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Adults have plenty of advice for kids. Once in a while, adults can learn from kids too.

Tips from Kids is advice from kids, for adults. It enlightens adults while empowering kids aged 10-15.

Kids aren't portrayed as cute or juvenile; instead they are intelligent, savvy, authoritative, very current and a little edgy.

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What? There's a camera in my cell-phone?!
What should Dad wear on vacation?
I'm too young to stress about college
chillax
When should a parent sing?
b. f. f.
The attack of the Kissing Aunt
The coach who swore too much
Learn how to talk about adoption
mom, you could sure use a playdate
when adukts are rude in restaurants
       
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Clearly, kids can provide an endless stream of material. Below, skim the 100+ topics identified by kids.
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Note: These titles are from kids. Final versions may be re-worded.
 
1.0 - Technology Topics
1. eMail is so 1990s 2. How to wear ear-buds, with style 3. How to ask kids for "device advice"
 

4. Why ring-tones matter

5. Emoticons 101 6. How to download (good) music
  7. Video games: good, or evil? 8. Remote Control etiquette 9. What is L.O.L. (Ha Ha Ha!)
  10. Texting 101 11. So, what is I.M.? 12. When to use that cell-phone camera
  13. My Cyber-Bully experience 14. How to use a GPS 15. I.M. Acronyms: Lesson 1
  16. Cell-phone for a 12-year-old? 17. Digital cameras are a snap 18. How to *program* your cell-phone
  19. What is an MP3? 20. Wristwatch? What for?  
       
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2.0 - Culture Topics
  1. All about graphic novels 2. Being Jewish @ Christmas 3. Dad's favorite band is 40+ years old. OMG!
  4. Should guys wear earrings? 5. Clothing: brands matter to kids 6. Healthy food, not gross food
  7. Skateboarding "is too a sport" 8. Head scarf in school 9. How to multi-task around the house
  10. Why I want contact lenses 11. Dad, where's your bike helmet? 12. Learn how to discuss adoption
  13. Where to go on vacation 14. How to multi-task 15. Getting trashed: a recycling story
  16. Squirt-guns banned, real guns not 17. Modern language: "BFF" 18. C'mon, let me wear my hat this way
  19. Modern language: "BRB" 20. Modern language: "OMG" 21. Modern language: "Peeps"
  22. Today's music: Avril Lavigne 23. Today's music: "Coldplay" 24. Today's music: "Jonas Brothers "
  25. Today's TV shows: SpongeBob 26. Snowboarding: not evil 27. Modern language: "Chillax"
       
   
3.0 - Relationship Topics
  1. How to discuss divorce with kids 2. Uncle Joe pinches my cheek 3. How to spend quality time with kids
  4. I'm not my sister! 5. How to discuss homosexuality 6. When a parent has a *favorite*
  7. When Mom doesn't speak English 8. About my MySpace friends 9. Mom & Dad fighting (in public!)
  10. Attack of the Kissing Aunt 11. Vacation do's and don'ts 12. Mom & Dad kissing (in public!)
  13. All about allowance 14. The coach's mind games 15. How to pick up your kid at school
  16. Can't let my team down 17. My racist uncle 18. Never let Dad do birthday shopping
  19. If I snitch, don't out me!    
       
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4.0 - Topics to help adults "chill"
  1. How not to behave at my soccer game 2. When Dad drives like a maniac 3. Mom, you could sure use a play-date
  4. Coach: are you too competitive? 5. Germs germs everywhere 6. I'm not interested in the military
  7. It's always rush rush rush 8. That Science Fair project 9. I'm too young to stress about college
  10. Adult = monster until coffee 11. Hemlines 12. How to not over-schedule me
  13. "Because I said so!" 14. What? No video games?! 15. The coach who swore too much
  16. Chores chores chores 17. Leaving the table 18. The rush for the bus
  19. Dad, please don't abuse the ref 20. Kids need to relax after school 21. She chucked all my comic books
  22. Adult on cell phone all day 23. The abusive parent 24. Forced to wear an Easter dress
  25. Grades grades grades 26. When adults are rude in restaurants  
       
 
5.0 - Embarrassment Topics
  1. Parent discusses kid's weight 2. Mom dresses like Britney 3. Want me to show YOUR baby photos?
  4. Parent discusses kid diarrhea 5. Pet names for kids 6. Dad's so-called jokes
  7. Kissing kids in public 8. The bad bad bad breath Dad 9. Are you guilty of Baby Talk?
  10. Using the camera as a weapon 11. What should a Dad wear on vacation? 12. Grandpa smokes a pipe at my school
  13. Kissing kids in public 14. How to cheer for your kid 15. Her industrial-strength perfume
  16. When should a parent sing? 17. Telling baby stories about kids 18. Adult had too much wine
       
   
6.0 - Topics about School
  1. A cool principal? OMG! 2. School lunch nightmares 3. The substitute teacher from Heck
  4. Bus full of bullies 5. How school budget cuts hurt kids 6. What they teach in Health these days
  7. The perfect teacher: our definition 8. The flap over flip-flops 9. One kid bad, whole class punished
  10. Why I nap in class 11. Those school dance rules 12. "Because I'm the teacher, that's why"
  13. How important is penmanship? 14. The perfect school lunch 15. The monster in a pony-tail (a bullying story)
  16. Those stupid school photos 17. A school subject we'd like to take
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