What if your teen came with a guide?

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Resources to help parents prepare their teen for taking on this world as an independent, confident young adult.
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How confident are you that your teen knows how to:

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    • Be responsible with their money from their first paycheck?
    • Build and maintain a good credit rating?
    • Cook a simple, healthy meal?
    • Do their own laundry?
    • Unclog a sink?
    • Balance school, work, and personal time?
    • Build and maintain healthy friendships?
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    • Meet deadlines for assignments or projects?
    • Manage stress through healthy activities?
    • Maintain a regular personal hygiene routine?
    • Create a resumé and cover letter that will get them in the door?
    • Prepare for a job interview?
    • Make a smart career choice?
    • Think critically about what they see online?
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If you can answer “not confident” to any of these questions, keep scrolling.

Are any of these statements true?

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If you can relate to any of them, keep scrolling.

You have options

Explore a growing library of resources.

Helpful articles

Life skill courses

Parenting courses

Learning path guides

Career path guides

Enroll your teens in online life skill courses

Your teen has so much to learn before they're ready to take on this world as an adult. Why not let us teach them the things you're not an expert in?

Engaging and effective training

Designed by a professional instructional designer, specifically for teens and young adults.

Proof of completion

Each course comes with a certificate of completion to let you know your teen actually learned.

Lifetime access

Your teen can re-visit the courses as often as they like and will always have access to the most up-to-date version.

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More courses are in the works and will be available soon. Check back often.

Follow our learning path guides to teach essential life skills to your teens

I promised you a guide and boy, am I determined to deliver on that promise! Each learning path includes a list of actions you can take, starting today, to help your teen reach an important goal, like learning to cook for themselves, find a job, and manage their money. You’ll also find other resources to help, like related articles, teaching guides, courses, etc. Some are free for everyone, and some are only available to our students.

Easy to follow learning paths

Teach your teens essential life skills with these easy-to-follow paths.

Helpful resources

Find helpful resources to help you as you progress through each learning path. New resources will be added often.

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Explore potential career paths with your teen

Help your teen figure out what they want to do as a career by reading about a ton of different possibilities.

Downloadable pdfs

Download each career path that interests you to explore it at your leisure.

Learn about the career

Each career path includes information about the career, what a typical day-in-the-life looks like, questions to help your teen figure out if they would enjoy the career, and steps to follow to enter and excel in the career.

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Check back often. New paths will be added frequently.

Read helpful articles full of expert advice

Free articles to help you and your family as your older children transition to adulthood and independence. Check back frequently. I write a lot of ‘em. And sometimes, my daughter pokes her head in to give you her perspective.

Help for all members of the family

Free articles to help you and your family as your older children transition to adulthood and independence.

Advice from experts

The articles go through a thorough check for accuracy to make sure you're getting the most up-to-date advice.

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Check back often. There's so much more to teach you.

Enroll in online parenting courses

Your teen has so much to learn before they're ready to take on this world as an adult. Why not let us teach you how to prepare them?

Engaging and effective training

Designed by a professional instructional designer, specifically for parents of teens and young adults.

Proof of completion

Each course comes with a certificate of completion.

Lifetime access

You can re-visit the courses as often as you like and will always have access to the most up-to-date version.

Growing library

More courses are in the works and will be available soon. Check back often.
I didn't know I needed this! Thank you!
— Kaitlyn Bermer
These kids have no clue how not paying a cell phone bill or a gym membership can ruin your credit.
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Really good idea!!
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Free eBook: Level Up Family Night

Want to make family night interesting and fun while teaching essential life skills to your teen?

This engaging and interactive activity book is designed to help you do just that. It's packed with enriching activities to strengthen family bonds, encourage open communication, and prepare your teens for adulthood.

Download this eBook and use it to get closer as a family, create memories, and teach essential life skills while you’re having fun.
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Design your life: Be intentional about how you live

This online course will help you take a hard look at how you are living now, visualize the life you want to be living, and build an action plan to design and create the life you want to live.
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Opening November 1, 2023
Enroll early to save $100!
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Make the Now Better Program for Families

is a unique online program that helps families with young adults who still live at home, make the NOW better. Within 4 months, without fighting, pressuring, or enabling, you can learn to live together peacefully while the young adult transitions to independence.
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Hi. I’m Michelle.

I’m an educator, life coach, and proud (but exhausted!) parent to a successful and independent young adult named Sam.

Getting her to where she is today was a struggle for both of us. You can read about our story here.

Now that I can breathe (I’m no longer worried about her future), I want to help you give your teens and young adults the gift of an independent and successful future too.

I want you to learn from my years of research and consulting with experts, and, ahem… my many mistakes, so you too can stop worrying about your kids’ future.
And this is my daughter, Sam.
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