Parenting: The Importance Of Family Meetings for Parents and Tweens/Teens

By April Masini
March 14, 2007 (Posted at 5:39 pm)

The importance of family meetings is:
* Family members get a chance to be heard. Many times teens and tweens as well as parents and younger children don’t feel like they are heard. Therefore, it’s really important to listen during these meetings.
* Family meetings re-establish the structure of the family. It is important for […]

Etiquette: When Is It OK To Use The Five-Second Rule?

By April Masini
March 14, 2007 (Posted at 1:35 pm)

About the “five-second rule” — that rule that states food that has been dropped on the floor is safe to eat if picked up within five seconds.
Clearly the five second rule was made up by bachelors who were trying to convince their girlfriends — and later, their wives, that if a piece of food […]

Today: Why Singles Are Buying Homes

By April Masini
March 14, 2007 (Posted at 1:32 pm)

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME — FOR SINGLES
Singles are big home-buyers and here’s what they want:
Vacation Homes
Singles have more disposable income than ever before, and they are comfortable being single. They don’t want to wait around for Prince Charming to whisk them off to Barbados, so they are buying their own vacation homes where they […]