https://unsplash.com/photos/Mx5kwvzeGC0 It doesn't matter if you're single, married, dating, or whatever else, life skills are essential for everybody to have, and if you want to live successfully, some skills are more vital than ...
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Preparing You And Your Child For College
It’s easy to tell yourself that college is a journey your child takes alone because it’s their first taste of true adult independence, but that doesn’t mean you have no part to play in this momentous stage of their life. Picture Source The ...
Life Skills: Resume mistakes
The last several years have been ones of helping our young people write resumes. Some went smoothly. Others were agonizing. I read an article called “Avoid these resume mistakes” in my Sunday Chicago Tribune, August 16, 2015, Section 2, page 12. ...
Making Allowances: To pay or not to pay?
Kids grow to the age when they think they need money. Each parent has to decide whether or not to pay allowances. My husband and I disagreed on this issue. He felt that the children shouldn’t be paid for chores - that chores are done simply ...
Life Skills Checklists
Focus on the Family’s Thriving Family Magazine published one of my articles on life skills and they made some age-appropriate skills lists to download. Lovely! Enjoy. http://www.thrivingfamily.com/Features/Web/2013/life-skills-checklist.aspx ...