On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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1. Use the Web
• Chorewars.com - Yes, someone has turned chores into a videogame. If you have kids that really cannot keep focus, this will help.
• Mozilla Sunbird- an amazing way to keep track of all scheduled maintenance things in your house. It is a really easy [...]

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Are you unsure about what career to go into? You need to ask yourself the following questions:
1) Vision - What is your ideal career?
2) Strengths - What are you skilled at?
3) Goals - Let’s take measurable steps to make your ideal career a reality!
Career Coaching saves time, money and stress. Career Coaching is different than [...]

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Parenting Coach, Family Manager, Life Trainer, Family Mentor, what do all of these names mean? A few months ago, I couldn’t have told you. The title, “Family Coach” and the fabulous opportunity to give families control over their time, actually fell into my lap.
A few clients have asked me to write a blog [...]

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Recently there has been a lot of discussion about teen boot camps and sending troubled teens into the wilderness for a little tough love, life experience and time away from the home environment.
A Federal report, released on October 10, 2007 by the Government Accountability Office, gave detailed accounts of 10 cases where teenagers died while [...]

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