Family Tips
How to Lend Your Adult Children Money – 6 Money Tips for Parents
Does your adult child need to borrow money? These six money tips will help parents decide if and how to lend money to grown kids, what to expect in terms of repayment, and how to avoid financial miscommunications and conflict.
”Every parent knows that our care and concern for our children doesn’t stop when they hit adulthood,” [...]
2Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
What To Do When Your Mother in Law Doesn’t Like or Accept You
A reader asked about her possible future mother in law: “What do I do about my boyfriend’s parents, who don’t like or accept me?” She describes her situation on my Ask a Question page, and I’m answering her question here because I know she’s not alone!
What do you do when your mother in law – future [...]
Tips for Surviving College for Parents of New Students
These tips for surviving college for the parents of new students will help parents establish a healthy balance between being involved and supportive — but not too involved.
Before the tips, a quip from Dr Seuss:
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You’re on your [...]
How to Teach Money Management Skills to Kids
This info about how to teach money management skills to kids (including kids’ allowance tips) is from Karyn Hodgens, creator of KidsSave — a unique money saving program that puts kids in charge of their money.
Before her tips, a quip:
“The easiest way to teach children about the value of money is to borrow some from them.” – Anonymous.
Borrowing money [...]
10 Quips and Tips for Mother’s Day
These quips and tips for Mother’s Day are a “two for one” deal! The quips will personalize your Mother’s Day card, and the tips are practical, fun ways to celebrate the moms in your life.
Here’s a quip from Pablo Picasso to kick it off:
“When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you [...]
21Apr2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 1 comment | Continued
8 Ways to Decrease Caregiver Stress
These eight ways to decrease caregiver stress will help you take better care of yourself and your loved ones. Coping with caregiver stress will make you more physically and emotionally healthy, and give you energy for the long haul!
“Do you find it hard to ask for help? Do you do everything yourself?” asks Peggy Collins, a speaker, trainer and author of [...]
13Nov2008 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
How Success Can Destroy a Marriage
Can success can destroy a marriage the same way as money problems or cheating spouses? Yes, according to relationship writer and researcher Charles Orlando. Here’s his fascinating account of a successful career woman and her failing marriage.
“Married couples fight about three main issues: sex, kids and money,” says Orlando. “And regardless of who the breadwinner is, money fights always come back [...]
6Nov2008 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 3 comments | Continued
Tips for Choosing a Name for Your Baby
These tips for choosing a baby name will make one of your first jobs as a parent less frustrating and time consuming! These baby-naming tips are based on a formula from The One-in-a-Million Baby Name Book.
“Many parents have come to us over the years completely confused, not knowing where to start in finding a name for their baby,” writes [...]
28Oct2008 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
How to Reduce Stress at Christmas for Kids
These holiday tips for reducing stress at Christmas for kids will ensure a positive experience for the whole family. Stressed children at Christmas can not only ruin the holidays for them – it can affect the whole family. Plus, the after effects of holiday stress can for weeks after after all the gifts are unwrapped and the [...]
18Oct2008 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
How Birth Order Affects Your Life
Birth order affects your life, relationships, and job! Being the first-born, middle child, or youngest family member can change your health, personality, relationships, and career. Birth order research shows that certain personality traits are connected to birth order - which can change your goals (and how you achieve them!).
Before these birth order tips, here’s a quip from [...]
