These winter activities for teens can be done individually, with friends or with the whole family. Each week has four different types of teen winter activities: Make This (Recipe), Craft This, Learn How and Get Out and Go! Each activity idea is fun for your teen.

Parents of teens have been around a block or two and we sure have our opinions. Here are the top ten blog posts of 2009 on the Parenting of Teens site in which we share those thoughts:

1. Teen Runaways: What Can a Parent Do?
2. What Anxiety Can Do to a Teen - Can You Help?
3. Teen Son and Friend Smoking Pot, What Should This Parent Do?
4. Did you remember to say "I love you" to your teen today?
5. Daughter Spent Night with Boyfriend
6. Testing Teens for Drinking - Would You?
7. Texting Affecting Your Teen's Health?
8. Mom Says: Teen Daughter Getting Bossy
9. Help! Teen Sleeps all Day...
10. Teen Arrested for Sending Nude Pictures on Myspace

Are you and your teens on the same cell phone plan? Should you be? Are you getting the most out of the plan you currently have? Take 30 minutes and go over your cell phone bill. Are there areas you could save some money? Has your teen 'accidentally' been downloading things that cost a few bucks here and there? Perhaps you have to pay for minutes and unlimited might have been a better option. Call your cell phone service and talk with their representatives. See what you can change, block or tweak to your family's cell phone plan that will help save some money on your bill.

Asking our community: How do you handle cell phones in your household? Is everyone on the smae plan? Do you have more than one teen using cells on a family plan? Please share any tips and advice in the comments area.

Follow the About.com Parenting & Family's Thrifty Thursday:

• Packing for Labor
• The Difference Between Spending and Saving
• Time for After-Christmas Sales!
• Turn Donations Into Dollars

Need another gift for your teen's stocking? How about a free tank of gas or free room cleaning? Just slip one of these printable coupons in their stocking! I personally am using the dinner of your choice and junk food ones this year. Considering how much gas costs, I may give that coupon to my parents to put in my stocking!