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Car Insurance – True or False?

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How much do you know about what affects the price of your car insurance premiums? There are a lot of ideas about this, and it can be hard to figure out what is truth, and what is just a myth. Sometimes, all it takes for a little piece of incorrect information to be perceived as truth is for it to be repeated over and over again, by many sources. How well can you pick out the fact from the fiction? People who drive red cars pay more for car insurance. True, or false? You may be surprised to learn that … Continue reading →

Home School Blogger Spotlight: The Book Chook

Based in Australia and authored by Susan Stephenson, The Book Chook, is a delightful blog dedicated to children’s literacy. Susan is a Kindergarten teacher who describes herself as a reading mother hen to her little chicks in the classroom. Hence, the name The Book Chook, as “chook” is what many in Australia call a hen. I love the name of this blog. I find it memorable and quite adorable. The Book Chook is a blog that is easy on the eyes and invites you to sit down and enjoy a book or two. You are introduced to quality children’s literature. … Continue reading →

Fair-weather Friends

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It is not uncommon for parents of children with special needs to lose friendships either immediately upon diagnosis, or slowly over the course of time. Having a child with a disability or health condition changes parents’ perspective, completely alters their schedules, and wipes clean the picture perfect future they had planned. Friends often don’t know what to say or how to help and end up distancing themselves. If you have lost friendships since your child was diagnosed with a condition, try not to be angry. Some people cannot face you due to the guilt they feel of having giving birth … Continue reading →

The New Friends

A very gracious and wonderful friend has been overseeing my son during a part of the day I am occupied by work. Her only request was that I purchase her coffee in exchange for the opportunity to spend some amount of time with my joyful son (though she’ll certainly get more than mere morning drink for the wonderful work she does). She’s a wonderful person and has become a good friend to my son during their time together. My son recognizes her as a friend and gladly extends his arms in a sign for her to lift him off of … Continue reading →

Finding Friends In All Sorts of Places

When my daughter was diagnosed with a chronic, life-threatening condition – cystic fibrosis, at just 6 days old, I knew my family would be supportive. I knew I had a few close friends who would also be there when I needed them. I even expected to lose a few friends, both because I was now a mom and because seeing a sick child is hard. What I didn’t expect was to find friends in corners I never expected. The first few months after her diagnosis were isolating. It was winter in Vermont – that alone can feel isolating. But Maggie … Continue reading →

For the Strength of Youth Series: Friends

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Growing up, I always had good friends. In my first high school, I chose a quiet group of LDS kids to hang around with and I always felt like my standards were respected. I don’t think they were ever challenged. My second high school was also like this. I quickly found friends in seminary and at church, and these friends were instrumental in helping me gain confidence and self-understanding in a turbulent time. In fact, it wasn’t until the end of my undergraduate degree while studying in England that I became close friends with people of other faiths. Call me … Continue reading →

Things Married Friends Do That Annoy Single Parents

Over the years many of my friends have been guilty of at least one of the annoying habits listed below. Although they’re famous for trying to make me feel better, help out, and be supportive, at times they can do the exact opposite. As a single parent, have you run across any of these situations? Friends Who Ask About Your Ex Whether you’ve been divorced for six months or six years, for some reason I always run into friends who want to know how my ex is doing. Since we didn’t part on the best of terms, I honestly don’t … Continue reading →

Maintaining Friends

On one of the forums recently one person bemoaned the fact that since she and her boyfriend have been together she has lost contact with friends. This is what can often happen when people become part of a couple or get married, unless we make an effort not to allow it too. We need to work to prevent this and to ensure that we maintain friendships that were formed in earlier times. We cannot afford to be cavalier with friendships and disregard them easily. True friends are a great source of blessing, help and encouragement as we go through life … Continue reading →

Cross-Gender Friendships

Many marriage experts debate whether or not being friends with a person of the opposite sex is healthy or a matter of playing with fire. What do you think? A cross-gender friendship is a friendship that a married spouse has with someone of the opposite gender. There are some pros and cons to having such friendships. On one hand, why should a spouse feel the need to give up on a long standing friendship just because he or she has gotten married? There are people that just tend to get along better with people of the opposite sex for one … Continue reading →

Marriage and Your Single Friends

Sometimes, quite without meaning to, we can hurt our single friends and make them feel uncomfortable. So what can you do to help your single friend? Here are some suggestions. Don’t always talk about your spouse and your family to them. I don’t have many single friends and so this was something I hadn’t thought about till a single friend mentioned it one time in passing, when talking about another person. But once she said it, I could see the problem. By talking too much about our spouse and our family we can make the single person more aware and … Continue reading →