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Last time I checked, when people talked about colors, it was related to fashion. Some years later, I see that color is used in therapies that are supposed to balance your energy, and even children are labeled with colors .
Indigo Children is a concept that was developed by Nancy Anne Tappe, and that states that [...]

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As I kid, I wasn’t exactly the most outgoing or social. I didn’t enjoy any outdoors activity, or anything that involved running or sweating. Yes, I was that creepy little girl, with braided hair, that looked a lot like Wednesday Addams, that had a collection of porcelain dolls, and that was fascinated by anything that [...]

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I feel it in my fingers
I feel it my toes
Summer’s almost over
And so the feeling grows.
Yes, summer vacation, short and sweet if you’re a kid, long and expensive if you’re a parent, is just about over.
While the first day of school has never been a favorite of mine, I fondly remember the preparations that [...]

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When we found out that my sister was expecting a baby, our first concern was him: our little prince, Mr V. How would he feel about it? Even when she had married and moved from my parents house a while ago, she was the still dog’s mother and treated him like her baby. And he’s my [...]

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We may have turned out with better manners, or at least, cheekier humor.
While 5min’s R&D team boasts an impressive lineup of daddies who are as awesome and skilled at kid-rearing as much as they are in code, here in the content team we’re still contemplating the big genetic jump. Which is not to say we’re [...]

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No matter how much you’ve studied, there’s no degree that will prepare you on how to be a mom. That’s what I learned when my niece was born: in a week I was an expert on baby diet, baby sleep and how to change diapers in the most unbelievable places.
But babies have a mind of [...]

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