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3 Tips for Letting Your Child Decorate Their Own Room

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While it can be fun to allow your child to decorate their own room, you may also be hesitant to let them do something so permanent when their interests change so frequently. But although they may fluctuate between loving superheroes and the ocean, wanting ponies or princesses, there is still a way that you can let them decorate with what they want while still keeping some of the basic things the same. To show you how, here are three tips for letting your child decorate their own room.

Pick Furniture That Can Grow With Them

In all reality, it’s only the details that your child really cares about. Because of this, it’s very easy to keep things like the furniture the same while switching out details like wall hangings or bedspreads. So when you’re picking furniture to put in his or her room, Tara Mastroeni, a contributor to Freshome.com, recommends that you pick timeless pieces that can grow with them. This might mean getting them full-sized rather than child-sized beds and dresser and keeping the colors or designs clean and gender neutral. [Read more…] about 3 Tips for Letting Your Child Decorate Their Own Room

Ways Family Can Help With Addiction Issues

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Most people at least have someone who has a problem with addiction issues as a friend or a friend of a friend. Not everyone has had to deal with addiction of a direct family member. However, for families where there’s a member that is struggling with addiction in its many forms, there are ways that you can help get them out of their hole.

Four particular things that can be looked at include researching the psychology behind addiction, sending the addicted member to rehab, getting them away from influences, and in extreme cases potentially even holding an intervention. [Read more…] about Ways Family Can Help With Addiction Issues

Should You Invest In A Vacation Property While Your Kids Are Still Home?

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Even when you have children it’s pretty likely that you go on a family vacation each year, or at least once in awhile. It may be prudent and cost effective to consider investing in a stationary vacation property while your children are young if it’s something you can afford right now. It’s a wise option if a vacation home is something you’re going to want after you retire and the market for buying a home is currently a good one.

One people “fly” south for the winter, especially those that are retired. Having a vacation home now guarantees you have that place to escape to later in life, and it also ensures you have a vacation place to go to each year prior. If you don’t like letting it sit empty for the majority of the year you could always rent it out as a timeshare when you don’t need it. [Read more…] about Should You Invest In A Vacation Property While Your Kids Are Still Home?

Tips For Helping Your Teen Prepare For Adulthood

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By the time your child has reached their teenage years you’ve probably already taught them all of these things, at least once. But they have been busy being a kid, so it’s during those teen years that they are in most need of a refresher course. Before they get to their senior year of high school, graduate, and run off to college, you want to make sure that you’ve raised an intelligent child that is going to be able to make a good life for themselves.

Being a parent isn’t easy, and if you have more than one child you’re going to need to do this stuff more than once. You don’t just want one of your children to be successful at life, you want that for all of them. [Read more…] about Tips For Helping Your Teen Prepare For Adulthood

3 Things That Change When You Have a Child

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When you decide to have a child you are prepared for a certain amount of changes. You know that you will have to come up with money to be able to support your new family and that you will have a little one to look after instead of just yourself. You know that you won’t be able to stay out as late or do things at the drop of a dime like you could before becoming a parent.

However, the changes don’t just stop there. There are a lot of things that a lot of people don’t tell you will change after you have a child. Here are some of the most common that most parents can agree on. [Read more…] about 3 Things That Change When You Have a Child

3 Tips for Keeping Your Kids’ Room Organized

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Although kids are tiny humans, they tend to have a lot of stuff. From clothing to toys, books and shoes, your kid’s room probably looks like it’s always on the verge of bursting at the seams. While you can go in there yourself and straighten things up, this won’t actually solve the long-term problem of helping your child have a more organized room. So to help get rid of this headache for yourself and teach your child valuable life skills, here are three tips for helping to keep your child’s room more organized.

Consider Their Age When Creating Organizational Strategies

While having your kids understand and enjoy cleaning from the day they can pick up a toy would be amazing, this just isn’t a reality. For this reason, it’s crucial that you take baby steps toward organization based on your child’s age. Jennifer Haupt, a contributor to HGTV.com, recommends keeping things simple for children ages 2 to 4, getting creative with children ages 5 to 8, and gradually increasing organizational responsibilities for children ages 9 and up. For each age group, make sure you have the organizational tools you need for success, like toy shelves, bins and buckets for each and every item in the room.
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