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Life Skills Checklist
It’s easy to take for granted the skills you use every day that help you function as an independent adult. We all had to learn those skills somehow, but those who learned them in a low-stakes environment before they moved out most likely encountered less stress. To ease your own child’s transition, make sure they already know some basic life skills before they leave home.
Photo Scavenger Hunt—Love & Friendship
Photo scavenger hunts are a great way to keep kids (and their creativity!) occupied, but they’re also a fun way to connect as a family. Make it a race, or take your time—just take a pic based on each prompt, then compare your photos!
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Checklist in printer-friendly black & white
This scavenger hunt is a great way to connect with your kids. Want even more connection? Try our 30-Day Family Friendship Challenge for 30 fun activities that’ll get you and your kids thinking about, appreciating, and nurturing all the important relationships in your lives!
Family Technology Contract
Get your whole family on the same page—and on the right track for healthy online habits—with a family technology contract! Agreeing together about all these details (like online safety, limits on where and when devices can be used, issues like how to handle online purchases, and other specific rules for your family) can help ensure that your kids have a positive, healthy relationship with their devices.
Tools to Manage Anxiety
Make sure you and your kids have tools in your mental toolbox for coping with anxiety when it comes up! Choose a list to display to remind you of some healthy coping strategies—or print a blank template that has space for your family to add your own ideas!
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Tools to Manage Anxiety (in color)
Tools to Manage Anxiety (in black & white)
Printable worksheet (in color)
Printable worksheet (in black and white)
Happiness Triggers Worksheet
Identifying things that consistently brighten your mood or bring you joy can be an important step in nurturing your own mental health—and the better you feel, the better you’re able to take care of your kids! Our FREE printable worksheet can help walk you—and your kids!—through identifying what triggers your joy.
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Printable worksheet (in color)
Printable worksheet (in black and white)
Monthly Family Challenges
Free printable resources for monthly family challenges that promote joy, fun, and connection.
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
Complete a fun scavenger hunt that will have everyone in your family thinking about all the things they’re thankful for—just print off this free checklist, snap photos of (or simply write down) each thing on the list as you find it, and check them off! Make it a race, or just reconnect when everyone’s finished and share what you found!
Journaling Prompts
Journaling is great for mental health, and for learning about ourselves (and each other)! Relax and reflect with our prompts the whole family can use.
Want even more? We have additional resources for parents and caregivers as well as more activities for kids!