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  • Why Aren’t More Schools Teaching Students How to Balance a Checkbook?

    Why Aren’t More Schools Teaching Students How to Balance a Checkbook?0

    Last fall, the “Adulting School” in Portland, Maine opened its doors for the first time. Its mission? To teach young people the practical life skills they never learned growing up, including handling financial matters and cooking a decent meal. That such skills are a necessity for a life of responsible adulthood is undeniable. The question

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  • Why Aren’t Kids Outside Anymore?

    Why Aren’t Kids Outside Anymore?0

    “What is a good age to let kids walk to the park and play without an adult?” That’s the simple, straightforward question someone posted this week on Raising Independent Kids, a Facebook group I run as president of a nonprofit promoting childhood independence. The answers are all very kind and nonjudgmental. No one is screaming,

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  • Why Aren’t Apprenticeships More Popular?

    Why Aren’t Apprenticeships More Popular?0

    Last night I found myself walking down a hallway at a local private college. As I passed what was presumably the philosophy department, I noticed a couple of posted articles declaring the value of a philosophy degree and decrying the recent rush toward apprenticeships. Apparently the philosophy department was doing some thinking and came to

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  • Why Aren’t Americans Using Their Vacation Time?

    Why Aren’t Americans Using Their Vacation Time?0

    Today, many Americans are busy getting out of town for a 3-day weekend.   But not as many as you think. According to a recent report by Project: Time Off, in 2015, Americans wasted 658 million vacation days, and 55 percent of Americans forfeited at least some of their time off. Why on earth would

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  • Why Are Young Men No Longer Solid Providers?

    Why Are Young Men No Longer Solid Providers?0

    Syndicated columnist Carolyn Hax recently published an interesting online conversation she had with some of her readers. The conversation revolved around the 27-year-old son (“Ron”) of one reader, who is smart, has a college degree, but works a low-end job and relies on his girlfriend to pay his bills. Ron’s father was puzzled over this

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  • Why Are Women Proposing to Their Boyfriends?

    Why Are Women Proposing to Their Boyfriends?0

    The world would be a much better place if men would step back and let women take the lead. At least, that’s what former president Barack Obama thinks. Speaking at an event in Singapore, Obama said, Now women, I just want you to know; you are not perfect, but what I can say pretty indisputably is

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