Saving Spring Break: Less Costly Alternatives to Traditional Destinations
Spring break - the annual bacchanalia of shirtless frat brothers and bikini-clad sorority sisters - may be financially challenging for plenty of college kids in 2009. Smart parents and students are already looking for closer-to-home, cost-effective alternatives to distant and costly tropical destinations.

Decorating a Child's Room So You Both Love the Results
Parents know that they rarely have the same ideas and opinions as their children. When decorating your child's room, you might want one design while your 8-year-old daughter has a completely different concept in mind. Don't worry parents, with a few tricks, you'll be able to design a room that is stylish, functional and fun for your child.

Asbestos: Could Your Family Be at Risk?
Everyone knows the dangers of asbestos. What was once commonplace in factories and the construction industry has caused a slew of health problems to those who have been exposed. Mesothelioma is a type of cancer caused by this exposure, and it's not just people who worked directly with asbestos who now need to be concerned.

How to Know When Mom or Dad Need Long-term Care?
When Jody found her grandmother Florence, a strong, 77-year-old woman affectionately called "Mama", vacuuming the front lawn one day, Jody finally decided it was time to move her to a dependent care facility. The decision was not easy. Here is some advice to help you if you are in a similar situation.

Feed the Immune System for the Cold and Flu Season
Our immune systems are smart. The immune system, when exposed to new flu and cold viruses, learns to recognized and react to seasonal strains of the invaders. The system also remembers bugs it has seen before. But we're a mobile society -- each year, world travel brings new strains of germs and virus home, forcing the immune system to deal with new invaders it has never seen. This is why the Center for Disease Control makes yearly changes to the flu vaccine, hoping to predict which bugs will arrive in the U.S. on a seasonal basis.