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Pregnancy and the Holidays
It’s that time of year when everyone’s wearing their finest, chugging the rum and eggnog and shopping til they drop. Not you. You’re hugely pregnant and interested in napping, doing prenatal...
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Is Your Family Ready for a Dog?
Bringing a dog into your household is a big decision that will have a huge impact on your family’s daily life. If you do it right, your new dog will enrich your lives in so many ways. If you don’t...
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How to Get Your Kids Out the Door in 30 Minutes or Less
I have to admit, I am not the best at getting my kids out the door. We were always a good 15 minutes late for preschool, which is why we opted for...
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Should My Teen Get a Summer Job?
Should your child get a summer job? School’s almost finished for another year. What will your kids do with all their newfound freedom? They may be too old for summer programs, or perhaps they’ve...
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12 Tips to Prepare Your Cottage for Renters
You've rented your cottage for two weeks in the summer. You've found some nice people whom you trust will take good care of your space, they've...
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Online Banking
Online banking Virtually all banks allow you to bank online. The biggest benefits to you are access and monitoring. When you bank online, you have access to your accounts all the time, not just during banking...
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5 Ways to Make Your Spare Change Add Up
Need some help finding extra money right away? Here’s a list of five seemingly small daily purchases that can add up to a lot of money, along with a few alternatives that will help you end the...
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Making sense of mat leave
Just talk to any of our American friends and faster than it takes to blurt out, “Six weeks! You only get six weeks of mat leave?” you’ll realize what a fabulous maternity and...
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Deals and Steals for Canadian Families
Check back often as we scour the web for the best freebies we can find! Coupons Save.ca coupons provide deals on everything from diapers to laundry detergent Free story-books Simply select your story...
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Top 7 Tips for the Aspiring Homeowner
Home ownership is certainly a blessing. Unfortunately, it also contains the seeds of what can be financial misfortune, perhaps never more graphically depicted than in a 1986 Steven Spielberg movie, The Money Pit...
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Simple Living
Simple living can mean different things to different people. For many it means simplifying your life so that you have time to enjoy it. Some people live more frugally so that they can afford to work less...
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Your Family: Coping with Cutbacks During Fragile Financial Times
Normal parents want to make sure that their children don’t go without the necessities of life. However, many normal parents also feel guilty...
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Comeback kids: When mothers re-enter the work force
NEW YORK (AP) For some mothers who took time off after childbirth, deciding to go back to work is the easy part. The real challenge is...
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The Nanny Chase
Julia returned to work a couple of weeks ago, after being on maternity leave. Benjamin is now in daycare and Julia is finding it very difficult to juggle her schedule, and Benjamin's schedule to accommodate the...
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Parenting in the Home Office
When my husband and I launched our home-based business a few years back, the local newspaper sent a reporter over to take a picture of my partner and I spending "quality time" in our home office with...

