Life Skills Blog

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 [...]

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 [...]

January 31st, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: acceptance, adjusting, Beauty, Blood Pressure, Emotional Health and Wellbeing, Frustration, Health, human behavior, Humidity, Kids and Teens, School Time, Slow motion 

“Everything has its beauty, not everyone sees it.” ­ Confucius
Does this quote imply that because we may not see something in it’s beauty that it is not beautiful?  No, not at all.
There has been a growing trend  in our country of