Some tips on teaching your kids how to manage their money: http://www.babysittingjobs.com/blog/10-ways-to-teach-kids-to-manage-their-money/ http://www.brucesallan.com/2012/09/24/communication-money-communicate-kids-money/ http://www.themomiverse.com/finance-and-career/tips-on-how-to-communicate-with-your-kids-about-money/ http://www.oregonlive.com/finance/index.ssf/2012/10/financial_literacy_help_for_pa.html And using Halloween as an opportunity to teach money management: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/blogs/money-sense/sfl-4-ways-kids-halloween-20121023,0,711620.story?track=rss
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Some tips for split families: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/820469 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/back-to-school-divorce-teachers_n_1761147.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/legally-speaking/2012/aug/20/back-school-tips-divorced-parents-family-law/
Read More »Teens and smoking
A new initiative in Australia to make cigarette packs less attractive in order to further curb teen smoking: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/for-teenage-smokers-removing-the-allure-of-the-pack/ and research has found that teenagers who smoke are more likely to die of heart disease decades down the line, even if they quit by the time they’re middle-aged. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Teen+smoking+linked+earlier+death/7344168/story.html#ixzz28S3S81gN And another study out of Stockholm […]
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this link suggests behaviors that may signal that your teen is dealing with a significant problem: http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/8/prweb9757160.htm
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People are easily seduced by their perspectives. What appears to me to be evident and obvious may make no sense to you. This can be very hard to imagine. We are all such different creatures. I am, to some extent, the sum of my memories. That is to say my personality, how I act, and […]
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