Many parents find communicating with their teen hard. Here at Real life Solutions we like to offer tips, tricks and just some good old fashion support. With our teens today so many parents are always talking about how hard it is to communicate with their teenagers so we created this FREE 4 page report titled “Talk the Talk: Communicating With Your Teens.”

Here is your free download…. Talk The Talk: Communicating with your teens.

We all need a little support when it comes to talking to our teenagers and this is just that little bit of support that may help you and your teenager communicate on a whole new level.

Please Let us know what you think..

Keeping a neat, tidy, organized home isn’t always easy when you have children. You want to create a clutter free oasis of calm; they want to take over the house with their legos. So who wins?

Well, with a little thought and careful planning you both can win. Here are some easy tips you can use to have an organized home and create the peaceful yet child friendly home you’ve been dreaming of.  Before starting you should make a plan of what needs to be done. Go through each room and identify what room needs extra storage, what type of storage, etc. You should then invest in a few storage and space saving solutions.   Read the rest of this great article here!

Aurelia

Meal planning and bulk cooking are both wonderful techniques you can utilize and modify to fit your families needs. The idea behind this is simple. The principle is that you cook and or prepare your meals ahead of time and then preserve them by either freezing or fridgerating them. Also, meal planning you can cook one large meal and get 2-3 other meals out of it!

The key here is to make every meal you cook count! When you are going to prepare a family favorite, double, triple, even quadruple the recipe if it will keep in the freezer.

Sounds wonderful doesn’t it? Why not give yourself a much-needed break — cook ahead today so you can relax tomorrow!

Real the full, easy to follow article Here

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Healthy Menu Mailer : Your very own personal pssistants that plan the meals and make out the grocery list for you while you’re spending time with your family! You will get delicious, healthy meal ideas by e-mail each week!

With each Healthy Menu Mailer you will get…

1. 7 healthy dinner recipes your family will love.
2. a grocery list to go along with it.
3. a personal note from us to encourage you.
4. access to our breakfast, lunch, side dish, dessert and snack recipes
5. access to our members only forum to meet other like minded moms, exchange ideas and recipes and of course we will be there to help you along the way as well.

Your 1st week is FREE

Here’s to a less stressed and healthier meal time!

Aurelia Williams
Click here for Real Life Solutions.

Natural Health Secrets – Classic natural health eBooks help people lose weight, gain energy, reduce pain, improve memory, detox, etc http://reallifesolutions.net/NaturalHealth.HTML

Get Fit While You Sit – 36 Exercises you can do almost anywhere, anytime.  A proven program for you to get a complete workout in as little as 12 minutes a day. And the most remarkable part of the whole system is that you can be sitting at your desk, in traffic, in your hotel room or at home watching TV! http://reallifesolutions.net/getfit.HTML

101 Nutritious, Delicious, Healthy Recipes At A Moment’s Notice, that are Guaranteed to Taste Great and Give You a Vitality you have only ever Dreamed about!  http://reallifesolutions.net/Recipes.HTML

Healthy Express Cookbook: 101 Fresh, Light & Quick Dinners.  If you want to serve healthy, home-cooked meals, but are too busy to spend very much time in the kitchen — this is the cookbook for you! http://reallifesolutions.net/Cookbook.HTML

Your Very Own Personal Assistants That Plan the Meals and Make out the Grocery List For You While You’re Spending Time with Your Family! You will get delicious, healthy meal ideas by e-mail each week!  With each Healthy Menu Mailer you will get… 

–>  7 healthy dinner recipes your family will love.
–>  a grocery list to go along with it. 
–>  a personal note from us to encourage you. 

–>access to our breakfast, lunch, side dish, dessert and snack recipes  access to our members only forum to meet other like minded moms, exchange ideas and recipes and of course we will be there to help you along the way as well.
Your 1st week is FREE http://www.reallifesolutions.net/menu-mailer.HTML

The SAT that our teens take today isn’t like the one we took years ago. 

Did you know that in March 2005, the SAT became a longer, more challenging, and a lot different? The SAT is now 3 hours and 45 minutes long. What was known as the Verbal Section has been renamed Critical Reading and the Analogies questions have been eliminated and replaced with Short Reading Passages.

An SAT Writing Section has been added, which contains multiple-choice grammar questions and a 25-minute written essay. Finally, the Math Section has been expanded to include three years of high school math — in other words, it now includes harder questions in the area of algebra II.

For your teen, taking the SAT is a huge, life molding event.  It marks the beginning of a countdown to your child’s high school graduation and has us, parents, thinking seriously sending our teens off to college.

Helping our teens prepare for the SAT is crucial!  It is important to not leave this preparation solely in the hands of your child’s school.  It is important to arm your child with other materials that help them gain the test taking skills that will propel them to higher SAT test scores.

Here is a very popular and proven guide to help your teen obtain a higher SAT Scores.  The book is filled with exercises, drills, and full-length sample exams that create a true-to-life testing experience: http://parentingmyteen.com/SAT-Preparation.HTML
Here’s to helping your teen do his/her very best!

Aurelia Williams
Parenting My Teen
http://www.parentingmyteen.com

Have you Hugged your Teen Today?

Keeping an organized home isn’t always easy.  One of the roadblocks that stands in the way of getting organized is the feeling of being overwhelmed. Have you ever walked into your home and let out a *sigh* as you look at the clutter?  Many moms simply feel overwhelmed and this feeling is understandable since many of us lead very busy lives.

Here are some tips to help you for when you feel overwhelmed or stressed out when it comes to getting organized.

1 – When you’re feeling overwhelmed take a moment to stop and brainstorm solutions to the problem. If you are staring at a cluttered desk, take a moment to jot down things that you could use to lessen the clutter (in boxes, bins, foldere..etc)

2 -  Break your organizing projects down into small steps.  For example, instead of trying to organize the kitchen in one large swoop, just choose a cabinet a day to organize.

3 – Get some help.  Recruit your spouse, friends, older children, etc. to help you come up some organizing projects.

P.S. Need more organizing ideas?  Visit: http://www.reallifesolutions.net/getorganized.HTML

The Internet is a great place to gather information and many children use the internet for both school work and pleasure (smile). As parents, we need to look at the internet as if it were a large community and in any given community there are people, places and things that you really need to be mindful of and careful around. Also as parents, we need to be aware of what are children are doing while online. It is important to talk to your child about online predators, certain websites and chat rooms.

By alerting our children to the dangers that lurk on the internet and teaching them how to avoid them, they can take advantage of all the positive aspects of the Internet while avoiding most of its pitfalls.

Here are some safety tips to consider as you guide your children online:

• Create a list of Internet rules with your child. You should include the kinds of sites that are off limits, Internet hours, and guidelines for communicating with others online, including in chat rooms and instant messenger.

• Teach your child to never to give out personal information without your permission when using e-mail, chat rooms, or instant messaging, filling out registration forms and personal profiles, and entering online contests.

• Investigate Internet Monitoring/Parental Control Software. This is software that can be safely installed on your pc that will monitor the sites that are visited and can even keep a log of what is typed into e-mail, search engines and instant messenger.

• Make sure your child checks with you before making financial transactions online, including ordering, buying, or selling items.

Take Care,
Aurelia Williams

P.S. If you want information on a good internet monitoring software that is inexpensive and easy to use, then please check out the link below.
http://www.reallifesolutions.net/pc_tattletale.HTML

Just sharing that Parenting My Teen has a brand new look and I couldn’t be happier with it.

You can now listen to the same great shows, read the same wonderful articles and get the same incredible resources at our new and easier to navigate site. Come take a look at our new home:

——> http://www.parentingmyteen.com

There are a few different ways that you can listen to the Parenting My Teen Podcast.

1. Listen to the latest show online – Visit http://www.parentingmyteen.com and click on the arrow, click on the audio mp3 button or simply click on the download link. The latest show will always be available there.

If you want to listen to a past show, you can do so by visiting http://parentingmyteen.com/audio-archives.htm The past shows will be listed there.

2. Subscribe to the feed – Visit http://feeds.feedburner.com/pmt The latest audios will be available there, and you can subscribe to have them come to you directly.

Not only is the site being easier to navigate, it is now interactive. You can post your thoughts and comments about the articles and shows directly to the website.

I will be busy this week recording a new “Prom” show for next Monday so be sure to keep your ears and eyes open for a new show soon.

As always, I welcome your feedback. Be sure to let us know what you think of the new look by sending us an e-mail or feel free to call our Listener’s Line at 214-615-6505 ext. 4245 and record your thoughts.

All week next week, Lynette Chandler is holding a fun Blog Egg Hunt. She’s lined up some really nice prizes that are worth over $800. There will be 6 or more winners every day.

It’s really easy to participate too. Here’s how it works.

We’re hosting the hunt on Monday, 18th of March. Some time during the day, we will be making a blog post with the Easter Egg in it.

When you see it, copy the post’s URL then click on the egg immediately. You’ll find yourself on Lynette’s blog. Enter your comment there, don’t forget to paste our Easter Egg URL. That way we know you actually found the egg.

The first commenter will receive the prize of the day, the next 5 commenters will get a free Five Dollar Themes Club account.

Come back on Wednesday to join us. It’s going to be so much fun.

Incorporating family time into your schedule is very important.  Bringing the family together is important and here are some tips to help you.