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I am 28 years old and the mother of 4 children. I am a deli manager (not by choice) with a large retail chain. I started my life very young with a child and a marriage at the age of 16. I have had every major change in my life that you could even imagine:

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Relationships & Family > Family Bonding How can young parents bridge the generation gap: 2 of 13

It often is a difficult task to bridge a generation gap between parents and children largely due to neither one realizes that this gap exist. Parents tend to fell that the child is just "being difficult" or going through a "phase" and kids often think the parents are just "set in their ways" and do not like to change with th...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Ways to be a happier mom: 6 of 20

Remember everything that you put your parents through? It comes back to haunt you! Motherhood can be the best job in the world or the worst. Some days are very rewarding while others feel like you have opened Pandora’s Box. It is important for a mother to be happy because a happy mom means happy children. Children are ...
Relationships & Family > Marriage & Intimacy Tips for revitalizing a boring sex life: 52 of 54

you start out madly in love and sex with you partner is exiting and arousing but As the years go by and life starts to take a toll on a couple and certain things just start to become a routine. My husband and I have been together for about six years. We both had children from a previous marriage. I work well over 40 hours a ...
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Christmas 2008: Ways to have a joyful Christmas while in a recession: 43 of 44

The true meaning of Christmas has been lost over many years of a materialistic America trying to give to their children possessions that would out rank what the next child has. In a way I think that the current state of the American economy will eventually provide a great benefit to our way of living. Christmas is not about ...
Business > Leadership Strategies As a manager, is it important for your employees to like you?: 50 of 50

In my past experience, I can not remember a time when I heard someone say Wow, my manager is really great. I do not think that it is important as a manager to be personally liked by your employees. I do however feel that it is very important to have an equal amount of respect for each other so that the workplace is at a cert...