Parenting & growing up

Teen and parent comparing career quiz suggestions with a notebook
ages 13–18

Use a Career Quiz Without Letting It Choose for Your Teen

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Teenagers collaborating on a wind-powered model in a maker space
ages 13–18

Preparing Teens for Jobs That Will Keep Changing

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Teen observing a supervised electronics task during safe work experience
ages 13–18

A Safer, More Useful Work-Experience Plan for Your Teen

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Teenager and parent sorting several career idea cards together at a home desk
ages 13–18

When Your Teen Keeps Changing Career Ideas

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Teenager and parent mapping two education routes after disappointing grades
ages 13–18

When Grades Don’t Match Your Teen’s Career Goal

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Play (a Little Bit of) Video Games: real benefits, approached thoughtfully'
ages 13–18

Level Up, Thoughtfully: real benefits, approached with sensible limits

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Try Something New: safe, low stakes practice at real independence'
ages 13–18

The First-Time Challenge: safe, low stakes practice at real independence

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Be Silly: explicit permission to still be a kid sometimes'
ages 13–18

Permission to Be Ridiculous: explicit permission to still be a kid sometimes

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Enjoy Music: the skill building side, and the simple pleasure of just listening'
ages 13–18

Sound and Rhythm: the skill building side, and the simple pleasure of just listening

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Be Dramatic: what theatre builds, on stage or behind the scenes'
ages 13–18

Center Stage: what theatre builds, on stage or behind the scenes

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Dancing: a memory and focus challenge disguised as pure fun'
ages 10–12

Dancing: a memory and focus challenge disguised as pure fun

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Get Moving: from organized sport to a bike ride with no destination'
ages 13–18

On the Move: from organized sport to a bike ride with no destination

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Organized Sports: physical exercise that's also a fast workout for attention'
ages 10–12

Organized Sports: physical exercise that’s also a fast workout for attention

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Informal Physical Activities: the same benefits, none of the structure'
ages 10–12

Informal Physical Activities: the same benefits, none of the structure

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Learning a Musical Instrument or Singing: a sustained workout for memory and focus'
ages 10–12

Learning a Musical Instrument or Singing: a sustained workout for memory and focus

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Puzzles and Brain Teasers: sustained mental exercise that still feels like play'
ages 10–12

Puzzles and Brain Teasers: sustained mental exercise that still feels like play

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Strategy and Fantasy Games: planning several moves ahead'
ages 10–12

Strategy and Fantasy Games: planning several moves ahead

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Opposites Bingo: a familiar matching game with a genuinely trickier twist'
ages 3–5

Backwards Bingo: a familiar matching game with a genuinely trickier twist

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Continue the Story: turning a group of children into genuine storytellers'
ages 3–5

The Story Relay: turning a group of children into genuine storytellers

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Simon Says: a classic test of listening and self control'
ages 3–5

Simon Says: a classic test of listening and self control

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'I Spy: a simple guessing game that builds real observation skills'
ages 3–5

I Spy: a simple guessing game that builds real observation skills

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Be the Narrator: giving a toddler the words for what they're already doing'
ages 3–5

The Play-by-Play Game: giving a toddler the words for what they’re already doing

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Freeze Dance: a party game staple that doubles as self control practice'
ages 3–5

Freeze Dance: a party game staple that doubles as self control practice

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Soft organic blob style illustration with rounded pastel shapes for the activity 'Counting Games: building real number sense through everyday moments'
ages 3–5

Counting Games: building real number sense through everyday moments

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