If you’re in the midst of raising children or grandchildren, managing a career and caring for an aging parent or relative, you are not alone. In fact, a 2012 Pew Research report found that about half of all U.S. adults in their 40s or 50s have a parent age 65 or older and are raising…
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When planning for a wedding, often wedding vows either seem completely overlooked or a big source of stress from the start. Not only do you have to listen, remember, and repeat a bunch of words in front of hundreds of people, but people expect you to speak them flawlessly! (Side note, if you haven’t seen…
https://firstthings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/9c32e752-9084-45d5-901a-658773220712-scaled.jpg14702048Caroline Henryhttps://firstthings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ftf-logo-300x186.pngCaroline Henry2019-05-03 12:29:452022-08-23 09:51:16The Death of Traditional Vows (& A Few Tips On Writing Your Own!)
While you might be reading bedtime stories to help your child settle down before lights out, you may be doing much more than just a nightly ritual.An Ohio State University study shows that young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than kids whose parents did not read to them.Jessica Logan and her team launched into this research after findings from an earlier study indicated that one-fourth of children are never read to, …
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How to Care for Independent Aging Parents
If you’re in the midst of raising children or grandchildren, managing a career and caring for an aging parent or relative, you are not alone. In fact, a 2012 Pew Research report found that about half of all U.S. adults in their 40s or 50s have a parent age 65 or older and are raising…
The Death of Traditional Vows (& A Few Tips On Writing Your Own!)
When planning for a wedding, often wedding vows either seem completely overlooked or a big source of stress from the start. Not only do you have to listen, remember, and repeat a bunch of words in front of hundreds of people, but people expect you to speak them flawlessly! (Side note, if you haven’t seen…
Why Reading to Your Child Matters
While you might be reading bedtime stories to help your child settle down before lights out, you may be doing much more than just a nightly ritual.An Ohio State University study shows that young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than kids whose parents did not read to them.Jessica Logan and her team launched into this research after findings from an earlier study indicated that one-fourth of children are never read to, …