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The Best Summer Jobs by Age

Kids can learn important lessons outside of the classroom, and summer is a great time to reinforce learning in the areas of finance and managing money. In between trips to the pool or the movies, family vacations and sports camps, consider building in the opportunity for summer jobs. Here is a guideline that will help you with suggestions for the best summer jobs by age group. Junior High and Middle School Age Outside work around the home. Children this age love to be outside, so combine this love with a job doing exterior home work. There are a number of … Continue reading →

Can Your Homeschool Blog Earn Money? {Part 3}

In, Can Your Homeschool Blog Earn Money?, Part 1 and Part 2, I discussed the background information you need before starting a blog that has the potential of earning you a profit.  If you missed those two posts, please take time to read them as blogs without a proper foundation do not earn profits. Not all profits can strictly financial but we all want to know now to earn cold hard cash.  There is no easy answer but there are avenues you can take to drive your blog to the bank. Here are some of the most popular ways to … Continue reading →

Learning Marriage from Your Parents

I was raised with somewhat progressive views on marriage.  It feels strange to even be typing that, and it’s certainly nothing I ever thought growing up.  I know that on the overall spectrum of views on marriage, the ideals with which I was raised would only be in the middle, and probably closer to the conservative side of the middle.  But it’s still so surprising to me how many people aren’t even that far. I’ve already shared my story about my college roommate.   The reason she and her boyfriend didn’t talk for years about division of labor in the household, … Continue reading →

Home Based Work As A Summer Job

If you are the parent of a high school or college student who is feeling stressed out because there are not many summer jobs in your local area, you are not alone. The job market is full of people looking for work, and any position that becomes available receives a ton of applicants. The good news is that your teen or college student could spend his or her summer working online and learning what it is like to be a home based professional. Many teens and college students have computer skills, writing skills, and other types of skills that qualify … Continue reading →

Still Learning to Let Go

I am always talking about the necessity of learning to let go as our children get older. It’s funny how some things are easier to let go of than others. Take my 18-year-old son, who is beginning to get impatient that a job in the Air Force hasn’t opened up yet. In case you are curious how this all works, after enlisting and being sworn in the first time (there is a more official time you are sworn in, right before you leave), you apply for a job. The job you get will determine the technical school you go to … Continue reading →

The Difference between a Job and a Career

Do you have a job or a career? You might think there isn’t a difference between the two but there really is. Figuring out where you are might help determine the next steps you need to take. A job is generally something you do temporarily. It may not have anything to do with what you are truly gifted at or what you would really like to do. You generally don’t expect to last long doing it. On the other hand, a career tends to move you toward your ultimate goal. It is something you plan on sticking with. Of course, … Continue reading →

Offensive Email Causes Insurance Spokesman to Lose Job

It is wise to read over what you type into an email before you hit “send”. A spokesman for the Oklahoma Insurance Department failed to follow this piece of wisdom. He used an offensive term in an email that he sent to hundreds of people. This has cost him his job. Today, most businesses communicate with their clients, customers, and even employees through email. I think that most people are able to comprehend that the email you send from your work email address can be understood by others to contain content that your employer whole-heartedly agrees with. This is especially … Continue reading →

Learning How to Keep House

Did anyone teach you how to keep house or did you just absorb it? I don’t remember anyone teaching me how to cook and clean, I was just surrounded by full time homemakers and I learned by watching them. I spent a lot of time with my grandparents when I was small and always “helped” my grandmother around the house. I’m not sure she would have called it help but she let me do it anyway. I was raised in a generation of women who were still mostly stay at home mothers. I saw women cooking, cleaning and doing laundry … Continue reading →

A Great Place for Those Learning French or about France

Teaching a foreign language is a challenging job for a homeschool mom who is not bilingual herself. When you teach a foreign language you need all the support you can get or your student will have difficulty mastering the language. Immersing yourself in the language is best but the opportunity for that does not come easily for most. For those who are interested in speaking French or simply have a desire to learn more about France you have an opportunity to for an online immersion from a well qualified and amazing lady. Katie’s Language Café is a new site designed … Continue reading →

Our Job to Teach Our Children How to Deal with Conflict

Fellow blogger, Michele Cheplic, wrote an interesting blog asking, “What’s Your Breaking Point?” She shared a story about a mother of five who had finally had enough of her children’s fighting, called the police and asked them to arrest her 15 and 16-year-old. She posed this question at the end of her blog, “Have you ever been so sick of refereeing your kids fights that you’ve been tempted to request police intervention?” When siblings fight it can become very challenging to deal with. Throughout the years, I have experienced different seasons where the fighting amongst my three was rampant. When … Continue reading →