A while back I posted a link called “A Lesson in Letting Go: A Story About Encouraging Kids to Make New Friends.” It was a story about a situation we dealt with when my son was younger.

As parents, it’s normal to have anxiety about how our kids will make friends. We know some will jump right in and others aren’t so sure. Perhaps we turn to parents, siblings, educators, friends or community resources for advice. Others research the internet to see what kind of information is at our fingertips. Teaching young kids how to make friends and participate in their community has to begin in the home. As a resource to get started, we came up with a mini starter-kit. Our hope is it will be a reminder of the things we already know, but need to hear again from a different source.

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Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15- October 15th. It is this month that celebrates the anniversary of independance from 5 Latin American countries that include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico declared it’s independance day on September 18th, and Chile on September 15th. (more…)

In this economy it is a huge opportunity for us to educate our kids about money. Rumor has it, if you take a penny and double it each day for month using compound interest you could have more than $1,000,000 by the end of 30 days. (See the example below)“Compound interest” is a way of adding accumulated interest back into the principal so that interest is earned on interest right away. (more…)