FPDFamily Personal DevelopmentGrowth starts at home.

Build skills by helping the household

Create something useful at home—and connect the learning to school and community.

FamilyPD projects begin with a real household need. Young people learn the skills, build a small solution, test it with family, and connect with teachers, libraries, clubs, employers, nonprofits, or other community support.

Explore the Youth Creator LabExplore Learning Tools

The project standard

Every project should connect home, learning, and community.

1

Start with the household

Identify a real need such as chores, communication, study habits, safety, money, schedules, goals, or career planning.

2

Learn before building

Use trusted tutorials, classes, official sources, and adult guidance to learn the required skill.

3

Create a small solution

Build a first version of an app, game, comic, guide, video, checklist, tracker, or family challenge.

4

Connect school skills

Recognize the math, writing, coding, research, art, speaking, career, and problem-solving skills being practiced.

5

Use community support

Ask teachers, libraries, clubs, employers, colleges, nonprofits, or other trusted organizations to teach, review, or extend the project.

6

Test and improve

Let family members try it. Improve what is unclear, unfair, unsafe, inaccessible, or not useful.

Household-impact examples

The project should make family life clearer, safer, fairer, or more connected.

Health

Routine or Safety Helper

Create picture cards, a timer, scenario game, or reminder tool for hygiene, sleep, emergency preparation, or digital wellness.

Learn with: Canva, Scratch, Code.org, MakeCode
Relationships

Communication Comic or Challenge

Teach respectful words, feelings, boundaries, conflict repair, kindness, or teamwork through stories, games, and challenges.

Learn with: Scratch, Canva, ChatGPT with adult review
Education & Skills

Study, Career, or Interview Tool

Build study cards, a homework helper, career spotlight, interview practice app, or skill-learning guide.

Learn with: Khan Academy, Code.org, MIT App Inventor, school and CTE programs
Finances

Budget or Saving Game

Create a shame-free game that helps families practice needs, wants, saving, planning, and unexpected expenses.

Learn with: Khan Academy, Canva, Scratch, financial educators
Goals

Goal, Chore, or Schedule System

Build a goal board, chore randomizer, calendar helper, progress tracker, or household responsibility tool.

Learn with: MakeCode, Code.org, MIT App Inventor, Canva
Community

Resource or Opportunity Map

Research libraries, tutoring, CTE, workforce programs, health resources, or youth opportunities and explain how families can access them.

Use official sites, schools, libraries, nonprofits, and AI for brainstorming—not final verification.

Age-based starting points

Adjust the challenge—not the young person’s value.

Choose the level that matches skills, interest, reading ability, technology access, and adult support.

Ages 13–18

Teen Launch

Build apps, tutorials, career resources, interview tools, financial projects, and community opportunity guides.

Explore projects for ages 13–18

Explore here. Implement in the app.

The public website teaches and demonstrates. The FamilyPD App will manage real family implementation.

On the public website

  • Explore the framework and need
  • See examples and project ideas
  • Try sample tools and practice activities
  • Open public learning resources
  • Understand school and community connections

In the FamilyPD App

  • Create the private family workspace
  • Save household plans and records
  • Manage meetings, goals, roles, and progress
  • Generate documents and PDFs
  • Use Google Drive permissions and private folders
Learn About the FamilyPD App