The Mommy Wars and a Summer Schedule Dilemma
A mother faces a blank summer calendar with no planned activities aside from dental appointments and baseball, wrestling with whether to enroll kids in camps and worried about childcare costs and logistics as summer looms. The piece reflects parental fatigue and a desire to simplify.
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Siblings Share Bedroom In Oak Park Six Bedroom Home
In Oak Park Illinois Sarah Coleman homemaker and her three children age 1 3 and 5 share a single bedroom while parents occupy another and four rooms stay unused. The piece notes two child households often use spare bedrooms for guests offices or play spaces with two thirds of such homes reporting room sharing. It cites Census Bureau data on home sizes and bedroom counts from 1995 and 2014 and mentions the New York Housing and Vacancy Survey finding room sharing among two child homes.
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Coupon Queen's Chicago trip proves coupons can bend
Rachel Krych details a mother daughter Chicago excursion that mixed free sights like Millennium Park and Navy Pier with paid experiences such as the Lake Tour and Willis Tower Skydeck. She reflects on joy from memories over savings and notes coupon sites and a CVS deal.
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