Teaching Responsibility & Values

How can you raise a responsible kid? Here's what you need to know about family values, volunteering, money and time management, and more.
Illustration: What is financial literacy and how can we learn it alongside our kids?
How Parents Can Teach Kids Financial Literacy While Learning It Ourselves
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Is Driving School Worth the Cost? Here Is How Parents Can Decide
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The Best Black History Activities for Little Kids, Tweens, and Teens
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How to Teach Kids the Difference Between Needs vs. Wants When It Comes to Money
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How to Talk to Kids About Poverty
How to Teach Kids to Be Less Materialistic
How to Teach Kids To Be Less Materialistic
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5 Ways to Teach Kids About Charity and Giving Back
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This Mom's Tear-Inducing Post Reminds Us to Teach Our Kids to Embrace People's Differences
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Should Your Child Have a Social Media Account?
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20 Black History and Culture Movies to Enjoy With Your Family
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How do I handle catching children pretending to have sex?
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At what age should my daughter start doing her own hair?
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Teens Don't Have Interest in Driving Anymore and That's OK
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"Stop Rolling Your Eyes at Me!"
Small child looking at a book in the library.
Mom Uses a Mistake and the Library To Teach a Lesson in Accountability
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I've Only Bought My 3-Year-Old 4 Toys in Her Life—Here's How
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How Your Parenting Style Determines Your Child's Financial Success Later On
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How to Teach Kids About Money Before High School
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The 5 Best Allowance and Budgeting Apps for Kids
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What Does the Gay Wage Gap Mean for LGBTQ+ Families?
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Could Your Child Earn Money Playing Video Games—and Should You Let Them?
An image of two girls putting together a lemonade stand.
How to Help Your Kid Launch Their Own Small Business
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The First Shopping Site for Kids Is Here—but Is It a Good Idea?
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How To Give Kids an Allowance the Right Way
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Money Milestones for Kids: An Age-by-Age Guide
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5 Ways Teaching Kids About Money is Different in a Queer Household
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Meet the Moms Who Are Fighting Antisemitism With Jewish Pride
Asian mother and 2 yr old girl are sitting at table in backyard. There is a pink tray with craft supplies along with a cellphone and laptop on the table.
Meet the Moms Who Are Fighting Anti-Asian Hate
Students protest holding signs encouraging truth telling about history.
Has 'Klanned Karenhood' Infiltrated Your Kid's School? Here's How to Respond
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Colorism Affected My Sons From Birth—to Understand How Much, I Had To Examine Myself
A Group Of People Celebrating The Juneteenth Holiday In The Park
Juneteenth Is an Opportunity To Teach Our Kids How To Listen to Black Folks, Not Commodify or Appropriate It
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What Is Vicarious Racism and How Does it Affect Children?
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What To Do If The Racist Is Your Family Member
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6 Things to Stop Saying to Kids of Different Races and Ethnic Groups
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IVF is Cost-Prohibitive for Far Too Many Black & Brown Families—These Orgs Are Changing That
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Black Identity and What it Means To Be 'Black Enough'
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Anti-Racist Curriculum: How to Talk to Your Kids About Black History
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Why These Teens Are Fighting to Learn Multicultural History in School
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The White Parent's Guide to Raising Anti-Racist Kids
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Black Children Experience Racism Before White Children Learn About Race—Their Experiences Should Be the Focus
Your Age-by-Age Guide to Talking About Race
Your Age-by-Age Guide to Talking About Race
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How White Parents Can Resist Modern-Day Segregation in Schools
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If Elijah McClain Was Not Safe in the Hands of the Police, How Can My Child Be?
A group of high school students study in a library
Sex Ed Is Taught Through a Heteronormative, White Lens—and It’s Failing Our Kids
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6 Reasons 'All Lives Matter' Doesn't Work—in Terms Simple Enough for a Child
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My Parents Gave Me A Very 'American' Name, But I Wanted Something Different For My Daughter
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How to Explain White Privilege in Terms Simple Enough for a Child
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How to Talk to Kids About Antisemitism and Why It's Important
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13 Famous Black Families Who Have Left Their Mark on American History
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Please Stop Commenting On My Racially Ambiguous Children's Appearance
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How to Talk to Kids About Anti-Asian Violence
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How I Spoke to My Black Child About Why the Cops Treated Capitol Rioters Differently Than BLM Protestors
Aftermath of riots over George Floyd's death in Minneapolis
10 Black Charities To Donate Money to as a Family
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7 Tips for White Parents Raising Diversity-Aware Kids
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Teaching Diversity to Your Kids
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5 Anti-Racist Role Models Your Kid Should Know
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4 Little Things You Can Do to be Anti-Racist as a Family
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How I Taught My Black Son About Racism
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What 'Defund the Police' Means—In Terms Simple Enough for a Child to Understand
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Race
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How To Explain the Myth of the Free North to Children
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I Celebrate #BlackBoyJoy Because the Alternative is Too Painful
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The Many Ways White Parents Benefit From White Privilege—and How That Can Change