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50 Things to Teach Your Kids Before They Leave Home

A practical checklist of life skills every child should learn before age 18 — from cooking and money to emotional resilience and problem-...
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How Kids Earn Freedom

Stop using age as the gatekeeper. Let your child earn freedom by demonstrating capability at real checkpoints — here's the framework.
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What Happens When Capable Kids Leave Home vs. When Helpless Kids Do

Two 18-year-olds leave home on the same day. One was prepared. One was protected. The next five years look completely different.
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What Every 10-Year-Old Should Know How to Do

A practical checklist of skills your 10-year-old should be building — from making breakfast to managing emotions. Not to judge, but to gi...
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How to Teach Your Kid to Handle Conflict

Your kid will face conflict every day for the rest of their life. If you solve every disagreement for them, they never learn how to solve...
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Teaching Kids About Money Before They Have Any

Teach your kids about money while the stakes are low. A progression from counting coins to budgeting — so they don't learn the hard way a...
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Teaching Kids to Cook Real Meals

A four-phase framework for teaching your child to cook — from watching to solo meals. Structure the journey so they can feed themselves b...
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The Difference Between Busy Parenting and Intentional Parenting

Busy parents work hard. Intentional parents work on the right things. The difference isn't effort — it's direction. Here's how to tell wh...
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The One Skill Your Kid Will Thank You for Teaching

Of all the life skills you can teach your child, one compounds more than any other. It's not cooking or money — it's the ability to figur...
Philosophy

The Weekend Reset: A Simple Weekly Parenting Check-In

A 10-minute weekly reset that keeps your parenting intentional — even when the week was chaos. One question, one adjustment, one handoff.
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Skills Kids Should Learn Before Middle School

Middle school changes everything. Kids who arrive with basic life skills handle it. Kids who don't get swallowed. Here's what to teach be...
Philosophy

Why Winging It Feels Fine Until It Doesn't

Most parents are winging it. It works — until your kid is 15 and can't do the things that matter. The problem isn't your instincts. It's ...
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The Summer Skills List: 10 Things to Teach Before School Starts

Summer is the only time your kid has long days, low stakes, and no homework. Use it. Here are 10 skills to teach before the school year s...
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Teaching Kids to Manage Their Own Time

Your kid doesn't need a planner or an app. They need ownership of one real thing on their schedule — and the consequences that come with it.
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Teaching Kids to Make Decisions

Most kids don't make decisions — they make requests. If your child can't choose without checking with you first, the problem isn't confid...
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The Cost of Doing Everything for Your Kids

Every time you do something for your kid that they could do themselves, it seems harmless. But ten years of it creates a person who doesn...
Philosophy

You Have 936 Weeks — How to Use Them

From birth to 18, you get 936 weeks with your kid at home. That number doesn't reset. Here's how to stop wasting them and start using the...
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Teaching Kids to Handle Money Before They Have Any

Most kids get to 18 without ever managing real money. Here's a four-stage progression from coins to budgets — so your kid learns money by...
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What Your 15-Year-Old Should Be Able to Do on Their Own

By 15, your teenager should be handling real responsibilities. Here's what capable 15-year-olds can do — and how to close the gap if your...
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What to Teach Your Kid This Year: An Age-by-Age Guide

A practical, age-by-age breakdown of the specific life skills to teach your child from ages 3 to 18 — so you stop guessing and start buil...
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How to Talk to Your Partner About Parenting Differently

You've realized your kid needs more independence — but your partner isn't on the same page. Here's how to have the conversation without t...
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What Intentional Parenting Looks Like on a Tuesday

Intentional parenting isn't an overhauled lifestyle. It's five minutes of different choices on a random Tuesday. Here's what that actuall...
Philosophy

The Five Questions That Change How You Parent

You don't need a parenting philosophy. You need five questions that redirect you in the moment — from reactive to actionary, from managin...
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How to Teach Your Kid to Fail (and Why You Should)

Failure is a skill. Kids who never practice it crumble when life gets hard. Here's how to let your kids fail safely so they learn to reco...
Journey

How to Make a Parenting Plan That Actually Works

Most parenting plans fail because they try to solve everything at once. Here's how to build one that survives your actual life — one skil...
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Why Your Kids Don't Know How to Do Anything (It's Not Their Fault)

If your kids can't cook, do laundry, or handle basic responsibilities, there's a reason — and it's fixable.
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What Happens When You Never Let Your Kid Struggle

Every rescue teaches your kid the same lesson — they can't handle it. Here's what happens when struggle is removed from childhood, and wh...
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What to Do When You've Started Too Late

Your teenager can't cook, can't do laundry, and has never managed their own schedule. You feel behind. Here's the honest truth — and the ...
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Life Skills to Teach Your 5-Year-Old

Practical life skills your 5-year-old can learn right now — from getting dressed to solving simple problems. A parent's guide to building...
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How to Give Your Kid a Phone Without Losing Them to It

The phone isn't the problem. The problem is handing over a device with zero skills for managing it. Here's how to make the phone a tool i...
Philosophy

The Parenting Map: How to Know Where You're Going

Most parents know what they want their kid to become but have no map for getting there. Here's how to build one — simple enough to follow...
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What Your Kid Should Know How to Do Before High School

High school changes everything. The kids who thrive aren't smarter — they're the ones who already know how to manage themselves. Here's t...
Philosophy

How to Stop Being a Reactive Parent

Reactive parenting means responding to problems as they happen. Actionary parenting means teaching skills before they're needed. Here's h...
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Why Progress Matters More Than Achievement

Achievement looks good on paper, but progress is the skill that actually carries your kid through adulthood — here's how to parent for it.
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When Your Teenager Can't Do Anything for Themselves

Your teenager can't cook, do laundry, or make a phone call. It's not too late. Here's how to build capability before they leave home.
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Why Chore Charts Don't Work (And What to Do Instead)

Chore charts fail because they turn household responsibilities into a transaction. Here's why ownership beats compliance — and how to act...
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What Your Kid's Teacher Wishes You Knew

Teachers see what parents don't — the gap between kids who've been taught to handle things and kids who've been managed. Here's what they...
Philosophy

How to Raise a Kid Who Can Be Alone

A kid who can't be alone can't think for themselves. Solitude isn't loneliness — it's the birthplace of independence, creativity, and sel...
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Raising Capable Kids in the Age of Screens

Screens aren't the enemy — the path of least resistance is. How to build real-world capability in your kids instead of limiting screen time.
Philosophy

Reactive vs. Actionary Parenting

Reactive parenting only responds to what happens. Actionary parenting works backwards from what you want your kids to learn. Here's the d...
Philosophy

Progress, Not Perfection

The results of parenting take years to show up. Progress — not perfection — is what keeps you going. Here's why visibility matters.
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Why We're Building Together Progress

Parents feel overwhelmed but still not doing enough. We built Together Progress to help families define what matters and track real progr...

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Real stories, practical guides, and behind-the-scenes of building a tool for intentional progress.

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Practical how-to content for teaching real skills. Money, cooking, resilience — step by step.

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The why behind intentional living. Progress over perfection, action over reaction.

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How Together Progress works. Features, pricing, and everything you need to know.
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