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Top Tips For Traveling With Kids

June 8, 2010
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I ran across an article on the Travel Smart Blog with 10 tips for traveling with kids. Within the past few months we’ve taken several road trips with the kids so this immediately caught my interest. Who would have thought a few years back that the ol’ mini van would come in so handy (I [...]

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Summer: The Season for Reading

June 4, 2010
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By Rebecca Burton, Reading is Fundamental (www.RIF.org) Summer’s here and you’ve started making your annual checklist: Sunscreen? Check. Sandals? Check. Beach towels? Got ‘em. But while you’re going over the must-haves for the season, don’t forget the single most important thing your kids will need: something really great to read. While relaxing on the beach [...]

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I Confess…. (A Married Mom Comes Clean)

June 2, 2010
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by Aja Dorsey Jackson Shortly after the birth of our son, my husband and I went to a party together. To make a long story short I had maybe one drink too many and said something borderline crazy and inappropriate to him afterward. To my surprise he laughed and said “There’s the woman I married. [...]

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Act Like a Kid

May 27, 2010
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by Tara Pringle Jefferson When I’ve had a really long day at work or I’m overwhelmed by all the projects sitting on my desk, you know what I do to relieve stress? No, I don’t pop open a bottle of wine and even turn on a yoga DVD. I color. I sit with my kids [...]

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Children: Handle With Care

May 25, 2010
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by Harriet Hairston So, the geniuses behind this website–Lamar and Ronnie Tyler–decided to dedicate an entire week to blended families. It was an emotional week for both our readers and the contributing writers with Lamar summing everything up in his “Lessons Learned” article. There were some parents who commented about how blessed they felt to [...]

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Blended Families Week: What I’ve Learned As A Stepparent

May 21, 2010
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by Lamar Tyler BMWK family we hope that you’ve enjoyed Blended Families week here at BlackandMarriedWithKids.com. We know that this is a hot button topic that affects a lot of people.  So we wanted to dedicate an entire week to the topic. Ronnie started the week with her thoughts  and perspective so I wanted to [...]

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Blended Families Week: Playing 2nd Fiddle To Another Man’s (or Woman’s) Child

May 20, 2010
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By Eric Payne Those who follow my blog, MakesMeWannaHoller.com, know that I’ve got a 14 year old and a 4 year old and most days I’m up to my eyeballs with the two of them. Some days, my 4 year old girl shows me myself when I was a little boy growing up. Sometimes she [...]

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Blended Families Week: You’re Not My Daddy!

May 19, 2010
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by Aja Dorsey Jackson It all started with broccoli. One night a few years ago, when my now 10-year-old was about seven my husband, who is not my daughter’s father, noticed at dinner that she was trying to avoid eating her broccoli by pushing it around on her plate (that “trick” never seems to die). [...]

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Why Did You Have Kids?

May 19, 2010
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by Ronnie Tyler I really enjoyed my weekend. I had the pleasure of spending two days with a lot of my extended family: aunts, uncles, and cousins.  As we were sitting around my aunt’s family room for my cousin’s baby shower, one of my younger cousins (who is in her early twenties) said that she [...]

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Blended Families Week: I May Not Be Your Mama, But…

May 18, 2010
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by Harriet Hairston Blended families have become quite the norm in modern day times. The Brady Bunch is no longer an exception to be gawked at during prime time television. These days, children are being raised with step-parents, half-siblings and if the parents play their cards right, one big, happy family! It is in light [...]

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Confessions From a Blended Family: A Biological Mom’s Perspective

May 17, 2010
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by Ronnie Tyler Divorce rates in America are about 49% for the 1st marriage, but goes up to 67% for the 2nd marriage and jumps up again for 3rd marriages.  And I can image that the issues/complexities of dealing with a blended family contributes to the divorce rates of many remarriages. Blending families is not [...]

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