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Tips for Caring for Elderly Parents

At times rewarding and other times challenging, caring for elderly parents can place a financial, physical and emotional burden on you and your family. Sometimes parents have physical or mental disabilities, or suffer medical and psychological problems, further complicating the situation. You want to provide loving support, but you also need to carve out time and space for yourself. Fortunately, many authors and agencies have created strategies that work well during elder care.

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Tips for Wearing High Heel Sandals

Though trendy, high heel sandals can be a challenge to walk in and match with outfits. These tips will show you how to walk in these sometimes perilous shoes, what pants and dresses to pair them with and how to add a little extra pizazz to them for different occasions.

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Autism and the Sudden Loss of a Teacher

My son's 7th grade Computer Applications teacher died suddenly last weekend. What happened? The students and parents were informed that the teacher died of a sudden heart attack. It was a typical day on the Friday in question. My son had this teacher for fourth period, as per usual. The school broke for lunch after…

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Autism and a Death in the Family – Part 1

How will children with autism react to a death in the family? I do not know how each child will specifically react. However, my family and I had to deal with a sudden tragedy over the holidays. What happened? I had a sibling pass away suddenly just before Christmas. I flew to North Carolina from…