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Make the Backyard Safe for Kids

Make the Backyard Safe for Kids

The backyard offers a perfect relaxation spot for your family and guests. However, it may pose as a great danger, especially for young children. Kids love exploring and they always find something exciting to play with, often times dangerous for themselves. I remember...

What the Kids Want: Getting the Fall Trends on a Budget

What the Kids Want: Getting the Fall Trends on a Budget

The start of school is an exciting time for buying clothes reflecting the fall trends. However, it isn't always possible to get the kids everything they want on a limited budget, especially when young people don't always fully understand the concept of financial...

5 Major Reasons Teens Drop Out of High School

5 Major Reasons Teens Drop Out of High School

Although attaining a high school diploma can be one of the most significant life experiences that an individual has, many people never experience it as a result of their decision to drop out. Throughout America, teens drop out of high school and pursue lives that are...

How to Choose the Best Insurance Provider for Your Family

How to Choose the Best Insurance Provider for Your Family

Choosing the right health insurance plan for your family can be a pretty demanding task. In fact, many people keep postponing the task, but it’s one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make. What’s more is that this is a decision for your whole family, so...

Mom Faced Criminal Charges for Son’s Obesity

Mom Faced Criminal Charges for Son’s Obesity

Meet 555lb, 14 year old, Alexander Draper. His mother, Jerri Gray, was charged with criminal neglect for letting him gain too much weight. Alexander was soon placed in foster care and stripped away from his mother, as she faced her looming trial (2 felonies, 15 years,...

Can Your Baby Hear You?

Can Your Baby Hear You?

It is always a terrifying and upsetting prospect that there may be something wrong with your child and the not having the ability to hear is a big fear for many parents. It is something that many have to face, the fact that their child clearly has some sort of...

What Smells Take You Back to School?

What Smells Take You Back to School?

Well, the day has finally arrived: the first day back to school of the 2013-2014 year. I know, seems late, right? Someone saw wisdom in passing a law that Michigan public schools cannot begin until after Labor Day. So here we are. It works out all right, but does...