| Because children and teens are always
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| | choice added. A DVD transfer two hours
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| growing and changing, finding suitable
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| | long costs about $25 and, unlike the rest
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| holidays gifts for the younger people in
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| | of those formats, will last the rest of
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| your life can often by challenging. If
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| | the child's life and will still be around
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| you choose the latest hot toy, music CD,
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| | for his or her grandchildren to see.(4) A
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| or popular electronic device, chances are
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| | homemade gift certificate for an
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| your gift might be something they already
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| | experience, rather than just another
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| have or a duplicate of another gift.
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| | object to gather dust. If it's for an
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| Even if they love the gift, it's
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| | activity that can only be done in the
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| something everyone else has, too, and
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| | spring or summer, and not in the winter,
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| chances are, a year from now, they won't
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| | the anticipation of the event for months
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| remember who gave it to them. Make your
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| | to come adds to the excitement over the
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| gift a memorable and lasting one, not
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| | long term. Or make it something the
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| necessarily the most expensive or what's
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| | child or teen has always wanted to do,
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| currently "cool". Here are five ideas
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| | like trying snowboarding or taking guitar
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| for novel gifts (at least in this day and
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| | lessons. And just be sure to make good
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| age) that give a growing young person
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| | on the gift certificate when and as
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| benefits that could go on and on:(1) A
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| | promised.(5) If your child or teen
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| book with a meaningful or life-changing
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| | struggles with schoolwork or thinks that
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| message, especially for teenagers. Think
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| | all things academic are distasteful, find
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| back on those books, fiction or
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| | a product....be it a book, software, or
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| non-fiction, that have most influenced
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| | other item....that makes learning fun.
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| your own life and your own thinking.
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| | Educational games abound today, if you
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| Find a new copy, and share it with a
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| | know where to find them. Search on the
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| growing mind in a world that beckons
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| | internet under educational games,
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| youth with shallow distractions. Write
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| | learning tools, or homeschooling
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| of your own feelings about the book
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| | catalogs, just to start. Long before I
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| inside the front cover and why you want
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| | became a homeschooling mom, I found great
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| to share it. Date your entry. Even if
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| | holiday presents for my son and other
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| the recipient doesn't read it right away,
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| | young family members in homeschooling
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| one day that book may be his or her only
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| | catalogs. Be the person who teaches the
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| link to the mind and heart of the giver
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| | young person in your life that learning
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| and, as a result, will be treasured along
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| | and boring are not synonyms.Another doll,
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| with the benefits gained from actually
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| | another outfit, another DVD....all of
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| reading it.(2) If you have little ones in
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| | these won't make of a difference in a
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| your extended family, and you live far
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| | young person's life. Find a gift with
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| away from them, make an audio CD of
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| | lasting impact. Even if it doesn't seem
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| yourself reading stories appropriate to
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| | as appreciated right now as the Lego or
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| their age level. Then, you can be there
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| | the i-Pod, someday those will be in a box
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| reading them a bedtime story, even when
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| | in the attic while the effects, the
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| you're a thousand miles away. Better
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| | memories, and the results of your
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| yet, if you're an aunt, uncle, or
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| | "thought-full" holiday gift will live on
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| grandparent, make a tape or CD on which
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| | and on.Linda Popolano is a homeschooling
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| you tell stories from your own childhood
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| | mom and an Independent Consultant for
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| in which you include your siblings' or
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| | BRIGHT MINDS/The Critical Thinking
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| your grown children's experiences from
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| | Company at Home. To find out more about
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| the years before the gift recipient was
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| | their award-winning and fun-to-use
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| born. If you're really ambitious, you
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| | learning tools for all ages and grade
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| can produce your own family's oral
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| | levels, please visit her website at and
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| history.(3) Take your old family still
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| | e-mail her to learn about special holiday
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| photos, 16 mm films, and VHS/camcorder
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| | discounts. You can also sign up for her
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| tapes to a photo/film shop that offers
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| | monthly newsletter at to keep up to date
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| transfer to DVD. Photos and film without
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| | on new products, homeschooling tips, etc.
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| sound can have themed music of your
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