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Basic income lets some parents afford toys and new shoes for their kids. One mother said it was 'life-changing.'
After paying the bills and finding housing, some parents spend basic income on clothes, toys, and a…
Allie Kelly
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I traveled to Bali with my husband and young kids to decompress. 2 years later, we're still here.
Alison Emerick and her family rent a modern, three-bedroom house with a pool in Bali for about $2,2…
Alison Emerick
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We have 5 kids and live on my husband's public school salary. We have no way of saving for their college education.
My husband is a public school teacher and I'm a freelancer. While money is tight, we are trying to …
Chaunie Brusie
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If gentle parenting doesn't work for you, try structured parenting instead. As a mom and educator, I think it's better for kids and parents.
Pam Allyn is an educator and parenting researcher. She says gentle parenting has become unrealistic…
Kelly Burch
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Millennials are raising pets instead of kids. It's not going well for the pets.
Birth rates are declining, and millennials own more pets than any other age group. But experts say …
Aimee Pearcy
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Kids can pick up on parents' stress about the election. Here's how to talk to them about it.
America is increasingly polarized, and many kids are picking up on the tension. Here's how to discu…
Kelly Burch
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Boomers spent their lives accumulating stuff. Now their kids are stuck with it.
Baby boomers spent decades buying stuff. Now they have to have difficult conversations with their k…
Emily Stewart
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We spend most of our extra money traveling. We believe it's the best education for our kids.
My family spends most of our extra money traveling, not on things like private school. Trip experie…
Melissa Noble
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I forced my kids to go on a 70-mile hike with me in California. It taught them what they're capable of.
A mother of three says hiking for multiple days and carrying everything they needed on their backs,…
Wendy Altschuler
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My honest review of working at Amazon for 7 1/2 years as a software engineer
Pooya Amini worked at Amazon as a software engineer from 2014 until 2022. He shares the highs and l…
Pooya Amini
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We took our 7-year-old son to Waikiki for our 10th wedding anniversary. We catered the trip to us, not him.
For our 10th wedding anniversary, we went to Waikiki and took our 7-year-old son. We did what we wa…
Nicole Findlay
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I raised my kids in Denmark. When we returned to the US, they were far more independent than their American peers.
A US family embraced free-range parenting in Denmark, contrasting sharply with their kids' peers i…
Jane Ridley
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Being a stay-at-home mom was suffocating at times, so I sent my kids to day care
A wedding photographer decided to stay home when her first was born. She struggled to rebuild her b…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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I grew up poor and couldn't afford things other kids could. A teacher went out of his way to make me feel included.
I grew up poor and couldn't afford things my classmates could. One teacher "randomly" picked me to …
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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7 things guests should never do at Disney World, from a longtime Imagineer
I helped design and improve the Disney theme parks for years as an Imagineer, and there are a few t…
Gabriella Sorrento
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My 3-year-old son drowned in a backyard pool. I wish I'd known these 7 swim safety tips.
After her 3-year-old son drowned in a backyard pool, Chezik Tsunoda founded a nonprofit to teach pa…