Chores
Spring Cleaning with Kids: A Family Challenge Without Pressure
Turn spring cleaning with kids into a family challenge. Kids pick their own chores, see visible progress and save toward a goal, with no streaks or pressure.
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Tips, guides and small stories about allowance, chores and family money — written for everyday life.
Family life
Step-Parent Rules: Who Decides the Allowance?
Step-parent rules about allowance cause friction in blended families. Here is how stepdads, stepmoms and parents can cooperate on chores, rewards and allowance.
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Family life
Subscriptions explained for kids: the family game that works
Teach kids about fixed costs with a simple family game. Subscriptions explained for kids in 20 minutes, plus variations for ages 10 to 14.
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By age
Summer Jobs for 12-Year-Olds: 25 Safe Tasks
Looking for summer jobs for 12-year-olds? Get 25 safe neighborhood tasks, parent guardrails, and a simple plan before summer break starts.
7 min read
Family life
Talking to Kids About Celebrities: 5 Tips on Privacy and Ethics
Talking to kids about celebrities is a natural way to teach privacy, gossip and respect online. 5 concrete tips for parents of 6 to 14-year-olds.
6 min read
Family life
Talking to Kids About Crime: A Calm Parent's Guide
How to talk to kids about crime in the news without scaring them. 5 practical steps for a calm, honest conversation and a steadier home life.
5 min read
Screens and free time
Talking to Kids About Gambling: How to Explain Odds and Luck
Talking to kids about gambling starts with probability they can picture. How to explain lottery odds, the real cost of a jackpot and why effort beats luck.
6 min read
Family life
Talking to Kids About Money: 10 Phrases That Work
Want to start talking to kids about money without nagging? Here are 10 phrases that open the conversation at the dinner table, and 10 you should avoid.
6 min read
Family life
Talking to Kids About the News: 10 Questions That Work
How to talk to kids about the news and world events in a safe way. Ten concrete questions for ages 6 to 14, plus tips on media literacy and security at home.
7 min read
Allowance
Teach kids about charity: giving away part of their allowance
How to teach kids about charity through their allowance. Set up a small give-away share that builds empathy and better money decisions from age 6.
5 min read
Family life
How to teach kids about money without real money: 2026 guide
How to teach kids about money with a virtual allowance. Practical tips for building money sense in kids aged 6 to 14 when cash has all but disappeared.
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Money skills
Teach kids about prices: 7 grocery store missions
Teach kids about prices with a shopping list, a small budget and simple grocery store missions. Seven age-graded tasks for kids aged 6 to 14.
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