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If getting your kids to do their homework is turning your life into a nightly battleground, help is on the way.  GMA parenting contributor and author Ann Pleshette Murphy has some good, practical advice to help you avoid homework hassles.

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Are you and your partner on the same page financially?  Do you share the same goals and values about money? Stacey Tisdale, author of The True Cost of Happiness has great advice for how to avoid money conflicts in marriage.

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Holiday stress can strain any relationship.  Sometimes there's so much pressure to have a great time that you make yourselves miserable.  But it doesn't have to be that way.  Family therapist Rachel Sussman shares her advice for how to avoid letting holiday pressures affect your relationship.

How to avoid holiday stress on your relationship

Holiday stress can strain any relationship.  Sometimes there's so much pressure to have a great time that you make yourselves miserable.  But it doesn't have to be that way.  Family therapist Rachel Sussman shares her advice for how to avoid letting holiday pressures affect your relationship. 

No one wants to be sidelined by a sports injury, and unfortunately, the older you get, the more vulnerable you are to sprains, strains and breaks. Dr. Brent Ridge specializes in issues involving healthy aging and is here with tips on how to avoid sports injuries.

How to avoid sports injuries

How do you know if you talk too much? Avoid coming across as a chatterbox with these great tips from communication expert Alexa Fischer.

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Do you find yourself gaining weight every winter? You're not alone. But Trisha Calvo of Shape Magazine says winter weight gain can be avoided.

How to avoid winter weight gain

You don't have to gain weight as a result of menopause, even though so many women do. Dietician and author Elizabeth Somer explains how to avoid weight gain after menopause.

How to avoid menopausal weight gain

Planning a wedding can be a big, complicated project, and it's easy to make mistakes. Here are some tips on how to avoid the common pitfalls from Marcy Blum, wedding and event planner, and author of Wedding Planning for Dummies.

How to avoid common wedding mistakes

Though sciatica usually resolves on its own, there are things you can do to decrease your chances of getting it in the first place. Dr. Raiszadeh shares three tips to prevent sciatica.

How to avoid sciatica

If you over-spend every year at holiday time, have you stopped to ask yourself why?  Stacey Tisdale, author of The True Cost of Happiness, has some practical tips to help you avoid budget-busting and holiday over-spending.

How to avoid holiday over-spending

Learn how to avoid nested nested tables in this Fandom University video. 

Fandom University - Avoiding Nested Tables

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Wikia University - Avoiding Nested Tables

How do you avoid the creepy guy from shipping, or the colleague who gets drunk and pinches bottoms? Sarah Ivens, former editor-in-chief of OK! Magazine, and author of six books on etiquette - including A Modern Girl's Guide to Etiquette - explains how to gracefully avoid the office oddballs at parties.

How to avoid the office oddballs at office parties

Hip health is vital for women, both old and young. Here, Dr. Andrew Yun discusses how women can avoid hip disease and hip arthritis.

How to avoid hip disease and hip arthritis

Problems like bad breath can spoil your chances in an important job interview. Take these job interview tips into account to avoid this and other job interview disasters.

How to avoid the #1 job interview disaster (bad breath)

Wouldn't it be nice if you could pull a shirt out of your suitcase and find it smooth and wrinkle-free? You can, if you follow the folding technique demonstrated by Linda Koopersmith, the Beverly Hills Organizer.

How to pack a shirt to avoid wrinkles

Airport security regulations have lots of us confused. What liquids you can bring on the plane, again? Mark Orwoll, senior contributing editor for Travel + Leisure Magazine, shows how to get through airport security screening with minimum hassle.

How to minimize airport security hassles

Personal strategist Charly Emery describes how women can use intuition to help avoid dangerous dating situations. She also shares her personal experience and how ignoring her own intuition put her in a vulnerable situation that lead to rape.

How intuition can help avoid dangerous situations while dating

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