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Life After the All-Stars

Life is back to reality now… I traded in my ball gowns for sweats, my hair is in a frizzy ponytail and the glamorous ballroom luxuries are wrapped. I miss everyone at Dancing With The Stars already. What an amazing All-Star season, I had a blast! But I already have dressing room withdrawal – my home away from home, my peaceful cave and confirmation that work truly is a pleasure for busy moms!

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NBA All-Star Grant Hill’s Advice to Parents of Athletes

Modernmom was able to snatch an exclusive interview with NBA All-Star Grant Hill. The Pheonix Suns basketball player opened up to us about balancing his successful athletic career and his family, and about his experience with MRSA, a type of staph bacteria infection that has been linked to more deaths than AIDS. Currently, Grant is a spokesperson for Stop MRSA Now Coalition, an organization that is taking an active role in helping prevent the spread of MRSA by providing educational materials to communities across the nation. Find out more about what Grant Hill has to say about MRSA — it could save your kid’s life!

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Unlock Your College Dreams: Top Scholarship Resources for High School Students

Let's face it, it's one thing to get into college, and it's a whole other thing to be able to afford it. If you've got an eye on higher education, you've probably discovered how expensive it can be. As high school students prepare for the next chapter in their educational journey, the soaring costs of…

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The Five Things I Learned In My Rookie Year Being A Working Mom

This Fall, I celebrated my first anniversary of returning to work after becoming a first-time mother. Ironically, in the same month, I started a new job. In retrospect, it's not a coincidence. They say the first year is the hardest for significant life changes. It's a period of unknowns, new obstacles, and inevitable mistakes made…

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It’s Ok To Let Our Kids Settle For “Good Enough”

When it comes to my kids, one of the things that stresses me out is this whole idea of specializing.Since my daughter was four or five, I’ve watched as many of her friends have streamlined their focus on piano or guitar, on club soccer or volleyball teams, on ice skating or acting or singing or swimming or tennis or dance. The stakes seem to get really high really fast – weekend tournaments in Las …