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☆ My daughter still couldn't tie her shoes at 9 years old. I'm to blame because I only teach her things when she's interested.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Stacy Hoch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My daughter couldn't tie her shoes until she was 9 because she had no interest before that. AdvertisementThis same strategy is why I don't push my third grader to read more even though she's still at a second-grade reading level. Because of her learning disability, I don't push her to read more. When my kids learn something they actually have an interest in, the process is easier, safer, and more enjoyable for all of us. She was shocked at how easy it was to tie her shoes in just a couple of minutes.

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☆ A millennial mom takes separate trips with each daughter. One is left behind with her husband, but it helps her connect with the other.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For eight years, she's taken each daughter on separate "Mommy and Me" trips and swears by it. The couple met at the University of Florida, where they bonded over their love of travel, Monet told Business Insider. The older the girls have gotten, the more they've been involved with planning their one-on-one trips, Monet said. The daughter left behind gets undivided attention from James, who Monet said plans activities at home and occasionally organizes separate "Daddy and Daughter" trips. "My youngest daughter is trying to convince him to take her to Japan for their Daddy and Daughter trip."

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☆ Chinese adoptees say they feel conflicted after China announces end to international adoptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

It comes after China greenlit international adoption in 1992, leading to roughly 160,000 Chinese children being adopted to other countries, with half going to the U.S. The slowed international adoption coincides with a 2016 reversal of China’s one-child policy, which limited each Chinese family to one child in order to control population growth. With the door closed on international adoption, Newton emphasized that in order for those currently in Chinese social welfare institutes to thrive in their birth country, they also need more support. “The situation truly is a little bit more complicated for these kids with intense disabilities, especially with the rising costs of living in China,” Newton said. Newton said adoptees are often seen as “perpetual children” whose points of view don’t need to be considered.

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☆ I moved 1,800 miles and took a 20% pay cut to live near my parents. It's a high-cost area, but they get to see our kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She swallowed a 20% pay cut and bought a house in a suburb with a much higher cost of living. My husband, Max, and I moved from Texas to Massachusetts in 2021 when our oldest son, Theo, was 1. In Texas, you pay federal taxes, property taxes, and sales taxes, but there is no state income tax. Guillois's parents enjoy looking after her older son, Theo. I had to take a pay cutMax's salary remained the same, but I was forced to take a 20% pay cut for an apples-to-apples job.

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☆ Pregnant mom of two is ‘completely trapped’ in her North Carolina home
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Jay Croft | Isabel Rosales | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Asheville, North Carolina CNN —No power. These are the conditions some North Carolina residents face amid the worst of the flooding caused by tropical depression Helene. Jennifer Replogle, a pregnant mother of two young children, is “completely trapped” at her home above Boone in Tater Hill, North Carolina, elevation 4,200 feet, where severe flooding from tropical storms is not the norm. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty ImagesHelene “is one of the worst storms in modern history for parts of North Carolina,” Gov. The storm has exposed other North Carolina residents to life-or-death situations.

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☆ I'm a former FBI agent and cybersecurity expert. Here are 5 things everyone should do to outsmart online criminals.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former FBI agent Jason Hogg shared five tips to stay safe online. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Hogg, a former FBI agent and an executive at the private equity firm Great Hill Partners. I can't talk too much about it, but I was a special agent with the FBI. My father was the former CEO of MasterCard and a former FBI agent himself, but he still ended up having a significant amount of money removed from his checking account due to compromised credentials that he did not reset. AdvertisementFor all the positive things that come from social media, it creates a treasure trove of information for bad actors.

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☆ Pediatricians warn of the danger that kids are facing online
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Analysis Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was recently published by Alcove Press. Keeping tabs of accounts kids are messagingIt’s also important to keep track of whom your children are talking to on social networks. Teaching kids about appropriate contentIt’s also important for parents to pay attention to the content their kids are posting on social media, Akerman said. Then she realized that the photos had been reposted on another social media platform — on an account she said seemed to be used for trafficking girls. The ability for sexual predators to connect with kids on social media poses a serious danger.

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☆ My son just got married, and I'm no longer the center of his world. I'm now lost and wish I didn't make 'mom' my only identity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Susan Solomon Yem | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My son has just married, so I am no longer the queen of his universe. I regret making my children the center of my world because they no longer need me as adults. I've always made my children the center of my world, but now that they're adults, I'm struggling to understand my role in their lives. When Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne, her mother became Queen Mother. Now, I struggle with the realization that my children no longer need me in the way they once did.

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☆ I'm a Californian who moved to Texas for a shot at the American dream. I moved back after 2 ½ years, but I miss Texas.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kimberly Wilkerson is a lifelong Californian who moved to Austin in 2022. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kimberly Wilkerson, a 46-year-old self-published author and entrepreneur who moved from Oakley, California, to Austin in 2022. Kimberly Wilkerson and her son moved to Austin, Texas in 2022. Austin, Texas. I'm waiting for the next right thing, which ideally would be if I'm getting married.

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☆ My mother and I were still estranged when she died in 2019. I went to a medium to connect with her and it brought me closure.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Hayley Folk | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

When my mother died in 2019, we were estranged. I've always had a spiritual side and decided to book a session with a medium to connect with her. So when my estranged mother died in early 2019, it was only natural for me to explore an unconventional path: hiring a medium to reach out to her from the other side. She keeps saying 'mom,' 'mother,' 'mom,'" Balesky continued. I understand some people's skepticism about mediums, but it felt authentic, as if Balesky was genuinely connecting with my mom.

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☆ I've always had a hard time decluttering. When my childhood home burned down, I learned a lot about letting go.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Allison Young | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I've always been a bit of a pack rat and had a hard time decluttering. I learned a hard lesson about letting go. The sudden scarcity brought my life's inventory into heightened focus. AdvertisementFrom the rubble, I learned a few lessonsAs fast as our home burned down, the recovery is glacial in its pace. I collect receipts for what I've replaced, and painstakingly assess how not to perpetuate my cycle of accumulating without decluttering.

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☆ The basic income myth: cash discourages work
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Critics of guaranteed basic income often suggest that cash payments discourage work. Guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the US as an approach to poverty reduction. Related storiesBasic income critics say cash discourages workBillionaires, politicians, and financial leaders have criticized basic income programs, saying that cash payments could encourage laziness among participants. AdvertisementStill, guaranteed basic income programs reflect short-term results. Harper began teaching shortly after enrolling in a Georgia-based guaranteed basic income program, In Her Hands.

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☆ 36-year-old’s Etsy side hustle brings in $220,000 a year—and costs under $40 to start: ‘You really can make a very good living’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

She started a print-on-demand shop, using Canva software to create designs for Etsy-friendly products like T-shirts and candles. Last year, Odio-Sutton opened a second Etsy shop — selling downloadable event materials, like sign-up sheets and schedule templates — that's brought in $17,200 in sales so far in 2024. I'll batch design 10 candle labels one day, then make the listings for them on Etsy the next day. I follow what I'd call a template method: I do a lot of black-and-white designs, a lot of plain text. Then, if I have a template that sells really well, I'll just go in and swap in new words.

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☆ A 37-year-old nurse got unusually short of breath on a hike. She had stage 4 lung cancer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Lung cancer is rare in people under 45, but more women who have never smoked are developing the disease. She was young, healthy, and never smoked so was shocked when she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Although CDC data suggests rates of cigarette smoking, which is the leading risk factor for lung cancer in the US, have declined significantly over the last few decades, rates of non-smokers getting lung cancer are rising. Doctors quickly identified she had stage four, non-small cell lung cancer, which had spread to her pelvis, right femur, and cervical spine. She and her husband started Ten for Ten Million to raise funds for research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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☆ Hilary Swank says she's glad she waited until her late 40s to have kids. It made her a more present mom.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Kim Schewitz | Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In a recent interview, Swank, 50, said she's happy she's an older mom. She has more time for her kids and is more comfortable with herself than she was in her 20s and 30s. AdvertisementIn 2022, Hilary Swank announced she was pregnant with twins at age 48, sparking conversations around the risks of pregnancy after age 35. Now, a few years into being a mother, Swank, 50, said that she's glad she had kids in her 40s. "It makes me really empathize with all the parents out there who are working really long hours who don't get to see their children."

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☆ I'm 58 and work as a nanny. I wish I could be as present with my own grandchildren.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sharon Binkey is a part-time nanny with a degree in early childhood education. Binkey, 58, says she'd love to babysit her six grandkids but is estranged from her daughters. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sharon Binkey, 58, a part-time nanny and book author from Pittsburgh. AdvertisementI have a real rapport with children and became a nanny about a decade and a half ago. I'm a nanny for a couple I met in churchChildren are — and have always been — my world.

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☆ Uber just jumped into the Halloween business
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Cj Haddad | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Uber Technologies just announced a new partnership with Spirit Halloween, opening up delivery for Halloween costumes, decor and all things spooky to be delivered on-demand via Uber Eats, Postmates and the Uber app. Uber added all Spirit Halloween stores to the delivery apps as of Friday morning, an Uber spokesperson told CNBC. The Halloween shopping season is consistently one of the largest consumer spending events in the United States. Spirit Halloween did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Correction: Spirit Halloween is opening roughly 1.3% more retail locations in North America this year, compared to 2023.

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☆ Shailene Woodley on Her Movie & TV Roles: 'Divergent,' 'Secret Life,' 'Big Little Lies'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AdvertisementOn her brief stint on 'The OC' and the biggest takeaway from her breakout role on 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager'Daren Kagasoff and Shailene Woodley in "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." It wasn't until I was a little bit older that I was like, "Oh, damn, that was a pretty big deal. Another movie that's a touchstone of your career is the "Divergent" series. AdvertisementThe final movie in that franchise never materialized and there were different stages of development of a TV movie and spinoff series. AdvertisementYou've said before that you were interested in coming back as Jane in a potential third season of "Big Little Lies."

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To some, a purse with its tags still on in an aisle where it may not belong looks like a piece of discarded inventory. Videos of TikTok users joking about going into baby aisles to search for and take money from baby products have racked up millions of views since the trend took off. Cecily Bauchmann, a TikTok creator with 2.2 million followers, was the first to take action after seeing Gonazalez's video. The video brought her to tears because it reminded her of times when she experienced financial strain while providing for her family. “I hope that in this [trend] parents, caretakers, moms, dads would feel in a moment that there is a financial burden lifted off of their shoulders,” Bauchmann said.

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☆ I'm a dietitian and mom. Here's why I feed my 2-year-old processed foods.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Kristen Carli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm a mom and dietitian, and I don't mind feeding my toddler processed foods. AdvertisementI'm a dietitian, and I feed my 2-year-old processed foods. Not all processed foods are created equalProcessed foods exist on a spectrum, ranging from minimally to heavily processed, otherwise known as ultra-processed foods. AdvertisementI feed my toddler processed foods alongside whole foodsAs a dietitian and a mom, I seek foods that are easy to prepare and nutritious for my toddler. Related storiesIn our household, I serve processed foods alongside whole foods.

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This summer, I found myself drawn to Senegal. I had recently relocated from the Bahamas to Brooklyn and was yearning for community. The way they talked about the place, the food, the drink, captivated me. I was especially intrigued by descriptions of poulet yassa, a Senegalese meal that reminded me of steamed chicken, a soul-warming Bahamian dish that my mom would make. I wondered, Would yassa taste like home?

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☆ Hoda Kotb spent 10 days driving around the country to get her first TV job: 'I got rejected everywhere'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Walking into the station, Kotb felt right at home. She looked around the station and "planned my whole life" in Richmond, certain she'd get the job. "He said 'Oh, Hoda, you're not ready for Richmond. The trip that Kotb thought would just take an afternoon soon stretched on and on. But the news director at the station watched her entire tape and hired her on the spot, she said.

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She misses that wok hei flavor more than anything. Wok hei, “the breath of the wok,” is one of the most rare and elusive flavors on Earth. As she told me: “Wok hei is so difficult to find in America. She was born in Guangzhou, China, and moved to Hong Kong as a teenager in the late 1960s. I don’t even like eating fried food that much, but it’s very Hong Kong style,” my mom told me.

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The logistics of having to haul all the stuff three kids need felt like an impossible task with just two parents. AdvertisementI hated traveling with strollersMy kids are only two years apart, so we've always traveled with a stroller. The JetKids ride-on suitcase allows you to drag your kid around the airport with ease. Kids sit on the little suitcase and hold on to a strap, and the parent has a long strap to pull it. AdvertisementI tried it while traveling with my twins aloneRecently I traveled with my twins by myself for the first time.

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☆ 36-year-old mom making $10,000 a month or more in passive income: My best advice for starting a successful side hustle
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Rachel Jimenez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

When I first heard about the concept of passive income in my 20s, I laughed at the idea. DON'T MISS: How to master your money and grow your wealth As a 36-year-old mom of two, I now make $10,000 in passive income or more every month from four passive income streams. No matter what kind of side hustle or passive income venture you are starting, thorough research can help you avoid costly mistakes. Schedule dedicated time each week to focus on and stick to your passive income goals. Studying successful passive income earners has taught me that success doesn't come from quick wins but rather slow and steady progress toward a specific goal over time.

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