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Places for Moms to Go to Chat & Talk Home School
Home schooling is a personal family choice that can be done for a variety of reasons. Once you have checked the state laws, checked the kids out of school and started your daily lessons, it can also become quite isolating. As of 2010, students who were home-schooled were still in the minority across the U.S. The Internet provides home-schooling parents with a wide array of places they can go, meet other home-schooling parents and experts, and talk about the process.
What Are the Pros & Cons of DNA Testing?
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the material found in almost all living creatures that determines heredity. Although science has long known that heredity plays a part in personal traits, it was not until the 1950s that a group of scientists were able to see the DNA. Using an X-ray technique, the first picture of the now-famous double helix was recorded. The following decades brought great advances in genetics, and once genetic research was teamed with computer technology, medical labs were able to advance DNA testing for individual patient use.
10 Ways to Create a Personal Balance Sheet
You can create a personal balance sheet to gain perspective on your financial well-being. In its simplest form, a personal balance sheet details your net worth–basically the amount of cash and property you have, minus your debts and other liabilities. With a little tweaking, your balance sheet can serve as a financial planning tool. Use it to monitor your investments, flag dangerous debt levels and prepare for major expenditures (a home purchase or kids’ college fund) and retirement. Need help getting started? Consider 10 basic ways to create a personal balance sheet that meets your needs.
How to Find Ancestors’ Marriage Records in the US
You’ve started your family tree, only now you’ve been bitten by the genealogy bug, which is seldom curable and almost always contagious. Genealogy can seem like a time tunnel into the past. Sooner or later, you’re going to want to document the information you’ve gathered, such as birth, death and marriage records. Birth and death records are usually found in each state’s archives, but finding marriage records for your ancestors in the U.S. is a whole different game.
What Vitamin Decreases Sexual Desire?
Sexual desire fluctuates throughout women’s lives, due to vitamins, vitamin deficiencies, physiological body changes, illness, relationship status or hormone levels. A decrease or complete loss of sexual desire occurs in one-third of women between the ages of 18 and 59 according to a 1999 National Health and Social Life Survey. Deficiencies of vitamin A and vitamin E may also contribute to a lowered sex drive in otherwise physically healthy women. Sexual desire decreases related to former situations of abuse or trauma can be explored with a trained therapist.