December 2007

With young kids, it's easy for clutter to accumulate. Toys, clothes, and everything else it takes to care for a young family (not to mention time) can leave your home cluttered and unorganized. But you can keep your home tidy... Continue reading "Young Family's Guide to Home Organization"

With a large family, it's easy to become disorganized. With everyone going in different directions all at once, staying organized can be a Herculean task. The following are some ways you can stay organized with a large family: Make lists.... Continue reading "Staying Organized with a Large Family"

Keeping a family organized can be difficult. Between school, work, and sports schedules and everything in between, it can be easy to get behind on cleaning and other things that need to get done in order to keep your home... Continue reading "Organization Tips: For Families"

With the many responsibilities that go along with caring for your family, it can be hard to stay organized. But varying schedules and activities make this a must in order for your home to be as chaos and clutter-free as... Continue reading "Organize Your Home: Weekly"

Money management skills are not an innate gift that is given to all of us. We must learn and be taught these important life lessons by experience. It is during one's teenage years that these principles of money management start... Continue reading "When Should I Start My Teen's Allowance?"

Staying organized while caring for a family can be a daunting task. Balancing your family's schedule as well as your own requires organization. The following are some tips of things you can do on a monthly basis in order to... Continue reading "Organize Your Home: Monthly"

When it comes to teens and their allowances parents know that they must tread softly. To teens, the ability to buy what is fashionable, fun and entertaining is almost defining to their personality (or at least what they want to... Continue reading "Need to Know: Allowances and Teens"

When you have kids who naturally make messes and generate clutter, you might think that having an immaculate home is something you can look forward to when they're grown and out of the house. However, you can keep an immaculate... Continue reading "Keep an Immaculate Home: Even With Kids!"

Introduction Determining your teen's allowance has a great deal to do with your personal beliefs about money management. While some parents believe that a child should participate in chores simply because they need to contribute as part of the family,... Continue reading "Determining Your Teen's Allowance"

Clutter has a way of accumulating. However, clutter doesn't have to take over. You can eliminate clutter in a few simple steps by following these suggestions: Make observations. In order to eliminate clutter, you have to know how, when, and... Continue reading "Eliminate Clutter in Four Easy Steps"

Most homes have a certain degree of clutter. Book bags get dropped off at the door, mail piles up on the entry table, and drawers and closets are full of things like coupons, clothing, and other items you are certain... Continue reading "Reduce and Simplify for a Clutter-Free Home"

There are many factors to consider when you are making a decision regarding how much allowance to give to your teens. As you very well know, there is no universal standard amount of allowance that is pre-determined to be perfect... Continue reading "How Much Allowance to Give Your Teen"

If you have a large family, you know how easy and how quickly your home can go from spotless to cluttered. Having a large family means more toys, more clothes, more books and school supplies that can accumulate and leave... Continue reading "A Large Family's Guide to Taming Clutter"