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Lighthouse Parenting Provides Stable Beacons

Lighthouse parenting is one of many different parenting styles. The overall goal with this parenting style is to provide your teenagers with a stable beacon that they can turn to for guidance. It is a balance between protecting your teens from harm and giving them the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. The lighthouse parenting style was created by Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd. He has a book called “Raising Kids to Thrive: Balancing Love With Expectations and Protection With Trust”. In the book, he describes lighthouse parenting by saying that parents should be like lighthouses for their children, “beacons of … Continue reading →

Staging Your House for Less

Something about spring makes me start watching all of those home shows. You know the ones where couples and sometimes singles look for the perfect house, fix up and put their homes on the market or just do some renovations. Maybe it is because spring is the most popular time of the year to list a house and get a buyer. While the housing market has promise of turning around, there is still quite a lot of “stock,” houses on the market. This means that in order to make yours sell, it needs to shine. One thing that helps house … Continue reading →

Two Cost Free Ways to Get Your Home Ready to Sell

My real estate friends tell me that it is not impossible to sell a home in a short period of time, it just depends on the home. Still, with the housing market the way that it is, you don’t want to spend a lot of money getting your home ready for the market, but you don’t want it to sit out there forever being passed over for other houses that are also for sale. Use some smarts and a little elbow grease to make your home stand out among all the rest of the housing inventory, and do it for … Continue reading →

Selling Your House in the Spring

You can really tell that spring has arrived by all the for sale signs in people’s yard. Spring is a wonderful time to sell your home. It’s like Mother Nature has put on her best dress and pearls so your house looks it’s very best. There are still some things you can do to help Mother Nature and your realtor. Studies are showing that more people start their home search online. Gone are the days of busy open houses, instead we can log in and see hundreds of homes in the time it takes to drive across town. It’s important … Continue reading →

Catholic Network Sues Federal Government Over Birth Control Coverage

A Roman Catholic television network has filed a lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit is in response to the requirement that religious oriented hospitals and universities must include coverage for birth control in their employer sponsored health insurance plans. The Catholic Church is opposed to most methods of birth control. EWTN Global Catholic Network is a television network that is based in the United States. It was launched in 1981. The letters stand for “Eternal Word Television Network”. Since its launch, ETWN Global Catholic Network has become the largest religious media network in the world. It transmits programing 24 … Continue reading →

The Kitchen Saga, Part Two

Next week was supposed to be the week our kitchen renovation took place. The kitchen would be demolished, nasty cupboards with a whole lot of dry rot moved out, and lovely cupboards moved in. Ah, the bliss. Unfortunately, that is no longer next week. Now – with my fingers crossed – I’m hoping for the first full week of February. Why? Well, as per usual in renovation land, things change. What changed for us was the flooring. We would like to have flooring that is consistent across our kitchen and hallway. We’d like to stop ice skating as we slide … Continue reading →

Household Management: Life Skills 101

What do you need to know when you move out? If you’re the parent of a teen who’s looking at college in the next few years or simply a parent who wants the kids to know how to survive in the wilds of real life, you know that the kids need to know a few things. But what are the essentials of household management? Once you’ve been doing it for a while it’s hard to extract exactly what it is that you do to manage the house. In my humble opinion, here are a few of the basics: Houses need … Continue reading →

A Place at Both Houses

There are so many transitions for our children to make when we get divorced. One of the biggest ones is going from one two-parent home to two one-parent homes. It is important when making this transition that children have items of comfort at both homes. For school-age children they may have the transition to new schools and neighborhoods causing even more stress on their little lives. With so many changes going on in their lives it is crucial for you to be there supporting them through this difficult time. Buying a second set of everything for both homes is one … Continue reading →

Two Ways To Save On Entertainment

When it comes to finding things to trim in the family budget, entertainment is an area where many people could probably make a few cuts. Unfortunately, the very idea of scrutinizing your family’s entertainment budget may be very unappealing when you consider the people in your household that may be very attached to their entertainment of choice, be it television, video games, or movie rentals. That said, there are a couple of options that you could consider if you are thinking about how to save money on television. The first option is the most obvious – go without television. No, … Continue reading →

What is the History of Your House?

Every house has stories to tell. Have you ever wondered about the families that lived in your house before you moved in? The area around your home must have gone through some changes over the years. What did things used to look like? You can use your genealogy skills to uncover the history of your house, and the people who used to live there. It can be fun to use your genealogy research skills in a slightly different way. You probably put a lot of thought into what you wanted in a home. If you have several children, you need … Continue reading →