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Pets & Animals > Pet Ownership What you need to consider before getting a pet: 1 of 88
As many as 27 million pets are abandoned or taken to animal shelters each year because the owner could not or would not continue to care for them. Many of these animals will be euthanized. Before getting a pet, determine your level of commitment. While pets can bring much joy to the owner, they are not maintenance free. They ... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) How to shed your holiday pounds: 1 of 48
Have you been wearing pants with elastic waistbands during the holidays? Avoiding the bathroom scale? Shunning dressing rooms in the department stores? Well, it's time to face the music. Before you know it, swimsuit season will be upon us. The first step to making personal changes is admitting you have a problem. So, fortify ... More..
Personal Finance > Budgets & Saving How to stop wasting money and build your savings: 1 of 40
Stop wasting money and build savings by taking control. Money slips through our fingers like water because we don't grab hold of it and make it a tool. If we don't learn how to use it and make it grow, there are plenty of people out there who would love us to part with it for their benefit. So, take charge and follow all or s... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Teen Challenges Should teens have coed sleepovers?: 1 of 33
Parental supervision of a sleepover for either girls or boys is such a head-ache of a responsibility that it is difficult to imagine that some parents would be willing to sponsor a coed sleepover. But the trend in parenting today is towards caving in to teens' demands rather than taking a firm stand based on adult judgment. T... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies Does spanking work for disciplining kids?: 1 of 32
Children learn from example. When parents spank their children as a form of discipline, it sends the message that hitting is acceptable. Not only that, the child learns to fear rather than to trust. If disciplining is to be instructive, positive methods must be used. Before children have the vocabulary necessary to understand... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Is Christianity dying out?: 4 of 123
Christianity is not so much dying out as it is being murdered. As a Christian, I am resentful of those who have decided it is politically incorrect to advertise one's faith in Jesus Christ in any way, shape, or form. I am torn between being a servant of God and a messenger of the Good News and conforming to political expectat... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Storms: 1 of 26
The summers of 2004 and 2005 almost made me believe that Armageddon was imminent. In 2004 Hurricanes Charley, Francis, Jeanne, and Ivan made landfall in the U.S. If that wasn't bad enough, the next Hurricane season brought us Dennis, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Floridians are educated through the media throughout the year on hu... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Housing industry, subprime loans and mortgage woes: How serious is it?: 1 of 26
The mortgage loan crisis is a mess. Some of the problem can be blamed on mortgagors giving out risky loans to borrowers who can't afford the risks. But there are so many other factors. First, the value of real estate is determined not only by cost of materials, but supply and demand and desirability of location. When the coun... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Post-holiday organizing tips: 1 of 22
Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a large closet dedicated for the Christmas tree? You'd never have to deal with removing the ornaments and unraveling the lights. Alas, few of us have that luxury. Facing the dreaded post holiday task of packing up our precious ornaments is something many of us put off until mid January or late... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 20 of 428
Choosing to have an abortion is a difficult moral dilemma that should be made by the woman.While it would be preferrable to prevent pregnancy, life doesn't always turn out how we plan it to. People make serious errors in judgment with serious consequences, especially very young people. Some would say that the woman should bea... More..