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Nichole Smith is a self-proclaimed slacker mom. While she doesn’t know all the answers, she refuses to let her kids find that out. Nichole has always been passionate about helping moms and sharing her thoughts on the hardest job she’s ever held. Nichole has taken that passion for helping and relating to other moms to her home office since 2005, as a professional writer and blogger. Nichole has written for The Trading Post, AOL, various private clients, and her own site, The Guilty Parent. In 2008, Nichole was named one of the 50 most powerful and influential women in social media and is currently connecting with other moms as a community manager at MothersClick. As a mother to four kids, ranging from preschool age to teen, Nichole does her best to keep it all together and handle the issues of today’s moms with insight and a hefty dose of humor.

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