How to Raise Teens with Strong Money Management Skills
Financial literacy is a crucial concept for kids to learn—especially teens. Once our children enter the “big kid” years, they are long past saving change in their piggy banks and need to actually start thinking about how money works in the real world. The following is a Q&A from Victor Wang, CEO of Stockpile, an…
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Ask These Important Questions If Your Teen Hates School
Middle and high school can overwhelm many teens. The increased load of tests and homework on top of extracurricular activities and other obligations is enough to fluster even the steadiest of students. As a relatively new teen parent myself, I have heard my fair share of groans about homework and whining about how much “school…
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These Essential Soft Skills Can Help Your Teen Succeed
Are you trying to teach your teens soft skills? Recently we were at a birthday party for some family friends. It was for an older couple, and many of the other guests were several decades older than my husband and me. Our children are under the age of 16, so we were probably the only…
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Open Letter to Parents Who Feel Their Teens Slipping Away
This is for all the parents who feel like their teen is slipping away.
Not in a crisis kind of way. Just in that quiet ache that hits when you pass by their closed door and realize you don’t know what’s going on in there anymore. You used to know everything—their favorite food, their biggest fear, what made them laugh. Now you just feel out of touch.
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Gift Ideas for Teenage Gamers That Will Blow Their Minds
In this post: Not sure what to get the teenage gamer in your life? Here’s a great list to get you started that includes everything from consoles and controllers to gaming books and backpacks. Do you have a teen gamer in your house? Sometimes it can be hard for us as parents to see our…
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Our 15 Favorite Games That Teens Love
What used to be a sacred weekly family tradition has been slowly dying off in recent years – Family Game Night! Bringing back board games may be the only good thing the Pandemic years, and it is a sure cure for parents looking for fun ways to reconnect with their teens.
