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Clean Your Home in Half the Time with These Speed-Cleaning Tips

Cleaning the house can take hours, or even days, depending on how much you need to get done and how long it’s been since the last “deep clean. What most people don’t know is how to clean efficiently, in a way that saves time and gets the job done quicker. For the pros at Merry Maids, resourceful cleaning is critical, as they clean multiple homes a day. These home-cleaning experts know how to prioritize, organize and lay out a plan of attack that gets the job done not just quickly but thoroughly.

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Empower Your Kids Through Creative Cleaning

Ive recently become an addict of that TV show called Hoarders. Its a series that documents people (supposedly, theres over 2 million hoarders!) who collect trash in their homes and basically get lost in itmentally and physically. The problem: an unhealthy attachment to stuff. I wont even mention the two several episodes showing people who collect animalscats or rats. And, not all of them are living. Ill leave it at that.

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OCD Treatment for Children

The behaviors associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder can seem strange to people who don’t have it. You might wonder, for example, why your child washes her hands repeatedly, even when they are clean, why your child must count to 10 every time she enters a certain room or why she checks to make sure she closed her door over and over again. People with OCD have an anxiety disorder that manifests itself in thoughts they can’t get rid of. These thoughts lead the OCD sufferer to have strong urges to engage in rituals to banish or ward off the thoughts. The problem with these thoughts and rituals is that they interfere with daily life. Children as young as 5 can have OCD, but the good news is that advances in treatment are being made all the time.