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Advice for Teen Love

One characteristic of being a teenager is the ability to fall in love romantically for the first time. Although first love can be exciting, it can be confusing as well. Parents can help their teens get through this mysterious time in their lives by letting their teens talk to them about their feelings and by giving their teens some advice.

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Life After Divorce for Women

Like many things in life, divorce is a process. A final divorce decree may put an end to the paperwork and legal formalities, but moving forward and readjusting your life may require considerable time and effort. While divorce causes considerable financial upheaval and emotional distress, it also creates the opportunity for new experiences and exciting challenges. Adjusting to your life after divorce requires plenty of patience, continued effort and a desire to move forward.

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Get the Perfect Brow!

Modernmom talked to celebrity makeup artist Brett Freedman, who has done many famous including those of Brooke Shields, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Patricia Heaton. He firmly believes that the perfect eyebrow can take years off of your face instantly — and is so obsessed he started his own line of brow shapers and enhancers, Vanitymark by Brett Freedman. He told Modernmom: “The brows are the one feature you can alter (without surgery) that changes your look in dramatic ways.” Here are some of the stars he’s done — pick your face shape and create your perfect brow!

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A Moderndad Speaks: "My 6-Year Old's Generosity"

The Cub Scout Pack meeting was especially fun this time. The boys all made paper airplanes and flew them in groups through a snowstorm of newspaper snowballs thrown by the other cubs. My Sam, a Tiger Cub (the youngest group), made an airplane by himself and flew it several times through the barrage. It made it through a couple of times! We walked the three blocks home in the rain. Sam held my leg tightly as we splashed through the puddles and I let go of the mess he was making of his uniform. He was free and so was I.