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Five tricks to teaching your child courteous communication

By Faye Rogaski

Respect for yourself is the foundation of respect for others. Lead by example and show your child that YOU respect yourself and take good care of yourself each day. It’s not what you say, it’s what you do.

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9 Cash-Saving Tips That Pay Big Bucks

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The expression "a penny saved is a penny earned" doesn't cut it these days. But saving a few dollars here and there can add up...

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TheOnlineMom.com offers parents and consumers a guide to the top-rated, age-appropriate, kid-tested and parent-approved tech toys and gifts.

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Teach Your Kid Confidence - from Birth

By Cynthia Ramnarace

Even Babies Can Be Confident. What can you do when your child is an infant to help him develop the confidence to "try, try again"?
Create a predictable routine. When your baby knows that after having his bath he'll be fed and then go to bed, he doesn't have to worry about what's going to happen next. Instead, his mind is free to focus on mastering new skills, such as how to get his belly up off the floor so he can crawl.

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Cutting Grocery Costs without Cutting Nutrition

Simple, healthy, and affordable ways to weather the rising price of food

Karen Collins, R.D., American Institute of Cancer Research

Grocery prices are projected to increase again in 2008 – that’s following 2007’s highest annual increase in 17 years. But surviving these tough economic times doesn’t have to mean sacrificing good nutrition. Some simple strategies can help you cut food costs and eat more healthfully, too.

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Madlynn is Kid of the Month

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Single Moms - find here resources on financial aid, scholarships, help with basic needs, food, prescription drugs, health care, housing, legal info, and much more...


"Financial Aid & Social Services Aid"

Second Week Of March

 

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"Hi Joy, My name is M. I am a 17 year old single mother. My son is 2 years old. I have a part time job. I am a full time college student at Louisiana State University at Alexandria. I am very curious on how to receive any kind of financial assistance for my son and I. I have friends who say that they receive financial assistance from the government for being a single mother and being a full time student in college. If possible could you send me information on how to go about getting this help from the government. I am in desperate need of help right now (financially). I would very much appreciate your help. Sincerely, M. Y."

 

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"In reply to M., thank you for contacting us at SingleMom™.com. As far as we know, "Financial Aid" should be available at your college. If you are a full time or part time student - taking from 6 to 12 units per semester/quarter and you don't make much money per year. You're eligible for financial aid such as State grant (depends on each State), Federal grant, "work study", and loans.

You should ask your 'Financial Aid" to apply for it. It usually takes 6-9 months to get approve. However, the counselor should be able to assist you with more information. You can also apply for some kind of 'low-income' grant for student. Again, it depends on each State and school as well.


www.fafsa.ed.gov/ - Financial Aid from U.S. Department of Education.

www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide/ - The student guide: financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education.

www.finaid.org/ - Financial Aid site for more information.


You can also try to contact the WIC program - www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ - The WIC program for women, infants & children. They offer variety of helps through local agencies & offices with toll free number & much more.

You can try to apply for extra money, food stamps, and health care for your "County Social Services Department". This is probably what your friend has mentioned to you.

All useful information about grants, available money from the government or any other non-profit organization for single mothers. Unfortunately, there isn't that many grants that available to single mothers. We'll keep looking out for you with all the latest information.

Here you will find helpful links to general info on all 50 states as well as organizations. www.50States.com

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistant - www.cfda.gov/public/cat-applying.htm
CFDA is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and non-financial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.

National Archives and Records Administration - www.nara.gov/nara/grants.html
NARA makes grants to state and local archives, colleges and universities, libraries, historical societies, and other nonprofit organizations in the U.S. to help identify, preserve, and provide public access to records, photographs, and other materials that document American history.

GrantsNet - www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/
GrantsNet is an Internet application tool created by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Grants Management (OGM) for finding and exchanging information about HHS and other Federal grant programs.

Florence Critention Services
1300 Blythe Blvd PO Box 36392
Charlotte, NC 28236 704-372-4663 FAX 704-334-8169
Services: (emotional) (children) Offers comprehensive health, educational and social work services (both residential and non-residential) to young women and their children as they deal with the scope of problems related to single pregnancy, single parenting, substance abuse and adoption. Services include: residential maternity program, residential parenting programs, substance abuse treatment, child development center, teen mother support groups and prevention groups.

I hope you find these information and I wish you the best. Thank you for visiting SingleMom.com™."

 

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Top 8 Tips for Reducing Kids Screen Time This Summer

Reducing time spent in front of televisions and computers is one of the easiest ways to improve your family's health. Here are eight simple ways to limit screen time so you can help crank up your kids’ energy, re-charge their minds, and improve their health.

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What would you change?

Weekly Column, by Annette Bridges

Change -- some people dread it, and others can’t get enough. It may be much like the idiom, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” When it comes to what we would alter or why we would make a modification, the answers vary because we all have different things we value, want, need and consider important.

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Being a Role Model

by Laurie Cesario-Overton

If I had to choose one sentence that would best describe what I feel parents need to learn, it would be this: Be your child's BEST ROLE MODEL in all the ways that truly count. Be your child's HERO. Whatever you do, do it for all the right reasons.

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How to Find the Best Car Loans for Single Moms

Financial Advice for Single Moms

The best car loans for single mothers might be just around the corner at your local car lot.

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3 Money Rules for Stay-at-Home Moms

As we all know, life is unpredictable. We lose jobs, get divorced and even become widowed...
Here are three steps stay-at-home parents should take to better manage their own and the family’s finances.

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You May Have Too Much Debt But You Also Have Options

How Life Works

If you feel like you're in over your head with personal debt, you're not alone. Millions of Americans have become overextended, many as a result of easy credit and the recessions. Credit cards, medical bills, personal loans and raising interest rates do not make a good financial mix.

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Could fat babies mean fat toddlers?

A new study from Harvard Medical School found that babies who gained weight quickly had a sharply higher risk of obesity. The study followed close to 600 babies and found those in the top quarter of weight for their length at 6 months had a 40 percent higher risk of obesity by age 3 than smaller babies.

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Crystal Bowersox - A Single Mom And A Real American Idol

Read how the amazing Crystal Bowersox. the runner-up of American Idol Season 9, handles fame and life as a single mom, raising her 17 month old son.

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5 Ways for Single Moms to Save Money

Single moms are always looking for ways to save money, and for good reason... It’s important to find ways to cut corners on the little things that perhaps you don’t think about too often, because those are usually where your biggest money drains are.

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Suze Orman's Recession Rescue Plan - helps you survive in times of financial crisis

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Do you know what your family would do if you lost your job - or worse, your home? Financial expert Suze Orman is ready to help you devise a recession rescue plan to survive - and possibly thrive - during this deepening financial crisis...

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Your Just-in-Case Emergency Plan

by RealSimple

Who do you call if you can't make it home in time to meet the kids' bus? Who do you trust to take in your mail when you're on vacation? Who do you trust with the extra set of keys to your house?

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How to save $10,000

By Liz Pulliam Weston

If you were hoping for a list of small tweaks you could make in your spending to save $10,000 a year, sorry. The reality is that $10,000 is a lot of money. And saving big money usually means making big changes in the areas where we spend the most, such as: Housing, Transportation, Food.

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The Super, Sexy, Single Mom on a Budget

by Renee Rayles

A quick reference guide designed for the busy, single mom who has

little time to read while running the mom taxi, cooking dinner, helping with homework, and trying to fit in a date night every now and then.

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Single Mothers &
Male Role-Models / Mentors

Single mothers carry an enormous load of responsibility, especially those having sole and/or primary custody of minor children. They nourish, they nurture, they teach, they discipline, they shelter, they protect, and they provide… all without the assistance of another equally-invested adult.

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Mom's Obesity Raises Newborn's Heart Risk

from the National Institute of Health

The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her newborn baby will have a congenital heart defect, a new study suggests. The finding raises concerns because 1 in 5 women are obese at the start of pregnancy in the United States.

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The 10-Ingredient Shopping Trip

By Tara Parker-Pope and Mark Bittman

... In his latest “How to Cook Everything” segment on the Today Show, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman makes it surprisingly easy to cook a week’s worth of dinners with just a 10-ingredient shopping trip.

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Your 5-minute guide to protecting your identity

20 steps to protect yourself from identity theft, and seven ways to clean up things if you become a victim.

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TheOnlineMom.com offers parents and consumers a guide to the top-rated, age-appropriate, kid-tested and parent-approved tech toys and gifts.

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Single Moms in the News

6 Best Celebrity Single Moms
Read about Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Kimora Lee Simmons, Mary-Louise Parker... read more

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

by Jeff Kinney

For those wondering why tween boys don’t read very much, the answer is that more books aren’t like this...

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