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Could Your Weight Loss Resolve Have Unintended Consequences?

Could your New Year’s resolution have unintended consequences for your kids? As millions of Americans resolve to lose weight in 2012, parents need to be aware that their new diet and fitness regimens could have a potentially negative outcome – triggering eating disorders or body image issues in their children.

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Egg Prices Are Cracking Our Budget! 6 Easy Egg Alternatives

If you have kids, you know that some foods just vanish the moment they hit the fridge. In my house, eggs are one of those foods. My kids eat them every. single. day. Scrambled, fried, on toast, in pancakes—if it has an egg in it, they’ll eat it (except egg salad… apparently, that’s offensive). So when I went to the store last week and saw a carton of eggs for $10, I just about had a meltdown in the dairy aisle. Ten dollars?! For eggs?! At that price, I half expected them to be hand-delivered by a hen wearing a butler’s uniform. Egg Prices Are Cracking Our Budget!

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Harvard and Other Elite Schools End Test Optional Applications: What You Need to Know

In a move that has rekindled discussions about the role of standardized tests in college admissions, Harvard University has recently announced that it will reintroduce SAT and ACT scores as a requirement for its application process. This decision marks a significant shift from the temporary test-optional policies adopted by many institutions during the pandemic. Understandably,…

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Meet the MILs: Which of These Mother-in-Law Types is Yours?

Let's face it, when you said "I do," you probably didn't realize you were also signing up for a lifelong subscription to MIL Magazine, complete with monthly issues filled with unsolicited advice, invasive questions, and the occasional guilt trip, courtesy of your brand new mother-in-law. For many, entering this uncharted territory can feel more like…