daughters

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156: Four Vital Things to Realize When You’re Fighting About 'The Kids' by Dr. Margaret Rutherford

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155: [Part 2] How to Raise Resilient Kids by Jen of This Time of Mine on Techniques For Mindful Parenting

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154: [Part 1] How to Raise Resilient Kids by Jen of This Time of Mine on Techniques For Mindful Parenting

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153: Emotional Intelligence Creates Loving and Supportive Parenting by Dr. John Gottman of The Gottman Institute

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152: Facing the Uncertainty of Fertility Issues: How to Cope & Find Balance by Dr. Susan Chanderbhan of ChandPsych

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151: Social Skills For Girls AND Why You Can Trust Your Parenting Instincts by Adina Soclof

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150: 5 Tips to Make Your Groceries Last Two Weeks by Shawna Scafe

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149: 5 Ways to Travel Light With Kids by Rose Lounsbury

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148: When Life Throws You Curveballs by Julie Morgenstern

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147: [Part 2] Saving for College – What is a 529 Plan by Kumiko

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146: [Part 1] Saving for College – What is a 529 Plan by Kumiko

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145: 15 Mom Fails That Almost Every Mom Can Expect by Shawna Scafe

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144: 6 Home Decluttering and Organizing Tips for Busy Parents by Rose Lounsbury

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143: How to Get Your 5-Year Old to Help Around the House by Andy Hill

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142: 4 Mistakes Extroverted Parents Make With Their Introverted Kids by Jana Rooheart

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141: [Part 2] Yes, Parents, Your Lack of Sleep Is Affecting Your Mental Health by Marygrace Taylor

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140: [Part 1] Yes, Parents, Your Lack of Sleep Is Affecting Your Mental Health by Marygrace Taylor

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139: 7 Ways to Help Your Struggling Child by Adina Soclof

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138: Minimalism For Mothers (An Essay on Simple Living and Motherhood) by Jennifer

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137: 4 Ways to Help Children with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Emily Thompson of Gottman

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136: Teaching Kids to "Let it Go" by Rose Lounsbury

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135: How To Teach Your Kids To Be Entrepreneurs by Kalen Bruce

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134: Going Gluten and Dairy Free (Tips From a Mom Who Misses Pizza) by Shawna Scafe

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133: [Part 2] Single Mom Dating Tips by Karen Stanley

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132: [Part 1] Single Mom Dating Tips by Karen Stanley

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131: Quarantine Parenting: Simple Ways to Keep Up Our Children's Reading Skills by Adina Soclof

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130: Teach Your Kids the Value of Self-Care by Creating Healthy Habits by Dr. Ashleigh Louis

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129: Thanks, Mom and Dad by Tynan

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128: Is the Bar Too Low on Being a Good Father by Evan Marc Katz

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127: Parenting a Sensitive Child Ain’t Easy. Here’s How to Do It Right by Alana Carvalho

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126: Because I Said So AND For the People Pleasing Mom by Hilary Barnett

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125: Mom Sanity Savers by Shawna Scafe

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124: I'm Scared My Kid Will Get ‘Introvert Shamed' by Jaclyn Desforges

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123: [Part 2] Let’s Regain the Proper Perspective About Sports in Our Kids’ Lives by Jay Harrington

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122: [Part 1] Let’s Regain the Proper Perspective About Sports in Our Kids’ Lives by Jay Harrington