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How to Wear Contact Lenses Correctly

Contact lenses free you from glasses, which makes exercise and even chasing after kids easier. They’re worn right against your eye, so as you can imagine, they have the potential to damage your eyes or cause serious infection if you don’t wear and handle them correctly. Once you get the process down and make it a habit, it only takes you a few minutes per day to care for your contacts and to keep your eyes safe.

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How to Help a Friend With Stress

Everyone gets stressed from time to time, so it’s easy to sympathize with your friend when she’s going through a rough patch. Part of being a good friend is wanting to make your friend feel better or to lighten her load a little until things go back to normal. While you can’t solve her problems for her, you can roll up your sleeves and jump in with both feet to help get her over the hump. Even just a listening ear can make a world of difference.

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How to Help Your Teenage Son Make Friends

As a mom, it’s heartbreaking to watch your teen miss out on some of the rites of teen passage. Maybe you just moved to a new city or maybe your teen struggles with self-esteem or shyness. Either way, making friends can be a real challenge. While you can’t go out and make friends for your teenage son, you can help address any issues that might be holding him back. You can also encourage your teen to get active in the community to meet new people.

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How to Make Friends at the Gym

Exercise is easier when you have a good support system made up of family and friends. It’s even better if some of those support system members have similar fitness or weight loss goals you’re trying to achieve. It makes sense that you’d meet people interested in fitness at your gym. With a little effort, those faces you see each day can become friends.

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How to Detox Before Pregnancy

Your body has an excellent set of systems in place for ridding your body of toxins and waste. Part of good health is maintaining these systems so they work as efficiently as possible. Commercial detox programs aren’t proven by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as effective, and some are downright dangerous. The safest way to cleanse and prepare your body for pregnancy is to practice a healthy lifestyle that you can continue into your pregnancy.