Emilie

I would love to present this beautiful girl right here! She’s my daughter Emilie. My love for creating multiple streams of income comes from trying to show her various ways to create income in order to stay independent! You see, Emilie has autism. And although I was told she would probably never speak and she would never be able to attend a regular school, she is excelling! Not only can she make her own meals, do household chores and get a 90% average in math, she is also creating streams of income as well without having to commit to a “traditional job”.

As a teenager or tween it is possible to do multiple things to make extra income. Of course, there are the babysitting jobs, working retail and pumping gas. But what if someone wanted to do something that required less time and you could do from the comfort of your own home?

Here is a list of things Emilie is doing. If you would like to check out her Facebook page, here it is: https://www.facebook.com/EmilieAndTheAutismJourney/

Selling arts and crafts

Emilie, like many teens, likes using her creativity making craft items. Some teens like to sew or knit. Others like to paint or to build bird house. Emilie’s favourite craft is paper crafts like cards and bookmarks. She also loves photography and this is an easy way to incorporate her photography to sell it. If you would like to see Emilie’s cards or support her by ordering some, this is the link: Order a card The other way to sell art is to have it printed on t-shirts, mugs or other items. You can easily enough order these yourself through various websites but then you are in charge of ordering, packing and shipping… or you could simply go through a website like RedBubble. You upload your artwork and place it on items you chose. To check out Emilie’s photography on RedBubble, follow this link: photographieJEM.redbubble.com

Write a book

Yes, even teens can write books! Emilie has written a few kids writing books and journals. She even created a journal for people with guinea pigs called “My Guinea Pig Care Journal” using her knowledge of guinea pig care. For a complete list of books that were published by either Emilie or myself, follow this Pineterest link: List of our books. If your teen would like to learn how to publish their own book using Amazon KDP, I offer a workshop on Outschool. You can request a class time by messaging me on Outschool. Here is the link to the class: Learn to Publish on KDP. What people don’t realize is that publishing doesn’t have to take long! There are so many different kinds of books like journals, colouring books, collections of short stories and instructional books that could easily be written or created by a teen. Seeing your finished project is rewarding and is amazing for self esteem. Imagine telling your friends that you have a book available on Amazon!

Youtube channels

Emilie is having so much fun with her Youtube channel! It doesn’t directly create any income but the monetization can come indirectly. For example, Emilie promotes the Epicure products I sell on YouTube. I use her content on my social media and this can sometimes create revenue with the sale of that product she was promoting. This being said, you can get your child to use Youtube to promote their books, their crafts or anything else they would like to sell. And what teenager doesn’t like to create Youtube videos? Right?

There are so many other ways teens can make money from home! If you have other ideas, please comment!