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6 Tips for Teaching Kids About Money

6 Tips for Teaching Kids About Money

  Guest Contributor:  Katie McAuliffe Campbell.  Kate is a respected Financial Advisor who understands kids and the importance of teaching them about money.  This article provided by courtesy of Katie McAuliffe Campbell, Financial Advisor, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. 6 Tips For Teaching Kids About Money Among the many responsibilities of adulthood, managing personal finances is one of the most important life skills your kids can learn. Unfortunately, many of us have had to learn about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Skills Tagged With: Kids and Money, Life Lessons, Teen, tweens

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Behavior Consequences – From Toddler to Teen

Behavior Consequences – From Toddler to Teen

Behavior Consequences for Kids Raising kids is no joke.  We are all trying to be the most effective parents possible and as parents we can all agree that we want the same for our children.  Emotional and physical safety, connection, boundaries, patience, but what about virtues?  The one area of parenting many of us struggle with though is what age should we be expecting our child to mature enough to handle a value or virtue?  Such as kindness, honesty, fairness, responsibility etc.  How do we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Skills, Parenting and Motherhood, Teens and Tweens Tagged With: Birthday, life skills, parenting

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How to Get the Chlorine Smell OUT of Your Skin

How to Get the Chlorine Smell OUT of Your Skin

In some parts of the world, it's always swim season! If you have a swimmer in your home, then you know the chlorine smell.  Do you have swimmers in your home too? We believe that learning to swim is an important Life Skill. Do you spend a lot of time at the pool in the summer?  Do you smell like chlorine? Want to get rid of it with just a few simple ingredients?  Me too! How to Get the Chlorine Smell OUT of Your Skin I grew up swimming in pools 3 days a week, year round.  I usually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Skills Tagged With: essential oils, Summer, Swimming

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School Skills for Summer – Elementary

School Skills for Summer – Elementary

Welcome to summer!  All kids need some School Skill practice over the summer. The dreaded Summer Slide sounds terrifying! Sometimes I have the best intentions for summer, but then go down the rabbit hole (internet) looking for ideas on things to do with my children.  I want something that's not too hard, not too easy, but just right, AND only takes 20 minutes each day.  I've got it!  Look no further than this elementary school list.  Start your child on the grade he or she will be going into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning, Life Skills, Summer Learning

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Boy Scout Camping List for Your New Boy Scout

Boy Scout Camping List for Your New Boy Scout

Welcome to Boy Scouting! If you're like we were several years ago, we had no idea what our new scout needed.  Even with the camping packing lists given to us and our own outdoor experiences, we weren't sure of the best brands to purchase. I still remember sitting with another new-scout-mom and listening to a 16 year old give us his sage advice for camp.  All of the chairs were put away around us as we listened.  I had so many questions. We had no idea how we'd ever send our firstborns off … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Skills Tagged With: Boy Scouts, boys, Camping

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