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32 Favorite College Care Package Ideas for Guys (2025)

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As the parent of both a daughter and a son who are students, I can say without hesitation that it’s much harder to come up with college care package ideas for guys than for girls.

If you’ve struggled like me, walking past fuzzy socks, cute hair ties, and nail polish in frustration, here are some care package ideas that will make a young man smile...

See Why This Mom Says That She Is ‘Cringey’

Hello, my name is Jill and I’m cringey. I don’t think my friends think I’m cringey and I hope my husband doesn’t think I’m cringey but my youngest son certainly does, and he likes to tell me so on a daily basis. In fact, it’s sometimes on an hourly basis, but who’s keeping track?

I recently googled ‘cringey’ and here is what I found – ‘causing feelings of acute embarrassment or awkwardness.’ It is cringey that I looked it up? Probably! So, what about me is cringey, aside from googling it, you...

22 Jobs Teens Can Do to Earn Money During the Vacations and School Year

How can your teen make money during the school year and vacations? We asked thousands of parents how their middle school, high school, and college students earn funds and below are some of the best job opportunities open to teens.

Child care is a popular way for teens to make money. (Twenty20 @kiwitanya)Making Money: Teens Who Like To Work Outdoors1. Mowing Lawns/Gardening

A teen with a mower can do dozens of yards a week, have a steady customer list most of the year, and earn som...

25 Popular High School Graduation Gifts for Him (2025)

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High school graduation is one of life’s significant accomplishments and one that friends and family will want to celebrate with a gift. This list includes our favorite gift ideas for guys and consists of sentimental and practical choices. Are you shopping for your son’s best buds? Here are some wonderful ideas for grad gifts for your teen’s frie...

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Is Here, What We Love

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Again this year, Amazon is doing a Big Spring Sale for 7 days in March (March 25-31). If you’re shopping for gifts for graduation, Father’s Day and/or Mother’s Day, you may find EXACTLY what you want and pretty great prices. And we tried to find some items that would start you off with your dorm room shopping.

Here is our list with some fa...

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Is Coming, What’s on Sale Right Now

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Again this year, Amazon is doing a Big Spring Sale for 7 days in March (March 25-31). If you’re shopping for gifts for graduation, Father’s Day and/or Mother’s Day, you may find EXACTLY what you want and pretty great prices. 

Here is our list with some fantastic deals that we want to share with you. We’ll add to this post when we see specia...

35 Perfect High School Graduation Gifts for Her (2025)

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It’s graduation season, and we’re here to provide you with some diversion — our high school graduation gifts for her. We hope you’ll find inspiration in this list of best grad gifts for young women with a mix of traditional and trendy.

Are you looking for other grad gift guides?

perfect gifts for your daughter’s friend group  

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Best Graduation Gifts For Your Teen’s Friends: 29 Ideas (2025)

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Graduation gifts are some of the most challenging gifts to pick out, especially when you’re buying for your teen’s friends who have become almost as dear to us as our sons and daughters. We asked our seasoned parents what they love to give their kids’ friends, and here are some of their answers.

Some of these gifts can be bought in bulk, ...

35 Favorite College Care Package Ideas for College Women (2025)

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A care package is always a welcome surprise for college students. We put together our favorite care package ideas for college women with some necessities and others that will just make her smile.

We have you covered if you want college care package ideas for guys.

College care package ideas for college women1. Open When Envelopes (Amazon)

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23 Best Ideas for College Graduation Gifts for 2025 Grads

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College graduation is one of life’s happiest and most exciting milestones, but possibly one of the hardest to find an appropriate gift. The gifts we get our young adults and their friends will vary but, rest assured, we found things that everyone would be thrilled to receive. Here are some of our favorite graduation gift ideas.

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