life skills

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Four in five children leave school unprepared for life, new research finds

  • Money management is the life skill parents most want their children to learn at school
  • One in six (16%) parents worry their children will struggle to live independently due to the lack of life skills taught in school
  • Nine in ten children (91%) leave school without any understanding of mortgages
  • More than four in five (81%) children in the UK leave school
  • ...
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10 expert lessons to teach your children about money

Finance can be a difficult topic to tackle with young children, but teaching them to have a healthy relationship with money from a young age is important to lots of parents around the globe.

With this in mind, financial experts from money.co.uk have compiled a list of their top 10 tips for teaching your children about money .

Top tips for teaching your children about money 1...
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Fun things to do in the woods with your children

Our local woods is one of my favourite places to take our dog for a walk, but our children can get a bit bored of walking the same loop over and over again! So, I have tried to be a bit more creative to make our time in the woods fun for everyone! I have put together a list of some of the things my children enjoy doing, that I hope you and your children will enjoy doing too. 8 Fun activities for...
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New 'Life Skills Journal' launched by the Happy Confident Company

"Every household in the country should be sent one of these" STEPHEN DIXON, SKY NEWS

70% of adolescent mental health problems are not diagnosed early enough and 1 in 5 kids in the UK suffer from mental health issues in any given year.

With these figures rising year on year, we've teamed up with the highly-esteemed Psychologist Dr. Linda Papadopoulos to develop a new, unique, fun, and...

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