By Kara Eberle

By LEIGH ZALESKI for Smart
Your infant’s first photos are an autom...
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The holiday issue of Smart magazine doesn't hit mailboxes until the week of Nov. 15. But you can ...
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By Kara Eberle

By KARA EBERLE
Smart Mama
While shopping for Halloween costumes this year, I noticed a theme.
Girls could choose from a wide array of p...
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By KARA EBERLE for Smart
Being invited to a party at a friend’s house is a fun excuse to indulge in calorie-laden appetizers while chatting with the girls.
But what happens when the party also functions as an opportunity for an independent contractor to sell jewelry, kitchen...
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By Kara Eberle

By BETH BENCE REINKE for Smart
If Thanksgiving is the only time you eat sweet potatoes, you’re missing out on a “super food” full of powerful antioxidants, said Shrewsbury...
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By Kara Eberle

Lauren Marie Sweigart, born Sept. 18, 2009, of Newport won first place in the 2010 March of Dimes Beautiful Baby Contest. Her pa...
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By Kara Eberle

By KARA EBERLE
A wise mother of two grown boys shared this statement with me after I had my second child:
One is like two, and two is like 10.
She told me it was a saying passed down through generations of women, who, I’m guessing, were met with the insanity that comes with having more ...
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By Kara Eberle

By JESS KROUT for Smart
Is it possible the United States is too clea...
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By Kara Eberle

By BETH VRABEL for Smart
Ryan Fretz, aesthetic director for the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, uses some tools that the average home decorator doesn’t have available: a staff of designers, mechanics and gardeners.
His degree in fine arts doesn’t hurt, either.
Forget plain old jack...
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By Kara Eberle

In Toy Story 3, Andy is headed off to college and contemplates the fate of his beloved toy collection.
Should he donate them? Discard them? Or decide not to part with them?
The story made me think of how I couldn't part with my Pound Puppy when I went to college. I didn't stop sleeping wit...
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