Myths About Sexual Health For Teens

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Source:  BlackDoctor.org The best place to get information about your sexual health is from your doctor, but for whatever reason—convenience, privacy, or anxiety and urgency—you may one day find yourself searching for answers from other unreliable sources for intimate and important questions. It’s great to learn more about your body and your choices, but explore [...]

Surviving the Life: Raising Your Children Alone

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No one wishes to be a single parent but circumstances sometimes dictate that you take on responsibilities that you have not expected. For single parents who have chosen to raise their children alone, the burden is not as hard as with the burden of a single parent whose partner left them with the responsibility. It [...]

America’s Marriage Doctor: 5 Keys to a Stable Marriage

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It’s wedding season and Dr. Jacqueline Del Rosario, also known as “America’s Marriage Doctor,” is out to help couples and their marriages succeed. Everyone, she said, goes into marriage with a “vision” for what it should be like, but when things don’t go as planned many couples end up divorcing. Del Rosario spoke to The [...]

5 Tips for Raising a Money Savvy Generation

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A lot of teens today do not understand the value of earning and spending money simply because they weren’t taught that investing is necessary even if they are still students. As parents, you play a crucial role in this area. You should be able to teach your kids how to save money. They should be [...]

Emotional Infidelity or Emotional Affair?

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How you handle emotional infidelity in your relationship is up to you. You obviously have several options, not the least of which is ending the relationship. Some may argue that an emotional affair is not cheating at all. I guess it’s a personal decision we all have to make on whether we think it is [...]

S. Tia Brown: When Is It Alright to ‘Give it Up’?

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I have a confession. When it comes to sex I am a prude — maybe I should capitalize that P. Most people find it hard to imagine that a single, sassy-mouthed, city slicker such as myself isn’t throwing it back on every handsome lad who’s a bona fide BBD (a code name my girlfriends and [...]

Developing An Entrepreneurial Mind-Set

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If you don’t run your own business, the idea of developing an entrepreneurial mind-set may not have occurred to you. However, as an employee, you can learn a great deal about advancing your career from those who have succeeded in running their own businesses. Here are a few Purposeful Steps: Purposeful Step #1:  Create a [...]