January 15th, 2010 by admin
It’s no secret that smart money choices equal a brighter future! Did you know that financial experts agree starting early is one of the keys to later financial success?
“$mart Money Choices = A Brighter Future” was selected as the theme of the NFCC’s 2010 Poster Contest. In an effort to increase interest in financial literacy to our nation’s youth, the NFCC is once again sponsoring the Be Money Wi$e National Financial Literacy Poster Contest. The contest is designed to get young students thinking about how to manage money efficiently and offers them a creative outlet to demonstrate their knowledge. It also provides the opportunity for local and national recognition for student artwork. All finalists will receive a commemorative t-shirt, and each national grade category winner will receive an award plaque and a $100 savings bond. In addition, the National Winner will be given an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., with a parent or guardian and will be given official recognition in April as part of the Financial Literacy Month on Capitol Hill! Read the rest of this entry »
August 31st, 2009 by admin
By Kirsten Olson,
Author of Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture
Schools can be frustrating and difficult places to learn, as many parents of children and young adults know. From a kid’s point of view, feedback on schoolwork is often negative, red-pencilly and snarly. Learning tasks are flattening, and opportunities to choose what will be learned are few and far between. “I’m one taco short of a combination plate,” a middle schooler recently told his mom. Fostering a kid’s potential, especially if that kid is unusual or offbeat, can be daunting. Read the rest of this entry »
April 27th, 2008 by admin
by Sue Mittenthal and Linda Reing, authors of STILL HOT: The Uncensored Guide to Divorce, Dating, Sex, Spite, and Happily Ever After
Dating with kids can be challenging – whether you’re recently divorced or you’ve already endured two years’ worth of Starbucks dates — and whether your kids are two or twenty-two. But your children can also be helpful, especially if you recognize their wisdom. Here are a dozen tips on how they can help or hinder your social life. Read the rest of this entry »
September 20th, 2007 by admin
Here is a huge list of freebies that was posted at the WAH Friends Network on Ryze. The list was posted courtesy of Patricia from T.E.A.M Mom. Thanks Patricia.
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Free Stickers from We Kids
http://www.wekids.org/stic.php
Free EZ Match Socks for Kids
http://www.aurosocks.com/register/join.aspx
Boredom Buster Freebies
http://archives.zinester.com/76755/136116.html Read the rest of this entry »
June 15th, 2007 by admin
Time To Connect With Your Teen
by Tammy M Pinarbasi
While on a recent trip to the grocery store, I happened to hear a mother telling her teenage daughter not to answer her ringing cell phone. Of course, the daughter explained to her mother that “she just had to answer it” As the mother was in the middle of stating how she barely gets two minutes of her daughters time in a day, and her daughter answering the ever so “important” call anyways, all I could think was how much I could relate with this poor woman. Read the rest of this entry »
