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Author :: GranMamma  |
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| Article Title :: Is Education Tax Deductible? |
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Is Education Tax Deductible?
by: GranMamma
Families with children already in college may qualify for tax deductions for educational expenses. The maximum Hope credit is available for the first two years of undergraduate school. It allows for $1500 of credit. The credit is based upon the first $1000 in qualified tuition and related expenses, and 50 percent of the next $1000 in expenses.
The maximum Lifetime Learning credit is $2000 for each household return. This credit is available for undergraduate and graduate students. It is calculated on 20 percent of the first $10,000 in qualified expenses.
The income phaseout for both credits is $83,000-$103,000 for married couples, filing join (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: GranMamma |
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| Article Title :: Slash Your Grocery Prices with Coupons |
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Slash Your Grocery Prices with Coupons
by: GranMamma
Coupons save consumers hundreds of dollars a year. Smart shoppers take the time to look for, cut out, file, and use coupons on a regular basis. You may be surprised how much money you can save in the long run.
Coupons are easy to use when organized efficiently. Coupons should be put into groups such as cereals, fruit, pizzas, paper goods, pet food, baby needs, and anything else that you need frequently. With this strategy, you can easily plan to save money each time you make your grocery list. Simple rules for smart shopping:
1. Always check the prices of similar brands. Another brand may be less expensive even with the coupon. Don (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Gary Whittaker |
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| Article Title :: Neverland Chronicle (Feb 15) |
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Neverland Chronicle (Feb 15)
by: Gary Whittaker
Is Bashir the Man in the Mirror?
It seems that the weekly so-called news magazine 20/20 is now grooming Martin Bashir to be the next Barbara Walters. How is that relevant? Well, the Disney owned ABC has lured Mr. Bashir from the BBC with both 1 million dollar salary, and an agenda to go after Michael Jackson. Mr. Bashir has started his hard-hitting investigative journalism by interviewing Corey Feldman about his upcoming testimony in the Jackson Trial. If I was on the Jackson defense team, I would have been very concerned over the damaging affect this would have against my client right before the trial of his life. But that would have be (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: S.A. Smith |
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| Article Title :: Anorexia Nervosa Alert - Is Your Daughter Dying To |
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Anorexia Nervosa Alert - Is Your Daughter Dying To Be Thin?
by: S.A. Smith
Anorexia nervosa is a serious medical disorder that is statistically most prevalent in the adolescent teenage years of young women. It is estimated that 7% of the population suffers from eating disorders and if left untreated over 20% of them will die from it. Anorexia takes the lives of children everyday in this world and there are things you can do as a parent to identify anorexic behaviors and intervene to protect your children.
Anorexia nervosa is a condition where one becomes obsessed with losing weight and practices self-starvation in an attempt to achieve significant weight loss or to maintain extremel (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Derrick Logan |
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| Article Title :: Non-Violent Educational Toys |
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Non-Violent Educational Toys
by: Derrick Logan
The key to choosing the right toy for your child is in developing on their strengths and learning style. When choosing the proper educational toys for our child's development, some of the first questions we need to ask is, Are they non-violent? and, Do they send the proper message? Unfortunately it is nearly impossible to keep our children completely away from all the weapon wielding animals and shop-aholic mall-dolls they'll see as they are more and more influenced by media and peers. That being said, we as parents do have complete control over their environment during the first and most crucial developmental years of their young lives. A (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Heidi Combs |
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| Article Title :: On-the-Go Kids Snacks |
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On-the-Go Kids Snacks
by: Heidi Combs
Remember the old TV shows, “Leave it to Beaver,” and, “The Brady Bunch”? The kids would wander in after school to find fresh-baked oatmeal cookies and frosty glasses of milk on the table for their after school snack. Mom (or was it the housekeeper?) would be standing there in her apron, beaming, as the kids enjoyed their feast and talked about their day.
Fast forward to 2005. We dash into the house at 3:23. One kid needs to use the phone, one has to find his backpack, the baby needs changing, and everyone is hungry. Oh, and we all need to be back out the door on the way to swim lessons by 3:30. I grab a couple of bananas on the way out, li (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: GranMamma |
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| Article Title :: Motivation... The Key to Your Child's Educational |
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Motivation... The Key to Your Child's Educational Success
by: GranMamma
For the first year or two of life outside the womb, our brains are in the most impressionable state they will ever be in. A baby’s brain is immediately shaped by interacting with their environment. As a parent, one can have a large influence on their newborns first encounters with learning.
The mind learns optimally when appropriately challenged in an environment that encourages taking risks. However, under perceived threat, the mind does not perform as well. This makes it harder to learn when you are nervous, stressed, or not feeling well.
Before a child learns to talk, they experience emotions. Emotions are a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: News Canada |
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| Article Title :: Stopping Young Risk Takers |
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Stopping Young Risk Takers
by: News Canada
(NC)-In Canada, more child deaths are due to unintentional injuries than to all other causes combined. Furthermore, injuries are a primary cause of children's hospitalizations and visits to emergency rooms. But we don't really understand why children take risks that could lead to injury. Dr. Barbara Morrongiello and her team at the University of Guelph are studying the way emotion-based factors influence children's risk-taking decisions. They predict that children who feel exhilarated by risk taking, as opposed to fearful, will be more likely to take dangerous risks. This research could help health care professionals prevent childhood injuries (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Kimberly Chastain |
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| Article Title :: What is Your Hobby |
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What is Your Hobby
by: Kimberly Chastain
When you saw the title of this article, what was your reaction? Did you groan? Did you get excited? Did you say, “Who has time for a hobby”? I use to hate when people asked me that question, especially when my children were infants to preschoolers. I remember saying, “I don’t have a hobby, I have children.”
I think God wants us to play and relax. Even though hobby is not specifically listed in the Bible. Remember Ecclesiastes 3:1; “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…” Does a time for everything include hobbies? The Bible did say everything, which sounds pretty inclusive to me.
As a l (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Pam Jarvis |
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| Article Title :: Number 1 Key to Good Parenting |
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Number 1 Key to Good Parenting
by: Pam Jarvis
The numbers are chilling. Teen suicide and homicide rates have tripled from twenty years ago. There is a 50% increase in childhood obesity. Teenage pregnancy rates are the highest for any Western society. SAT scores have plummeted. 15-20% of kids are flunking kindergarten. Millions of children are medicated to be more “manageable” at home and school. One of the ongoing tragedies in our culture is that these problems are occurring in our most precious national resource, our children. Can these stats be turned around? Yes, and much of it can be prevented.
Here are the 5 basic prevention factors in raising good kids: good parenting, ph (read full article) |
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