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How to Get Your Child a Table at a Local Market
Three routes, and one of them is far easier than the others Quick answer: There are three realistic ways for a child aged 6 to 12 to hold a stall... Read more...
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What Should My Child Make and Sell? Five Questions That Settle It
Five questions, ten minutes, one answer Quick answer: Most children can generate twenty ideas and choose none of them. The fix is not more ideas, it is a filter. Apply... Read more...
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Running a Lemonade Stand in an Australian Summer
Where you can set up, and where you cannot Quick answer: In Australia, run the stand on your own property, not on the footpath or nature strip. Footpaths, verges and... Read more...
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Six Weeks of Summer: Screen-Free Things to Do at Home
Stop planning days. Plan three fortnights. Quick answer: The Australian summer break is six to seven weeks, which is far too long to fill with a list of activities and... Read more...
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How to Pick an Activity Book a Child Will Actually Finish
Four things to check before you buy Quick answer: Whether an activity book gets finished has almost nothing to do with the subject and almost everything to do with four... Read more...
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Educational Gifts That Do Not Feel Like Homework
Sort gifts by what the child has to supply Quick answer: Educational gifts fall into three tiers, and the tier predicts whether the gift survives past January better than the... Read more...
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Kidpreneur: Where the Word Came From and Why It Stuck
What a kidpreneur is A kidpreneur is a child who starts and runs a small business of their own. The word is a blend of kid and entrepreneur. It usually... Read more...
What Goes in a Business Plan When You Are Nine
What Goes in a Business Plan When You Are Nine
Seven sections, and that is all Quick answer: A business plan for a child aged 6 to 12 needs seven sections: the problem, the thing, the customer, what one costs... Read more...
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Your Child Has an Idea. Here Is What Happens Next.
The seven steps, before the explanation Quick answer: Getting from an idea to a first sale takes seven steps, and for a child aged 6 to 12 the whole thing... Read more...
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Teaching Kids About Money Without Turning It Into a Lesson
Teach money in the moments that already happen Quick answer: Children learn money from watching decisions get made, not from lessons about money. The most effective approach for ages 6... Read more...
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23 Business Ideas Australian Kids Can Start This Weekend
Start with what your child can make and sell without you Quick answer: The best business ideas for children aged 6 to 12 pass four tests. The child can make... Read more...
What Entrepreneurship Actually Means for a Six-Year-Old
What Entrepreneurship Actually Means for a Six-Year-Old
Entrepreneurship for kids is five skills, not a career path Quick answer: For a child aged 6 to 12, entrepreneurship is not about starting a company or making money. It... Read more...