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Caring Causes: Student Volunteering on the Rise

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Generation Z has been criticized for being uninterested and uninvolved, but recent Brainly survey results of almost 1000 middle and highschoolers show that they may be the most compassionate and civic-minded generation yet. The survey found that students volunteer for reasons beyond enhancing their college applications. >

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Parenting Pointers: Helping Our Teens

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A 2021 survey of more than 17,000 high school students found that 30 percent of the girls had considered suicide—a rate that’s double that of boys and almost 60 percent higher than ten years ago. Hold regular conversations to normalize how teens are feeling. Too many parents preach or hold one-sided conversations with our children.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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This motivated Jon to not ever feel like he had to keep working at a job that he was clearly overwhelmed by just because he couldn’t afford to do anything else. We started doing online surveys to save for gifts and other ‘luxury’ items that we couldn’t justify while were so in debt.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Those are all great ideas, but one company is taking it a step further to help motivate us. Invest It Wisely: Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School – Andrew Hallam is an excellent teacher, and he continues to inspire and motivate me through his passion toward finance and life.