The Technological Edge for the Independent Consultant -
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Will Barnes
As an independent consultant working in any field it which you have competition, you need to get and maintain an edge over them. To continue to learn about your best friend, your personal computer would help you keep that edge. To this end, always look...
Seven Ways to Become Involved in Your Children's Education As a Single Parent -
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Will Barnes
According to a study published in the American Educational Research Journal, parental involvement has been shown to influence children achievement in language and mathematics, their academic persistence, and their behavioral problems. As a single parent, parental involvement falls solely upon your shoulders. If doing this...
What a Single Parent Should Renegotiate With Her Parent -
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Will Barnes
An aging parent can present both a financial and physical challenge for single parents with personal child rearing responsibilities. Among everything else you have the responsibility of keeping yourself well, your children well, and then caring for a parent who is not well. However, if...
An Independent Consultant's View of Mental Health Disorders and Special Needs -
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Will Barnes
According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, one in five children from birth to 18 has a diagnosable mental disorder. Moreover, one in 10 youths has mental health problems that are serious enough to impair how they function at home, in school, or...
Funding College Education with Whole Life Insurance – The Only Real Choice for a Single Parent -
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Will Barnes
Funding a college education at the rate that tuitions continue to rise can be extremely difficult for a single parent. For example, in Illinois the range for in-state 2010-2011 tuition and fees for a state University such as the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana is...
The Single Parent's Challenge -- Raising a Mentally Healthy Child -
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Will Barnes
A mentally healthy child, as well as a physically healthy child what all parents desire. As a single parent, it is a challenge that requires you to fully use your abilities, energy, and resources to develop a physically healthy child by making sure the child...
How to Navigate the Insurance Maze as a Single Parent -
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Will Barnes
Having the right type of insurance is a necessity, but one that you may not have given adequate thought to. As a single parent you intuitively realize that you needs your life covered by life insurance should you experience an untimely death and consequently leaving...
Managing Your Children's Behavior as a Single Parent -
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Will Barnes
Managing your children's behavior and finding time to pursue personal interests and development is one of the greatest challenges that you face as a single parent with no spousal support. As children progress through their developmental stages, they present different set of needs in addition...
