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How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs & Sex

As a parent, you knew the time would come when you would have to talk to your child about serious issues, such as sex and drugs. Knowing how and when to talk to your child about important decisions that affect his life may create stress. These topics actually provide ongoing opportunities for discussion, rather than a single conversation. Talking to him about these important subjects allows you to share your values and show him that you care.

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How to Detect Fake Handbags

Expensive designer handbags are highly coveted. In some cases, women even have to place their names on waiting lists to procure one of these precious purses. Because of the monetary value and desirable nature of these must-have handbags, there is a major market for knock-off goods. In some cases, these knock-offs are easy to spot and avoid, but in others even the most skilled consumer could be tricked by the highly skilled reproduction offered. If you want to ensure that the handbag you want is an original, use your detective skills and give the prospective purchase a careful inspection before you part with your cash.

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Foods High in Vitamin A During Pregnancy

Vitamin A, which aids the body’s immune system, eyes, mucus membranes and cell reproduction, is really two kinds of vitamins: retinol and the provitamin-A carotenoids. Natural retinol comes from animals, while the carotenoids, of which the most well-known is beta carotene, come from vegetable sources. When you eat the animal sources of retinol vitamin A, you absorb the retinol the most directly and efficiently, while the vegetable carotenoids get converted into retinol inside the body less efficiently. The hype you might have heard about beta carotene, which is present in many vividly colored vegetables and fruits, is well-deserved and stems from the fact that it’s the most efficiently absorbed of all the carotenoids. How much vitamin A should you take during pregnancy? In supplement form, take no more than the right amount of vitamin-A retinol for your age—to be safe, consult the chart from the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and speak with your physician. As for foods to take or not take that are high in vitamin A during pregnancy, see the recommendations below.