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Teaching Kids About Earning Money: 1 Important Lesson from a Lemonade Stand Adventure
Introducing kids to the concept of earning money is an excellent way to foster a strong work ethic from a young age. Whether it’s through chores, entrepreneurial pursuits, or part-time jobs as they grow older, teaching children the value of hard work can have immense future benefits. And sometimes, even the simplest experiences like setting up a lemonade stand can spark big lessons. Let me share a fun story about how my two little girls, ages 2 and 4, had their first taste of entrepreneurship on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Teaching Kids an “Attitude of Gratitude” this Holiday Season
Christmas morning in my household is like a shark feeding frenzy, with the sharks (my four children) devouring a pile of bloody chum (the presents). After weeks of shopping and hours of wrapping and labeling gifts, I watch my little ones rip off the festive ribbons and tear through the boxes in a matter of…
Entitlemania: Teaching Our Kids to Want Less . . . And to Struggle More
Whether we realize it or not, as parents, we want our kids to have more. Not only more of the things we didn’t get as children, but more attention, more clothes, more talent, more education, more friends, more activities, more hobbies, and generally more of whatever we parents are capable of providing. Kids start out…
Fireworks Without Tears
There was something so different aboutthe 4th of July this year. I could not put my finger on what it was. We had a great day playing, packing, and swimming. All the kids got alongand I accomplished a ton of stuff. Finally it was time for the traditional fireworkswe do every year in the street in front of the housewith everyone. It was the usual variety of smoke bombs (I still dont get why those areexciting), sparklers, little army tanks that are supposed to roll but never do, littleducks that are supposed to&
Teaching Teens to Drive – Tips to Help Keep Them Safe
I have three teenagers. They are obnoxiously eager to grow up. The kind of kids who take their driving test the first morning they legally can. I’ve taught two of them to drive. It is, hands down, the hardest thing I’ve done as a parent. I’d rather talk to them about genital warts than get…