Middle school students will love A.J. Kormon’s cat mysteries

Please welcome A.J. Kormon on while she’s on her WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING tour of her three Halloway Hills Middle School Mysteries. These three books are for ages nine to eleven and each feature a mischievous cat.

 

And we are fortunate that A.J. has written a essay for us on what kids learn from entrepreneurial  parents. We hope you’ll enjoy the post.

What Kids Learn from Entrepreneurial Parents

By A.J. Kormon

With more and more people turning to entrepreneurship—or a job and a side gig as an entrepreneur—it’s not unreasonable to expect more kids will be exposed to the benefits and struggles of being your own boss. Growing up, both my parents worked outside of the home, so starting a business wasn’t something that crossed my mind as something I could do. I just assumed I would get a job when I finished university.

Entrepreneurship comes with a lot of perks, like setting your own hours, choosing who you work with, and deciding which projects to complete. There’s a lot kids of entrepreneurial parents will learn simply from seeing one or more of their parents run their own business, including time management and money skills as well as changing the way they look at problems.

Time Management

Time management can be a struggle at any stage of the entrepreneurial journey, but especially during the startup phase, and even more so if you’re a solopreneur having to do everything yourself. On top of this, entrepreneurs with families will find themselves juggling the demands of both their families and their business.

Thankfully, kids are adaptable and, if they’re older, they will quickly learn when they can interrupt you and when you’re in a meeting, talking with a client, or on a deadline. Kids will begin to see that you have a routine and realize that when you’re working, they can’t interrupt you, and they’ll need to find something else to do until you are free.

Money Skills

When you work for yourself, depending on what type of work you do, you’re not always guaranteed a steady income. This requires you to be good at managing your money. If things are tight one month and you can’t afford to buy your child the latest book they want, you need to explain why so they can put it into context.

Kids are so much smarter than we give them credit for. It’s important to have discussions with your children as you work through your budget and personal finance strategies, so they can develop money management skills of their own. Talking to kids about money and encouraging them to ask questions will help them become good money managers as they grow up.

Mindset Power

Entrepreneurship is not without its challenges, but when you run a business, you need to look at problems as something positive like a learning opportunity. If your child is sick and can’t go to school, they will see you shifting things around so you can still be there for them while also finding a way to do the tasks that need completing in your business.

While your children may not know exactly what you do as an entrepreneur, they will see you taking on many different roles and living the kind of life you choose for yourself. Children who have parents that are business owners are more likely to become entrepreneurs themselves. Being a business owner gives you a chance to do whatever it is you enjoy on your own terms, and this is a great thing for your child to learn.

As a former accountant, A.J. Kormon, started writing books about money to help explain the concept to her kids. As her kids got older, they showed signs of not wanting to read, so she enlisted their help creating a series for resistant readers. This is how the Halloway Hills Middle School Mysteries were born. When A.J. isn’t writing and cartooning, you’ll find her losing to her kids at Uno.

Book Summary

Three short, page-turning mysteries for ages 9-11 featuring mischievous cats and their middle-grade owners.

In Hiding Out on Halloween, Avery Mcintosh borrows the Super Ultimate Minecraft Hacks book from the school library, much to the dismay of the school bully Becky. When Avery accidentally splashes Becky with an invisibility potion that he learned from the book, she not only disappears from Minecraft, but from the real world too.

Trying to ease his guilt about Becky’s disappearance, with the help of his friend Jordan and a black cat who appears to be stalking him, Avery sets out to find Becky.

In Creeping Up on Christmas, it’s time for the Halloway Hills Middle School Christmas fair and Violet Sidhu and her friends have planned to sell crocheted hats to raise money for charity. There’s just one problem—the hats are missing!

When Violet discovers what’s happened to her hats, thanks to the new guy at school, getting them back turns out to be harder than she thought.

In Veering Off on Valentine’s, Jordan Cartwright learns the meaning of true love . . . from her cat! After feeling rejected by her best friend Avery because of Valentine’s Day, Jordan wonders if she can still be friends with him.

As she tries to avoid Avery, Jordan witnesses some strange behaviour from her cat Blizzard. When Blizzard goes missing during a snowstorm, Jordan enlists Avery’s help to find him and learns an important lesson in the process.

Includes bonus cookie recipe and word search!

Purchase all three books for Kindle on Amazon.com and make sure to add these books to your GoodReads reading list.

About the Author, A.J. Kormon

A.J. Kormon started out writing books about money to help explain the concept to her kids. As her kids got older, they showed signs of not wanting to read, so she enlisted their help creating a series for resistant readers. This is how the Halloway Hills Middle School Mysteries were born. When A.J. isn’t writing and cartooning, you’ll find her losing to her kids at Uno.

Find A.J. Kormon at:

Website: www.ajkormon.com
BookBub: www.bookbub.com/profile/a-j-kormon
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20379395.A_J_Kormon
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ajkormon

Thank you, A.J. We wish you huge success with your books!!