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Budgeting is almost necessary with current housing costs

Many people have sky-high housing costs. According to ING research, young people pay an average of 1,185 euros in housing costs for a private rental property. How do you live comfortably when such a large chunk goes to your housing costs? If about 20 to a maximum of 30 percent of your gross income goes

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Before putting your baby in a bicycle seat

Just like the first smile, tooth, and bite, the first bike ride with a child is a milestone for many parents. But it’s also nerve-wracking to take your toddler on a wobbly bike. Here’s how to reduce the risk of accidents. A child who cannot yet ride a bike can be transported by cargo bike,

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Is age difference in a relationship often problematic?

George and Amal Clooney have a seventeen-year age difference. Actresses and lovers Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor have a whopping 32-year age difference. Johan Derksen’s wife is nineteen years younger, and Patty Brard’s husband is twenty years younger than she is. When is an age difference really too big? Take half your age and add

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Then again overjoyed, then gloomy: how hormones influence an adolescent

Parents undoubtedly dread the moment their child enters puberty. This phase isn’t always a party for the parent, and certainly not for the child. Developmental neuroscientist Eveline Crone explains how you can empathize with a teenager. Your child will inevitably slowly detach from you. “That’s natural. A child can’t sit on their mother’s lap their

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More and more narcissists: are you one yourself?

Iets gepresteerd? Je zet het op LinkedIn. Zit je haar goed: met een selfie moeten anderen dat ook meteen zien. Staat iemands mening of gedrag je niet aan? Dan geef je een grote mond. Onze maatschappij wordt steeds narcistischer. Ben jij er ook een? Tekeergaan op sociale media, politici bedreigen omdat je het niet met

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Sleeing men: Is a men’s skin different from that of women?

Men’s skin differs from women’s. Male skin is thicker, oilier, hairier, and less frequently moisturized. Should men take skincare as seriously as many women? When men apply cream, their whole hand goes into the jar like a bear paw in a honey pot. They smear a large dollop of cream decisively over their broad, hairy

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