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Multitasking is Not All Bad

by Kathy Peel, Posted Mar 18th 2009 10:00AM

Some people don't believe in multitasking. Maybe they've read that doing more than one thing at a time is too taxing on our brains. Or maybe they're reacting because they wore themselves out trying to do two things at once -- and trying to give both ...
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A Surprising Upside in a Down Economy - Family Togetherness

by Kathy Peel, Posted Feb 18th 2009 10:00AM

Most families I know have been affected by the recession. Some moms have shifted from part-time to full-time work. Others have returned to the workforce for the first time in years. Even in homes where jobs are intact, folks are cutting back on ...
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Kids spending less than a half hour a day doing chores

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Aug 30th 2008 11:00AM

The next time your kiddo complains about having to vacuum the living room or clear the dishes, you can pull out that famous phrase, "When I was your age...." At study of over 1,300 children recently found that kids between the ages of 6 and 12 are ...
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The painful slowness of toddler "help"

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jan 9th 2007 8:33AM

My Dad is one of those people who never sits down. He vibrates frenetic energy, always moving and plucking and grooming. In high school my friends thought it was hilarious to move a single black rock into the white rock pile in his rock garden and ...
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