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For many single women, life can be full of uncertainties. For single women who are also parents, those uncertainties can seem numberless.

The WIC Program provides nutrition education and healthy supplemental foods to pregnant or nursing women and their young children, provided they qualify.

When times are difficult, food budgets gets hit the hardest. If you receive Women, Infant and Children checks, here is some advice on getting the most bang for your buck!

Diluting infant formula with water or supplementing an infant's diet with water can cause water intoxication and malnutrition in a baby.

Where New Hampshire families can find financial help, shelters, food pantries and other resources.

Grandparents raising grandchildren are grandfamilies. This articles lists some resources for financial help, health care, and other support for grandfamilies.

The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System provides certain qualified individuals with a wide range of benefits.

Women experiencing difficulties breastfeeding their infants, or who have questions about nursing, can find and meet with a certified lactation consultant in their area.

When the economy suffers, many employees struggle to make ends meet. Improve employee morale by researching benefits they may not be aware of.

An overview of the first few days of what may happen once you've been approved to care for a child in the foster care system.

Parents of a teenage daughter fear the words, "Mom, Dad, I'm pregnant." If that fear turns into a reality, here's a guide to help.

The doctrine of coverture meant that the husband was responsible for the property within the marriage. The wife's property became her husband's, or he held it in trust.

Fresh fruits and vegetables can be purchased straight from the farm at a growing number of farmers' markets in mid-size and larger cities. Farmers bring produce to cities

Does nutrition in the first few years of life affect wages as an adult? A British medical journal, The Lancet, emphatically says "yes."

One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding exposes the wedding industry, looks at bridezillas, and asks how weddings became such large and expensive events.

Many new mothers defer breastfeeding, believing erroneously that they won't be successful. The benefits of breastfeeding are substantial, both for infant and mother.

Breastfeeding has definite benefits over breastmilk substitutes. Yet parents are often unaware that formula has been shown to pose many health risks to babies.

Pregnant women who plan to breastfeed their babies are off to a good start. Pregnancy is the best time to make plans for breastfeeding a baby.