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How to Change My Child’s Last Name to Mine

Custodial parents can change the legal name of their child. A single mom or a divorced mom who has taken back her maiden name may want her child’s name to match her own. Adoptive parents or adopting stepparents may also have reasons for changing a child’s name. Parents wishing to change a child’s name must go through the court, or the child may have trouble later acquiring legal documents, including a driver’s license and passport.

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How to Care for Elderly Parents

When your elderly parents lose their ability to function as they once did due to physical or mental health problems, you may be called on to care for them. The AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) warns that this is a stressful time for both you and your parents. Adjusting your life for the care of your parents is a serious challenge, just as your elderly parents face the challenge of adjusting to their reliance on you and their relative incapacity.

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How Adoptees Can Find their Real Parents

If you were adopted, there may come a time when you want to find your real parents. Whether it’s for information–just to see where you came from–or to satisfy questions you have, it can often be difficult to find your real parents. With sealed birth records in most states, it can seem impossible. However, if you really want to find your birth parents, you shouldn’t give up. Millions of adoptees have done it, and so can you.

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How to Do a Family Tree Search

Nothing gives a child a sense of his own history as much as a family tree. Having the generations in black and white allows him to connect names and faces of those past and present as it teaches how family relationships work. The biggest problem is, where do you start? A family tree search is not too complicated, and the best place to start is with yourself and your close family members.

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10 Computer Gifts for Men

It could be for a birthday, anniversary or just a way to say “I love you.” A computer gift is relevant on almost any occasion, and whether he’ll use his new gadget at home, at work, on the road or all three, he’ll appreciate that you did your research and found the perfect tech gift. Discover 10 great computer gadgets gifts to give to the man in your life.