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Baby Names & Their Definitions
Within minutes of making your pregnancy announcement, friends and family will excitedly ask you, “What are you naming the baby?” Once the baby-naming pressure begins, parents-to-be weigh their options, considering family and friends’ names, the names of their favorite celebrities, historical figures, book characters, religion-based names and names that reflect their cultural heritages. As you select names for your baby, pay particular attention to the definitions of each name you examine.
Colonial Baby Names
Along with their new way of life, colonists brought to the North American continent a new set of names, many of which that remain popular for baby naming to this day. There is not much variety on the lists of names of the first colonists. The names, however, are just as well-known today as they were back then.
Spanish Boy Baby Names
Naming your baby boy is one of the first important decisions you make as a parent. Tradition is a strong factor in naming first-born boys after their father. Spanish names share some equivalents in English, so satisfying different cultural preferences is possible. Demographic changes in the United States resulted in Spanish names climbing up the ranks of most popular baby-boy names in recent years.
3 Financial Moves to Make Before You Buy a Home
Home sales in the U.S. are skyrocketing as interest rates remain at historically low levels. In fact, Zillow expects nearly 7 million existing-home sales this year—the most since 2005. With so many prospective homebuyers on the market, you too may be wondering if it’s time to take the plunge into homeownership. Before you begin hunting…
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THE [Internet Safety] Talk: Have it Now
Parents, the Internet safety struggle is real – and even impacts celebrity parents. Last week at the BlogHer conference in New York City, Gwyneth Paltrow actually said something parents can relate to: "Obviously the Internet and Internet safety is a huge thing for any parent. It completely freaks me out.” She went on to discuss…