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Kate Gosselin is Dancing With The Stars

DWTS Promo Pic Kate Gosselin, recently divorced mom and former Jon and Kate Plus 8 reality television star, is dancing with the stars and intent on winning this season. The mother of 8 is spending 5 to 6 hours a day practicing with her dance coach and hopes to do well in the competition - even though she has admitted that she cannot dance on Jimmy Kimmel... Read More

Jason Mesnick and Molly Melaney Wed

The Mesnicks from People Magazine The first divorced father of the hit reality show, The Bachelor, married contestant, Molly Melaney in a rainy California ceremony on Saturday. You might remember Jason as the bachelor who caused a lot of chaos when he initially gave his final rose to contestant Melissa Rycroft (who has since found love herself) in the... Read More

Friendship is a Secret Weapon

I read this post about friendship on author of Stepmonster, Wednesday Martin’s blog, and decided to share this valuable information about friendship with Today’s Modern Family readers. Be sure to check out her blog by clicking on her name. By Guest Blogger, Wednesday Martin Do you have a Valentine’s Day hangover? Have you read a million... Read More

Live Happy iPhone App

Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at UC Riverside and author of the book “The How of Happiness,” has teamed up with Signal Patterns, developers of psychology-based Web and mobile applications, to create the new “Live Happy” iPhone application. This application is the first of its’ kind and will guide users through... Read More

Divorce After 50 is On the Rise

AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) conducted a study regarding divorce after the age of 50. Elizabeth Enright wrote an article delving into this study which was featured in AARP magazine for July/August of 2004. She writes “Divorce over 50 is on the rise. Women do the walking. Men don’t see it coming.” Many individuals stay in... Read More

Families in Haiti Need Our Help!

Credit: Reuters An earthquake centered near the impoverished Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince caused the collapse of several buildings and an unknown number of fatalities Tuesday. The quake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale and at least 1.8 million people live within the area where the earthquake had its highest intensity. Among the many people injured... Read More

Negotiating in Your Modern Family

People routinely bargain and negotiate with one another.  Each person will take their position, argue their points and try to make concessions thereafter in order to negotiate or bargain for a productive outcome to fit their needs.  This analogy holds true for today’s modern family as well.  In particular, bio parents negotiate with one another... Read More

Helping a child cope with a parent’s death

The most difficult life changing event for any child is the loss of a parent.  During this time of loss, it is difficult to know exactly what your child is feeling because so many emotions are taking their toll on the entire family.   Unfortunately, I have had an up close and personal view of this situation.  I had to help my own children cope... Read More

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