Teaching Brave
Liz Michelle is a Single mum and Early Childhood Teacher with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. Liz has 15 years of experience as a Child care Director and Area Manager, leading child care centres to a status of 'Exceeding' the National Quality Standards, and is now primary school teaching on a casual basis while enjoying writing, learning about online business and building up the Teaching Brave blog as well as working from home on website management and raising her son Andy, who has just started high school.
Liz was a broke single mum when her son Andy's father left them when Andy was just 3 years old. At the time, Liz was left with no money, no family support and a 3 year old son to raise alone. Liz found ways to save extra money, took on side hustles and cut all unnecessary spending, managing to save $100k and buy her first home in Sydney a few years ago. Liz has continued to educate herself on all things money related and has built her net worth to $450k. Liz is passionate about teaching her son important money lessons from an early age and also enjoys helping other mums and other families with tips on saving money, general parenting tips and early childhood-related content after many years of caring for and educating young children.
The TeachingBrave blog has more than 140 articles on single parenting, saving money, early childhood and general parenting tips including School Readiness, Toilet training, Frugal Living and 'Bucket Filling'. Liz enjoys connecting with her readers and followers and is very responsive on the socials (Facebook and Instagram).
Website: https://teachingbrave.com/
Articles
💛 Not all secrets are meant to be kept.
Teaching our children to be honest is important — but so is teaching them that there are different kinds of secrets.
🎂 A surprise birthday present? That can be a fun secret.
😟 A secret that makes them feel scared, uncomfortable, confused or “yukky”? That’s a secret they should always tell.
Knowing the difference can give children the confidence to recognise when something doesn’t feel right — and, importantly, to know who they can turn to for help.
These conversations can feel uncomfortable, but they are an important part of helping children understand boundaries, trusted adults and staying safe.
💛 Because giving children the words to speak up can be one of the most powerful things we can give them.
👉 Read the full article to learn how to introduce the conversation about secrets with your child.
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There are some super simple ways to help your young child learn some basic pre maths and numeracy skills. Activities and concepts can be incorporated into everyday routines and activities for many of these, and others are simply play based… Continue Reading >
As a parent, our lives are busy! We barely have enough time to fit in fun, let alone all the life admin! Unfortunately, life admin is a necessary evil, and if we don’t ensure certain boring tasks are taken care… Continue Reading >
Christmas doesn’t HAVE to break the bank! According to a study by Finder, almost half of Australians (9.8 million people) racked up Christmas debt last year. It doesn’t have to be that way. In a time when interest rates are… Continue Reading >
Are you a single parent? Sharing the parenting with your ex? Co-parenting can be very challenging. It takes a certain level of compromise, cooperation and communication to be able to do it without too much conflict or disruption for the… Continue Reading >
Last month I wrote an article on 10 Ways to Cope with the Rising Cost of Living as a Single Mum, which you can read here, and sticking with the money theme for this month, I thought I would take… Continue Reading >
My son is anaphylactic to peanuts, cashews and pistachios and has allergic rhinitis with a dust mite allergy. I have also been dealing with allergies and anaphylaxis in my 20+ year career as an early childhood teacher and director. Managing… Continue Reading >
Are you even a parent if you haven’t asked your child, ‘How was your day today?’ only for them to respond with a one word answer of ‘Good’ or ‘Fine’ or ‘Yeah’ or maybe even just a grunt. I’ve always… Continue Reading >
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