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Adult Sibling Rivalry: My Sister, My Frenemy
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By Redbook | Work + Money – Tue, Sep 6, 2011 7:37 PM EDT
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By Lucinda Rosenfeld, REDBOOK

These siblings who compare everything from their kitchen faucets to their cup sizes will make you feel (relatively) normal.

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My two older sisters and I are all undeniably adults now. We have families of our own, careers of our own, homes, cars, mortgages, and lovely gray hairs of our own. We are also close-we talk on the phone or email nearly every day. And yet, the sensation that we're competing against one another for some grand prize has never entirely gone away, and mostly, I feel outranked and outrun. The list of categories is endless. Who has the best marriage/career/figure? Who's the best dressed/the best traveled/the best parent with the smartest/cutest/most gifted and talented kids-as well as the nicest fridge? I've recovered (more or less) from not getting into the Ivy League college attended by my oldest sister, 25 years ago. But the fact that she got her kids into a better elementary school
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3 Low-Maintenance Air-Dry Haircuts
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By Redbook | Natural Style – Tue, Sep 6, 2011 5:14 PM EDT
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By Devin Toth, REDBOOK

The key to low-maintenance hair is to embrace your hair's natural texture. If you know what your hair's natural texture is, then you already know its natural style tendencies (i.e. "My hair tends to fall flat!").

From there, it's just a matter of choosing the right haircut that will help your hair do what it does best and choosing hair care products that enhance your hair's natural tendencies rather than downplaying them. Here is the recipe for a low-maintenance haircut that can air-dry.

Low-maintenance hairstyle formula:
Hair texture + proper haircut + tendency-enhancing products = an easy, air-dried style.

High-maintenance hairstyle formula:
Hair texture + improper haircut + products that downplay tendency = a forced style.

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Thin, straight hair likes to stay flat. This type of hair doesn't like to hold volume, so why fight with it? Instead of cutting layers to create volume, you should
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4 Kooky Memory Tricks That Work
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By Redbook | Vitality – Tue, Sep 6, 2011 4:53 PM EDT
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By Kelly Mickle, REDBOOK

Ever start a sentence and then completely blank on what you were saying? Hey, it happens, but these simple tips for memory will make it easier to remember where you put your keys, glasses, and kid's left shoe-and help defend your brain against true senior moments later. Try 'em before you forget you wanted to!

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1. DOODLE
Zoning out during a meeting? Sketch something on your notepad. People who colored in shapes while listening to someone speak were 29 percent more likely to recall the information they'd heard than non-doodlers, according to a report in Applied Cognitive Psychology. "Doodling keeps you focused on the action of drawing and stops you from daydreaming. You can still listen while doing it, whereas daydreaming reduces attention to what's being said," says researcher Jackie Andrade, Ph.D.

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7 5-Minute Marriage Makeovers
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By Redbook | Love + Sex – Thu, Sep 1, 2011 7:48 PM EDT
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By Colleen Oakley, REDBOOK

These quick, no-sweat strategies will smooth out the bumps, bring the sexy back, and, ultimately, make your love last. They're too easy not to do.
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6 Style Risks Every Woman Should Try
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By Redbook | Fashion – Thu, Sep 1, 2011 5:23 PM EDT
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By Audrey Slater, REDBOOK
C'mon-you can do this: Start with classics, then mix them up in fun, new-for-fall ways. Actress Leslie Mann shows off the chic rewards.

Try low-cost alternatives to these outfits and take a few style risks with your wardrobe.

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Dear Whys Guy: "My Husband Needs Child Care Advice!"
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By Redbook | Love + Sex – Tue, Aug 30, 2011 7:14 PM EDT
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By Aaron Traister, REDBOOK

DEAR WHYS GUY:

I'm planning a girlfriend getaway and will be leaving my husband to watch our two young kids for the weekend. Since you're an old hand at this, can you give him some advice on doing solo duty for 48 hours straight?

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DEAR REDBOOK READER:

Children are like wild animals, so I've basically just cut and paste how to approach a horse from the internet, made a few minor changes, and then substituted the word HORSE with the word CHILD.

Step 1. Approach the CHILD confidently, but not threateningly. If it is outside and tied up, approach it from an angle, where it can see you (CHILDREN have a blind spot right between their eyes). If the CHILD is in a stable, let it see you before you enter. Walk with a confident posture and look at the CHILD, but don't stare him down. If the CHILD tosses its head, puts its ears back, or shows some other indication of fear or anger, step back,
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5 Tricks to Finally Getting Your Eyeshadow Right
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By Redbook | Fashion – Tue, Aug 30, 2011 6:43 PM EDT
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By Kayleigh Donahue, REDBOOK

This step-by-step, once-and-for-all guide to applying eyeshadow makes your precise eye shape look even prettier.

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9 Creative Alternatives to A Time Out
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By Redbook | Parenting – Tue, Aug 30, 2011 4:22 PM EDT
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By Charlotte Hilton Anderson, REDBOOK

My kids are smarter than I am. I'll admit it. And as such they routinely thwart my attempts at discipline. I'll never forget the day when I told my son if he couldn't share his toy then I'd put it in time out. He looked up at me with more defiance than you'd expect from a preschooler and calmly handed me the toy. And then he went and put all his toys in a box, brought me the box and said, "Time out, please." That child would rather put every single one of his toys in time out than let his brother play too. What could I do? I put the box in the garage. Two years later, he still hasn't asked for it back.

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As my friend Elisa said, "Discipline in the traditional sense (punishment) doesn't work with my kids. If I make them wish they hadn't, they make me wish I hadn't made them wish they hadn't." So what's a mom to do? After the recent Great Mom Debate about how you discipline your kids, I
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Kids in the Delivery Room: Family Bonding or Totally Traumatic?
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By Redbook | Parenting – Fri, Aug 26, 2011 4:45 PM EDT
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By Charlotte Hilton Anderson, REDBOOK

I was surprised by the recent news about British Columbia mom Danielle Edwards and her unexpected labor (she hadn't even realized she was pregnant until she felt the baby crowning). But perhaps even more surprising was the fact that her 12-year-old son Gaelen came to the rescue and delivered his baby brother. Not only did the quick-thinking kid help pull the baby out, but he had the presence of mind to run to the kitchen and get scissors and a potato chip bag clamp (yes, you read that correctly) for the umbilical cord. I mean, scissors make sense, but the bag clamp? That was some serious ingenuity.

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While this situation was obviously not a normal birthing experience, it did make me think twice about having other children present during a delivery. Before you get all "Eww, wasn't Middle School sex ed scarring enough?" I should tell you that my sister and I watched three of our younger siblings being
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The Great Mom Debate: How Creative Are Your Punishments?
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By Redbook | Parenting – Fri, Aug 26, 2011 4:41 PM EDT
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By Charlotte Hilton Anderson, REDBOOK

Using a cold shower as a discipline method will get you thrown in jail. Not disciplining your child at all will likely end with them thrown in jail. While there's a whole lot of middle ground between these two extremes, experts are divided as to what constitutes an appropriate child punishment. It's no wonder parents are confused!

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Once a wrong has been committed and it has been established that "This cutting of your brother's flip-flops must never happen again", we moms have to decide what happens next. Parents seem divided in two camps: the time-out arbiters and the creative disciplinarians. The former group is exactly what it sounds like-the offender goes to time out, usually for one minute per year of age (or until Mommy stops wanting to scream at him). While the latter group's methods take more time and energy, they often prove way more entertaining.

For example, when my friend Tanya's two
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