Life Skills Blog

April 13th, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: adjusting, Advice, attitude, Great Depression, Income, Kids and Teens, Personal Finance, saving, Shopping, Signs of the Times 

For me, reading in the blogesphere is like going to the grocery store.  I love to read, and it’s a good thing!  I find so many interesting blogs that challenge my thoughts and feelings.  Some I really have to think about deeply, others I just have to chuckle.  Here are this weeks blogs that made [...]

April 5th, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: adjusting, Advice, American, Common sense, Consistence, Debt, Income, Kids and Teens, Money, Self-help 

You may have seen the commercials!  My husband didn’t get the gist of it for awhile.  Feed the Pig!

Feed The Pig is a site that has a lot of thought provoking ideas and common sense for learning to cut back on daily expenses.  When you visit, you will find tools, quizzes and a link to [...]

March 25th, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: Bank, Bank account, Economics, Kids and Teens, Money, saving, School Time, Social Studies 

Tips on How to Teach Your Kids to Save Money
A lot of teens these days do not understand the value of earning OR spending money. Most were not oriented that investing is necessary even while they are still students.
As parents, we play a crucial role in this area. Our job as mentors should [...]

March 23rd, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: Blood Pressure, Emotional Health and Wellbeing, Forgiveness, Health, Kids and Teens, Quality of life, Relationships 

This is part one in a 3 part series.  My hope is for you to gain some insight for personal growth.
Finding time to fix the broken links in your life is overwhelming and exhausting.  We are not very good of being aware which areas are critical to fix now and which are not so important.  [...]

February 1st, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: BabyBoomer, Economic, Family, Get Rich Slowly, Kids and Teens, Money, School Time 

Listening to the news seems to really bring a lot more bad news than we should really have on a daily basis.  If it isn’t the terrible violence that goes on in the world, then it’s the economy.  Today, it was both combined.
A poor family found dead in Los Angeles.  Both parents had lost their [...]