Ways to Make a Long-Distance Relationship Easier

Ways to Make a Long-Distance Relationship Easier

Love / Love Tips

Despite what you – and the people who condescendingly wonder why you can’t just find a significant other in the same zip code – might think, it is possible to have a successful long-distance relationship. The first step in making your LDR easier is to outline your expectations and your…

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Breaking Kids’ Bad Habits

Breaking Kids’ Bad Habits

Moms / Mom Tips

Whether it’s thumb-sucking, nose-picking, picky eating, bad manners or other annoying habit, many kids drive their parents crazy. But there are ways to break your kids of bothersome rituals. First of all, harping on them to quit doesn’t work. Punishment probably won’t, either. When you want to break your child…

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When In-Laws Have Input on Your Kids

When In-Laws Have Input on Your Kids

Moms / Mom Tips

As if you needed even more tension between you and the in-laws…When kids come along, so does the advice – many times, unwanted – from in-laws and other relatives. How do you keep the peace and adhere to your own child-rearing principles when your pushy relatives have their own ideas…

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Dealing with His Crazy Ex

Dealing with His Crazy Ex

Love / Love Tips

It’s hard to think about your significant other having a romantic life outside of the one you share with him or her, but there’s no changing the fact that there were others who came before you. It’s tough dealing with those who your love stays in touch with, but it…

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Are Growing Pains a Pain for Your Child?

Are Growing Pains a Pain for Your Child?

Moms / Mom Tips

It may sound like a myth, or just an ’80s sitcom. But growing pains are no laughing matter to the kids who experience them and know that they’re real. If you’ve ever noticed that your child seems to grow those long, gangly limbs seemingly overnight, then you’re not alone. Children…

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The Cabbage Soup Diet

The Cabbage Soup Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

The Cabbage Soup Recipe can be prepared like so: 6 large green onion2 green peppers1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (diced or whole)3 carrots1 10 oz. container of mushrooms1 bunch of celeryhalf a head of cabbage 1 package Lipton soup mix 1 or 2 cubes of bouillon (optional)1 48 ounces…

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Hiking: A Sport for the Times

Hiking: A Sport for the Times

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

The time-honored virtues of hiking have never been more apparent than during these challenging economic and social times. This activity delivers a targeted stimulus to each department of life: Commerce. Hiking is affordable in that it can be practiced close to home, saving thousands of dollars on vacation airfare and…

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Camp Shane

Camp Shane

Diet Reviews / Other

At Camp Shane, getting physical is the name of the game, but it is barely done in boot camp format. There is a wide variety of fun, physical activities that go from scaling walls to paintball to mountain biking. At Camp Shane, these happy campers get to select from every…

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