Mum told me that I should count myself lucky, back in her younger days boys had to do newspaper rounds to earn some pocket money, now these days we can earn some money from home.  The other good thing about blogging is that it is fun and I can just blog about the things that I like, so why not do it!

I really had no idea how blogging to earn me money though but Mum assured me that it could and that she does it all the time.  That's when she got me to read 'Blogging To The Bank' and she sat with me and went through it to give me a bit of an understanding on how to set up a blog to make money with it.

Blogging To The Bank was really good and gave me some great ideas.  Believe it or not I made my first commission from my first blog within a few days and since then it has been going great.  We have a few blogs now about different topics, you can blog about absolutely anything, we have a blog about our pets and one about kids and we even recorded our trip around Australia on a blog.

So, my advice to any teenagers out there wanting to earn a bit extra money - start a blog.  I also advise you to read 'Blogging To The Bank' so that you can get a really good idea of how to set up your blogs right to optimize it for the search engines and for income.

Good luck
Ben

I have had many people ask me do I have any safety precautions to protect my children while they are using the internet so I’m writing this article to give my tips on keeping kids safe on the internet.

• My kids don’t have internet access from their bedrooms. The computer that they use to access the internet is in the main living area of the house and I very regularly look over their shoulder to see what they are doing.

• Often I will let them use the internet to do any research that they need and then they will go off the internet and just use Word to type up their blog post so that they are just not surfing the internet for long periods of time.

• I have sat my children down and talked to them of the dangers of the internet. I did this after my son who sometimes goes into the ‘Club Penguin’ website was adding lots of other Club Penguin users to his friends. I noticed this on one of these occasions that I looked over his shoulder and then I sat him down and discussed the whole safety issue with him. I have told him that he can only add as friends his friends from school that he meets on Club Penguin – friends that I have met and know. They have abided by this rule as I check regularly and they have never complained.

• Have an internet child safety software program installed. There are many software programs available and if your children do use the internet a lot then it is definitely worth installing one on your computer. Your child’s safety is worth all the money in the world and internet safety programs really aren’t very expensive so if you have children then get one.  My recommendation is a software called I Am Big Brother.

I must admit I have been very lucky and my children have shown no interest in any ‘trouble’ websites and are quite happy to abide by my internet rules. It is very important to always keep an eye on them though and take all the necessary precautions.

I have to admit though making money through your blog is certainly the easiest way to do it, certainly beats delivering newspapers to make a few extra dollars.  I was so suprised at just how much money can be made through blogging and even though my Mum has been doing it for a while I think even she was a bit surprised that I'd make as much money as I have.

What surprises me the most though is that so many teenagers are blogging every single day but just have no idea that they could be making money doing it.

Blogging for Money - the easy way for a teenager to make money.  So easy a child could do it and trust me my brother is only 8 so if he can do it anyone can.

Check out his blog at www.cool-club.info, it's pretty cool

Cya
Ben