Insurance Blog Week in Review – Week of February 5-11, 2012

The Insurance Blog Week in Review gives you an easy way to “ketchup” on all the blogs that were posted this week. In a given week, there can be anywhere from twelve to fourteen different articles that appear on the Insurance Blog. Lately, news about insurance is intertwined with politics. This definitely makes things interesting! The Insurance Podcast Roundup for the week went up on February 6, 2012. Federal Government Says No to California’s Medi-Cal Co-Pays Governor Jerry Brown made a plan that required the low-income people who use Medi-Cal to pay a co-pay before they could be seen by … Continue reading

Two Interesting Comments

Do you love your spouse for who he or she is? In a novel I was reading recently by Kristin Hannah, called Between Sisters, the husband tells his wife two things about why he’s leaving her for another woman, that struck me as important: ‘Nothing I do is good enough for you.’ The second is more about the woman he has been seeing ‘She loves who I am, not who I could be if I were more ambitious.’ They’re telling comments and although it’s fiction the comment s have the ring of truth about them. The first one made me … Continue reading

July in Review, Part Two

I blogged about a tragedy in which a young mother did not seek medical help for her daughter who wasn’t eating, and the child died. The 19-year-old claimed that she had tried to plan adoption for her daughter but that agencies wouldn’t work with her because she had no prenatal care. A hard-to-believe claim, but the story got me thinking : Could Education Have Prevented This Tragedy? In Let’s Educate Our Youth About Adoption, I suggested that preschoolers learn to call 911, and that young children learn to see adoption as a normal way of building a family. I suggested … Continue reading

Baby Blog Month in Review: June 2008

June was my first official month posting for the Baby Blog. It has been a great experience. I love learning new things about babies and sharing it with friends. Of course, I could use your help. Whether you are a first-time mom or an experienced mom of a large family, I want to hear from you. Please share your advice, your questions and your comments. On which topics would you like to see more blogs? Meanwhile, take a look at all of the articles we had in June. June 2nd Introducing Babies to Birds Perhaps it is the fact that … Continue reading

Homeschooling Blog Week in Review: September 23 to September 30

Welcome to the home school blog’s week in review. If you have some reading to catch up on, here’s the place to start. As always, we welcome comments and suggestions if you have any ideas of things you’d like us to cover. Links to the ‘Resource of the Day’ Blog (I know no one wants to miss these!) 9/23/07 9/24/07 9/25/07 9/26/07 9/27/07 9/28/07 9/29/07 9/30/07 September 23 Activites and Resources to Study Johnny Appleseed This is the perfect season for apple picking and with that an interesting historical unit on the American pioneer, Johnny Appleseed. John Chapman, who was … Continue reading

Insurance Blog Week In Review January 30-February 5, 2007

Insurance Term Of The Week: Personal Injury Protection, PIP It has been an interesting and educational few weeks for this Insurance Blog writer! There is nothing better than real-life experience to teach a person a thing or two! Dealing with our Employer Provided Group Health Insurance company has been a real eye-opener for me. Tuesday, January 30 Primary and Secondary Health Insurance Coverage, Because our youngest children are biological special needs siblings, adopted from foster care they have State Medical benefits as well as coverage under our employer provided group health. We also had, primary and secondary health insurance for … Continue reading

Dealing with Comments to the Widowed

Losing a wife or husband is difficult no matter the age or cause. While most people are sensitive to this difficult time in life, you need to know that you will be confronted by people who seem less than compassionate. Even if these people mean well, sometimes the words spoken to the widowed individual come across as harsh and uncaring. I know when I lost my only sister two years ago her husband was faced with this very challenge. For instance, he actually had someone from work ask him how much money he would get from her life insurance policy. … Continue reading

The Let’s Talk Blog Mid-Month Review

We’re halfway through the first month of the year, and already have touched on some interesting topics! I’ve really enjoyed reading everyones comments and hope that we can continue discussing pregnancy-related issues so openly. We opened the month by talking about pregnant bellies in Let’s Talk About Handling Unwanted Belly Touching. Let’s Talk About Handling Unwanted Belly Comments got several comments, and I’m not surprised – it’s a serious issue for many pregnant women. If you’re looking for help in choosing a baby name, Let’s Talk About Naming Your Baby offers plenty of suggestions – some well-known, and some not … Continue reading

New Blogger Introduction

Well, I guess the title isn’t exactly accurate. I’m not really a “new” blogger, but I am new to the Marriage Blog. I have been writing in the Home Blog, Kids’ Crafts, Frugal Living, and guest writing in Home Business. I will still be doing the first two full time, but I’ll only be guest writing occasionally in the others. I am excited about joining the Marriage Blog and as a bonus I get to work with Heather. She and I have both been blogging for Families.com since the Blogs first made their appearance. We were just talking about how … Continue reading

Parenting VS the Internet Mob

Parenting isn’t always easy. Sure, there are moments of absolute bliss. There are also days when a parent is exhausted, a child is especially cranky, and the whole thing turns into a big scene. It can be frustrating and embarrassing when this happens. Even worse, there is the potential that a stranger will take a photo or video of the “meltdown”, or write about it on social media. Chances are, you probably had at least one temper-tantrum in public when you were a toddler or young child. It’s part of being a toddler. Your mom was probably embarrassed by your … Continue reading