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Rumor has it teenagers only worry about their phones and their friends. But what if they worry about money, too?

Research from the 2022 Junior Achievement Teens & Personal Finance Survey found that over 54% of teens feel unprepared for their financial futures. One way parents could help their kids feel more prepared is by addressing their money fears.

Uncover your teen’s money fears

There are several ways to learn about your teen’s money fears, but a good place to start is by looking at yours.

“[Parents] have to look at their own issues because what you bring to the table is what your kids are going to pick up, even if you tell them to do the opposite,” says Michele Paiva, a Downingtown, Pennsylvania-based licensed psychotherapist whose work focuses on trauma recovery, and financial education and therapy.

Get introspective about what your feelings about money are and how that might show up in your home. For instance, if you’re always arguing with your partner about their or your spending habits, this could contribute to your teen developing insecurities about their ability to manage their finances. read more

Nine Central Florida restaurants were temporarily shut down after restaurant inspections in the week of June 11-17, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Orange County

Ahmed Indian Restaurant UCF Orlando at 10042 University Blvd. in Orlando shut down on June 12.

Officials found six violations, three of which were a high priority.

Those violations include roach activity, a stop-sale on food due to temperature abuse and food held at the wrong temperatures.

A second visit on June 13 found zero violations.

The restaurant met inspection standards.

Boteco Do Manolo at 7653 International Dr. Suite 105 in Orlando on June 13.

Inspectors found 34 violations, nine of which were a high priority. Those violations include an employee failing to wash hands before putting on gloves to cook food, roach activity, an improperly stored chemical substance, a missing vacuum breaker and raw food not being separated from ready-to-eat food.

A second inspection happened on June 14.

Inspectors found nine violations, none of which were a high priority. read more

A SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral this evening would be the 30th of the year on the Space Coast.

A Falcon 9 carrying a communications satellite for Indonesia is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 during a nearly three-hour window that opens at 6:04 p.m.

Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron forecasts better weather as the window progresses, predicting a 60% chance for good conditions that will improve to 75% chance. A similar forecast is in place if the launch had to delay to Monday.

If it launches, the first-stage booster for the mission would be making its 12th flight, and the company will attempt its recovery downrange on its droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic.

The SATRA satellite for the Indonesian government and Indonesian satellite operator PSN is headed to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capability for public use facilities in Indonesia’s rural regions. read more