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When you have aged parents who live with you, you are responsible for receiving the best care and attention. However, we often ignore them under the guise of being busy with our work. We often forget that although they are old now, once they were younger and when looking back at their life which led up to this stage, they too would want something from their children. It can be challenging for older adults if there isn't anyone looking after them or taking care of their needs. In such a situation, you can try and give them things that will...

We can all agree that gift giving isn’t easy. Everyone is unique, and has to develop their own philosophies on how to give meaningfully to friends, family, and loved ones. The pressure to find gifts that suit a person’s needs can be a source of stress, especially during the holidays. How do you develop a gift giving methodology that causes pleasure and joy, without the stress? Although not everyone may agree with every idea in Marie Kondo’s hit book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, we feel her philosophy on gift-giving is particularly insightful. For instance, she writes, “The true purpose of...