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Dolly Parton’s niece named brand ambassador for her estate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Danielle Parton, the niece of Dolly Parton, has been named a brand ambassador following the death of her aunt, according to a video announcement released Wednesday. In the video, Danielle Parton introduced herself and discussed her family background and career. “Hey y’all, I’m Danielle Parton. I grew up in East Tennessee in a family y’all have heard of,” she said. “We know hard work, faith, humor and big dreams are simply part of who we are.” Danielle Parton said Dolly Parton was her aunt, though she referred to her as “Aunt Granny.” “She loved us deeply, believed in big dreams, and she always encouraged me to find my way in this world,” Danielle Parton said. Danielle Parton is a commercial airline pilot and military veteran. She said her aunt’s encouragement led her toward a career in the sky. “For me, that path led to the sky. I became a pilot, I served my…

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LevelOutside: turn your kid's game into an outdoor mission

Picture a sunny afternoon, a garden ten steps from the door, and a game that is easier to start than any walk. That's the contest I wanted to help parents with, and I didn't want to enter it with one more app that wants a child's attention. So LevelOutside keeps the screen on the parent's side for about two minutes, and the child gets a piece of paper. It's for a parent, grandparent or carer with a child between 5 and 13 and a garden or park nearby. Ten games are built in (Minecraft, Pokemon, Super Mario, Roblox obstacle courses, Animal Crossing, Lego, Sonic, Mario Kart, Kirby, Stardew Valley), or you can describe any other game in one sentence. The missions are deliberately plain: "Collect fallen stones." "Explore the area. Look carefully." A 4B model writing for a five-year-old, under a strict safety check, doesn't get fancy. I'll come back to that in the limits. There's no hosted…

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Enough excuses... it IS lazy parents' fault if their kids start school in nappies. The woke brigade needs to stop infantilising low-income families by claiming they're not capable of being responsible: CLARE FOGES

By CLARE FOGES, FEMAIL COLUMNIST Whose job is it to toilet train a child? Mummy, Daddy, the state, society or the potty fairy? According to the BBC, the answer is anyone but the parents. That is certainly the impression one gets on reading an investigation published on the corporation’s news site earlier this month entitled, ‘Why are so many four-year-olds not potty-trained before school?’ It is a subject worthy of investigation. Earlier this year a teachers’ survey revealed that about one in four children are not toilet-trained when they start school: around 187,000 children every year. The toll on the teachers is significant. To their list of roles – educator, carer, soother, social worker – they must now add Pampers monitor. According to the chief executive of children’s charity Kindred Squared, teachers are ‘losing, on average across the country, a day a week of teaching time to…

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After She Dies on Medicaid, the State Will Send Her Estate a $140,000 Bill and Name the House. Her Son Has Lived There With Her for Nine Years on $31,000 a Year, and Under the State’s Own Hardship Rule the Claim Will Be Waived

When a parent dies on Medicaid, the state sends the estate a bill for every dollar it spent on care, and the family home is usually first in line. But federal law quietly gives one type of heir a way… If your parent gets Medicaid long-term care and you live in the parent’s home, the state will probably file a claim against the estate after the parent dies. Federal law also requires every state to run a Medicaid estate recovery hardship waiver process, which means an adult child who lived in the home and provided care can often use it to keep the house. Let’s say you have a $140,000 claim that names the family home, and a son who has lived there with his mother for nine years, paying $31,000 a year. Under many state hardship rules, the heir can waive or defer that claim, but only if they file for it. Something often left out of this conversation around estate recovery is how states get…

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