Recipe for Sea Salt Scrub

Easy Sea Salt Body Scrub Recipe

Are you turning into a walking callous? Here is an easy and natural recipe for an exfoliating body scrub to gently massage a natural glow into your skin.
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Who’s The boss? You or Your Strong-Willed Child?

by Nicole MacKenzie

I’m sure you’ve encountered (and perhaps have one of your own) what could be called an exceptionally “strong-willed” child. No easy-going cherub, this one. Instead, it seems like even the smallest parental request inevitably turns into a major battle of the wills. You’re faced with stupendous temper tantrums often accompanied by kicking and screaming whenever this little one does not get his or her way.

Somehow your little genius always seems to sense when you are quite tired or in a hurry, giving them an added advantage in the power-struggle game. Some kids even ramp up their antics a notch or two when in public for maximum effect and leverage!

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My Kids Are Driving Me Crazy

(And What to do About It)

by Mark Brandenburg

My kids are driving me crazy! It’s a refrain that’s being heard around the country. My kids are driving me crazy! Help!

And when you conduct parent workshops, the same issues that produce that refrain come up over and over for parents. No matter where you go, parents are talking about the same problems with their kids. And the sad truth about these problems is that parents are usually major contributors to them.

Here are three of the problems that keep coming up for parents, and an explanation of how parents can solve their own problems.

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