Carnival of Family Life

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Make it from Scratch presents My Favorite Pan­cakes posted at Make It From Scratch, a dish that’s actu­ally “great for any meal!”

veg­e­food presents Spicy Chicken with Green Chill­ies posted at Veg­e­tar­ian Culi­nary.

Crafts & Activities

Cyndi Lavin presents Paint­ing fab­ric in a bag posted at Mixed Media Artist. “You can never know too many tricks for paint­ing with kids,” accord­ing to Cyndi, who offers an effec­tive way to con­tain the mess while end­ing up with some great-looking fab­rics to use in your art projects.

Vera Lang presents 10 Free Print­able Fathers Day Cards, Tem­plates & More Project Ideas posted at Fine Craft Guild .com.  Father’s Day is Sun­day, June 21, 2009!  This site will help you get ready.

Edu­ca­tion

Erin presents Free Tutor­ing posted at Note from the Teacher.

Becca Glouzstein presents Prin­ci­ples of Empow­er­ment to Teach your Chil­dren posted at Inspi­ra­tion for Mothers.Com.

Fam­ily Humor

Dan presents Why I Love My Kids Wednes­day — Dirty Q-Tips Edi­tion posted at My Dad Blog, a humor­ous look at why that Dad loves his kids, dirty Q-tip sur­prises and all.

Bet­ter Home­mak­ing presents Day of Beauty posted at Bet­ter Home­mak­ing: Per­sonal Devel­op­ment, offer­ing a unique per­spec­tive on her beauty regimen.

Fam­ily Finance

The Dough Roller presents 0% APR Bal­ance Trans­fer for 12 Months posted at The Dough Roller, a dis­cus­sion of one of the last reamin­ing 12-month 0% APR bal­ance trans­fer deals.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents ETrade Online Bro­ker­age Account: Top Bro­ker Review posted at The Digerati Life. “Part of fam­ily finance involves man­ag­ing your invest­ments. Here’s a review of a pop­u­lar stock bro­ker for your long term invest­ment accounts.”

The Dough Roller presents Bal­ance Trans­fer Credit Cards posted at The Dough Roller, offer­ing an “updated list of 0% bal­ance trans­fer offers” that can be used to lower inter­est payments.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

GrrlSci­en­tist presents Post-Traumatic Embit­ter­ment Dis­or­der: The Newest Men­tal Ill­ness? posted at Liv­ing the Sci­en­tific Life.  The updated Diag­nos­tic and Sta­tis­ti­cal Man­ual of Men­tal Dis­or­ders (DSM) may soon list a new men­tal dis­or­der:  Post-Traumatic Embit­ter­ment Dis­or­der (PTED).  Are you or a mem­ber of your fam­ily expe­ri­enc­ing symptoms?

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Elisha Web­ster Emer­son presents Time is Money? O Yes! posted at My Incon­ve­nient Body, all about how a new mother has learned the prin­ci­ples of time management.

Amy Hobbs presents The Pack­age Deal posted at Amy Reads Good Books.

Kakie presents Book Review — Rais­ing Cain: Pro­tect­ing the Emo­tional Life of Boys posted at Bur Bur & Friends: Com­mu­nity Park.  The book explores the state of rais­ing boys in mod­ern soci­ety and tools for pro­vid­ing them “the emo­tional lit­er­acy to thrive.”

Emma presents Potty train­ing, step 1 — choos­ing a potty posted at Baby-Log.

Julie presents Teen Depres­sion: Is it More than “Just the Blues?” posted at More4kids.

Fiona Lohrenz presents Guide­lines For Prepar­ing A Day Care Safety State­ment posted at Child Care Only.

Fam­ily Pets

Jake presents 3 Tips to Stop Dogs from Beg­ging posted at Dog Train­ing Pet.  At our house, we gave up on this les­son many years ago.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Jenny presents Grate­ful for All the Lit­tle Things posted at the so called me, a col­lec­tion of the things that “make [Jenny] happy in life.”

Susan Gais­sert presents The Wind­ing Path of Mother-Daughter Love posted at The Expand­ing Life.

Cather­ine Van­Wet­ter presents Fam­ily Heal­ing posted at To The Heart of the Mat­ter, a descrip­tion of an inter­gen­er­a­tional heal­ing process that “restores the flow of love and strength from our ances­tors, those who came before us, to us.”

Car­ole Gold presents The Black Art of Con­trol: How to Reclaim Your Power posted at Car­ole Gold, offer­ing insight for her teenage daugh­ter about abu­sive relationships.

Charles H. Green presents The Power of I’m Sorry: the Four Rs of a Trust­wor­thy Apol­ogy posted at Trust Mat­ters.

Super Saver presents First Tro­phy posted at My Wealth Builder.

Don­ald Latumahina presents 10 Essen­tial Career Lessons From Ter­ence Tao posted at Life Opti­mizer.

Leti­cia Velasquez presents The prayer of a lit­tle saint posted at cause of our joy.

Lucy presents Uncov­er­ing the True You posted at Lucy’s Life.

Thank you to all who par­tic­i­pated in and sup­ported this edi­tion of the Carnival!

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