Our culture has lowered standards in every area of life. Let's reverse that trend, starting with our own families. In the workplace studies have shown that people will rise to meet your expectations when you respect and appreciate them. This is even more true with family members whom you love and ...
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Who Does What: Current Trends in our Homes When studies survey married couples to learn about the division of labor within the home they use five categories: cooking, meal cleanup, grocery shopping, housework and laundry. Research has shown extensively that the distribution of this labor ...
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We're finishing the first week of summer at my house. We all agreed ahead of time that we would take the first 7 days of summer off from screens (tv, computer, and video games). And in a nutshell, it went really well; it was really, really pleasant. It was a week of a lot of changes. First week ...
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Have you decided to create a summer bucket list? I recommend it, besides helping you work on your lifetime bucket list, it also helps you to be purposeful about how you spend your summer. We've got a small budget for summer fun. For the first time I have two kids that just finished a whole year ...
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