Your not going to believe this, well maybe you will. An 8yr old child from Yemen who is abused has to attempt to prosecute her father and get a divorce. This little girls story is a situation where I fully support divorce and the arrest of parties involved. What I cant support is the high rate of divorce here in the United S

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Are you kidding me $4.00 a gallon for gas? I for one have had to make serious adjustments to my normal family vacation plans. Usually we spend a week or so traveling throughout many states stopping at all the local attractions and enjoying what each area has to offer. Not this year. We will be staying close to home with thes

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Welcome to the very special St. Patrick’s Day Edition of the Carnival of Family Life! The luck o’ the Irish is certainly with us because there are a wide variety of excellent articles amassed here for your reading pleasure! No blarney — just fact! Enjoy them all! Visit the contributors' sites and be sure to leave them a comme

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While Fort Wayne isn't a travel destination like Orlando, Miami, Branson Missouri or other large towns that draw travelers by the herds, it does have some things to offer. Fort Wayne Indiana the second largest city in Indiana has several minor league sports teams, a world class children's zoo, shopping galore and plenty of c

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Its amazing how a kid under 21 can get into an accident and almost killed by a drunk driver and then turn around and get caught drinking and driving himself. Not once but twice. I wonder how much talking parents do with their kids about the consequences involved with drinking and driving. I'm sure Fort Wayne teens aren't muc

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Dad's this is your day to ask for that special piece of fly fishing equipment you have been wanting but were too cheap to buy for yourself. While I always stick by my beliefs that its not the gear that makes the fly fisherman, It is still nice to have a quality rod and reel when your can afford it. Not only is this a day to

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It is time, once again, for the WestportREADS monthlong event at the Westport Public Library in Westport Connecticut. This year's book is the family favorite - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. To start the month off there will be an afternoon of activities and fun for kids. Throughout the month of March 2008 the We

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There will be a free concert for the whole family at the Westport Public Library in Westport Connecticut. Steve Roslonek a award winning performer and owner of SteveSongs will be performing his unique brand of music which combines storytelling and melodies. The concert promises a fun afternoon for kids and parents. For more info visit http://

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Parents need stuff to manage a house full of kids. Parents love FREE stuff. Many internet sites offer giveaways of items that are useful to parents.
Every Friday I compile a list of giveaways that I have found during the week. I know a parent's time is valuable so most of the contests require very little effort to enter, usually you just n

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A list of 100 resources related to improving quality of life. Focuses on a wide range of personal development topics, including: career, worklife balance, networking and communications, business, relationships, couples, friendship, dating, family, marriage, personal finance, debts, frugality, savings & investing, money in relationships.

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The Carnival of Family Life is hosted this week at On the Horizon! Drop by and read the more than 50 wonderful submissions this week!! The topics and writers are diverse and the information extremely valuable and entertaining! The Carnival takes place every week and you can submit your post via Colloquium (http://www.jhsiess.com). Interested

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Kids in Westport Connecticut have no shortage of things to do. On February 9, they will be entertained Marvelous Marvin and the Magic of Science. The children in Westport Connecticut will be so enthralled by this performance that they will not even realize that the show is educational as well. Performing at the Westport Public Library, Marvel

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Newsflash: There are 24 hours in a day. How you use these hours will determine if you feel like a success or a failure. Time management just doesn't cut it. To have a winning attitude you must go beyond setting realistic goals and follow up with action plans. Avoiding distractions and allowing down time will also lead to success.
Although I

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The Fifth Edition of the weekly blog carnival, The Seventh Day, is live at On the Horizon. Check out all the great posts included this week! ALL bloggers are invited to submit a post published any time during the prior week on ANY topic! Get some traffic for your site and earn some new readers! Submit a post for the Febr

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What does Christmas mean to you? You can participate in this meme just by reading the guidelines here, publishing your own entry, and then letting JHS know so that she can provide a link to your site! In her article, JHS shares memories of Christmas (including a couple of videos),pays tribute to the late, great Dan Fogelberg and includes an

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The Happy New Year Edition of the Carnival of Family Life will be hosted at Mixed Metaphor.net on Monday, July 31, 2007. Submit a post by December 29, 2007 at midnight to have it included. This is my first time hosting a blog carnival, so please help me make it a great success! We will ring in 2008 with a festive theme and wonderful Carniv

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Someone caught Miley Cyrus' (better known as Hanna Montana's) costume change trick on tape. And you can see it here. My kids are crazy for Hanna Montana, so they found it quite entertaining and I became one cool parent for finding the video before they did. I am sure other celebrities use similar Houdini-ish tactics to trick their audiences

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