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How Much Financial Responsibility Is Appropriate For Kids?

UW-Extension

Young children often have trouble understanding why they cannot have every toy or piece of candy they see at the store. However, around age 10, kids begin to comprehend that money is a limited resource.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

Wisconsin's Lack Of 'Brain Gain' And The Future Of Its Workforce

Tessa Conroy

UW-Madison

Matthew Kures

UW-Madison

Steven Deller

UW-Madison

Opportunities exist to improve Wisconsin's education pipeline and create a future with competitive wages, innovative industry and entrepreneurial activity.

How Mindfulness Can Play A Role In Parenting

Anne Clarkson

UW-Extension

Parents can improve their skills and enhance family relationships by practicing mindfulness, an intentional focus on the current moment without thinking about the past or planning for the future.

Series: The Varied Forms Of Farm To School

Garden Program Grows Youth Entrepreneurship In Brown County

Margaret Franchino

UW-Extension

In recognition of concerning national and local trends, as well as to fill an identified gardening programming gap for teens and "tweens," the Brown County UW-Extension Community Gardens Program partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay to pilot a youth farmers' market program in the summer of 2016.

Series: Literacy In Wisconsin

Finding The Credit Information That Matters

Peggy Olive

UW-Extension

Consumers who check their free credit reports for errors may be surprised to see they do not contain credit scores.

Series: Growing Container Gardens

Helping Houseplants Brighten A Long Midwestern Winter

Vijai Pandian

UW-Extension

Houseplants add life and beauty to home and work environments. They filter indoor air pollutants, their vivid colors, textures and fragrances serve as a natural stress relievers, and maintaining them over a cold, dark winter can gratify a gardening urge.

Series: Managing Japanese Beetles

Japanese Weevil Makes Its Wisconsin Debut

PJ Liesch

UW-Extension

Move over Popillia japonica, there's a new "Japanese beetle" in town.

Series: El Niño In Wisconsin

Series: Managing Japanese Beetles

Mild 2015-16 Winter Spurred Japanese Beetle Numbers In Wisconsin

PJ Liesch

UW-Extension

Ask any gardener or landscaper in the Midwest what their least favorite insect is, and the Japanese beetle will probably be near the top of the list.

Frac Sand Deposits Are Abundant In Wisconsin

Karen Faster

WisContext

Although sand has been mined across Wisconsin for over a century, the large-scale mines and associated processing and transportation facilities are relatively new.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Why Milk Producers Get Whip-Sawed By Price Changes

Mark Stephenson

UW-Extension

High prices are a signal from customers indicating that they demand more product. In 2014, dairy farmers in Wisconsin and the rest of the U.S. received the highest prices for milk on record, signaling a demand that the world wanted more dairy products.