Category: Domestic Skills
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Daily Living Skills For Teens
Of all the life skills to teach teens, Daily Living Skills are the simplest life skills to teach. They are also the most used skills. These are skills that all of us use on a daily or weekly basis. Daily Living Skills can be defined as the routine tasks and behaviors that are essential to…
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Essential Life Skills For Teens
When it comes to trying to teach our teens life skills and prepare them for adulthood it can be downright overwhelming, exhausting, and seem completely impossible!! Teens think they know so much more about life than their parents, but yet, they have no idea how to balance a checkbook statement, unclog the drain, or call…
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Searching for Your First Apartment – 6 Important Things to Consider
I recently had the pleasure of helping my daughter search for her first apartment. Helping your child make a good decision on their first apartment is a great life skill to teach them. However, my last apartment living was more than 25 years ago when I was just out of college and before I got…
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Easy Ways to Decorate A First Apartment
If you remember your first apartment, you may how dreary and lifeless they make you feel. They usually have cream-colored walls and a neutral-colored flooring. The rooms are very drab and cold feeling. There is just no life in them. But fear not, there are several easy ways that you can help your child decorate…
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Packing for College – Plan Before Packing for Best Results
Start with a plan before you load one box when packing for college. This will reduce the chance of overpacking. Dorm rooms, sorority and fraternity houses, and even some apartments have very limited space. It is likely your child will be living in one of these locations during college; however, college freshmen are typically required…
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College Dorm Must-Haves
Well, it’s that time. Your child will soon be leaving for college. You want to make sure they have everything they need for this new adventure. It’s been a long time since you lived in a college dorm. Maybe you never had the experience of living in the dorms at all. You are wondering what…
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Quick & Easy Microwave Breakfasts for Dorm-Life
Late nights studying, hitting snooze on the alarm, throwing on a sweatshirt and a hat, and rushing out of the dorm to try to make it to class on time! College life, remember those days? But now your child is off to college, and you want to make sure your college student eats a healthy…