Posted on 6th November 2008 by Mish in christmas
christmas, gifts, holidays, homemade, teens
I love creative – and cheap – Christmas gift ideas! So, I spent the morning looking around for some gifts that I could make and give to my teens too. I found some really wonderful sites with some fantastically creative ideas. This, then, is my own little blog carnival of great Christmas Gift ideas:
1. A Scrappy Belt – for teens. This is from the blog Juicy Bits and is such an amazing idea! 
My 15 year old daughter just loves funky belts to wear with those low-rise jeans I love so much! There are a lot of instructions, so visit the site to find out how to do it.
2. Fingerless mitts – these are great for guitar players and any teen who is just too cool for you (that would be all of my teens). I knit these for my teens last year and they loved them, but Elemental Stitches has a great way to make them without knitting – you just need an old sweater or two!
3. A Laptop Sleeve – from Living Creatively. This is a great idea, especially for teens and college students who are always taking their laptops around. Make a bunch of different sleeves in a variety of colors for quick style changes!
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Posted on 10th April 2008 by mishakennedy in attachment parenting
attachment parenting, teens, unschooling
Watching my children go through the paces of trying to figure out who they “are” and what they are going to “be” in life has given me a lot to think about recently.
Of course, watching my children grow up, I have always harbored some secret desire that they were geniuses. That perhaps they would go to medical school or take on some other lofty endeavor. It’s funny that I’ve thought that way because I’ve done the exact opposite with my life. I didn’t finish college. I’ve done all kinds of things for jobs that people have thought to be quite crazy – like dogsledding, or being a writer.
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Posted on 16th March 2008 by Mish in miscellaneous
family, miscellaneous, money, teens
I have two teens. My oldest son will be 16 soon and my oldest daughter will soon be 15 and they have both, recently, gotten jobs. My son’s job will be full-time for about three months, meaning he will be earning more money on his own than he ever has before. And while I am proud of both of them, I want them to be careful with their newfound “wealth.” Because, as I well remember, when you don’t have any bills to pay, all of your money is disposable income! (more…)
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