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Your Family Isn't That Messed Up After All — This Woman Accidentially Married Her Own Father

Kathy Landin — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:00:17 +0000

The next holiday you spend with your family where you find yourself frustrated at how dysfunctional they all seem, please take a deep breath and imagine what it must be like to find out that you spent decades married to your own father without even knowing it. Then maybe have another drink.

Brace Yourselves, Parents! The Cost of Raising a Child Just Went Up — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:00:13 +0000

Pretty much everyone knows that raising a child is getting more and more expensive. But did you know that the cost of doing so went up $8,000 in just one year? A report by the United States Department of Agriculture took into account food, shelter and other necessities and found that middle-income families who had [...]

Why Are Family Meals at Home So Good for Kids?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:24:30 +0000

Want physically and emotionally healthy kids? According to new data released by Rutgers University, it could be as simple as having family meals together at home. Rutgers reviewed almost 70 studies and found that 40 percent of a typical American family’s food budget is spent eating out — and since restaurant food tends to be [...]

10 Signs Your Parents Take Easter Way Too Seriously

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:30:44 +0000

Easter is definitely one of the more kid-oriented holidays on the calendar. It features colorful eggs, a giant talking rabbit and more candy than even a Cadbury executive can stomach. Some parents, however, can get too wrapped up in the spirit of the holiday for their children. Here are some clues that maybe your parents [...]

Why Do the Holidays Make Us So Nostalgic?

Shauna Wright — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:00:16 +0000

There’s something about the holiday season that often makes us all a little nostalgic. And it’s not just the result of carefully-crafted marketing by retailers — psychological experts say that wistful feeling has an actual purpose.Krystine Batcho, a professor of psychology at Le Moyne College in New York, says nostalgia helps us feel connected to [...]

Give Thanks to the Recession, Families Are Closer Than Ever Because of It

Kathy Landin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:30:03 +0000

A lot of families don’t have to go over the river and through the woods to get to grandmother’s house for the holidays this year. More and more families are living in grandmother’s house, and getting closer because of it.

Many cultures support a tradition of multigenerational families living in one home, but it has been decades since the US was one of them. Now, because of the current nature of the economy, that seems to be shifting.

Exciting Animal Adventures In Western New York!

Jill Daniels — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:40:47 +0000

Summer is over. I hate to be the one to break the news to you but when we started seeing that white stuff we like to call snow I can officially say the summer of 2011 is OVER. Even with that fact in mind it doesn’t mean you can just hibernate all winter long! There are so many activities in Buffalo during the winter time that you need to experience!