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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Parents already know that back to school time is the second most expensive time of the year (right after the holidays). Here is site that has tax free days by state listed for 2011. If you know you are going to want to have a tutor for your child this year, use a college tutor. Go Collegiate. Get Rewarded. Buy don’t rent.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The College Investor : Best Defensive Stock Sectors The best stock sectors for playing defense in a rough market. Tax Rebate Blog: How Much Can you Earn Before Paying Tax in 2011 Tax allowances and brackets change each year. The return on this strategy is relatively paltry, as this calculator shows!

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CollegeAdvantage $100 Scholarship Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

The holiday season serves as a reminder for parents, grandparents, friends and family members to begin saving and putting together a plan for college-bound loved ones. CollegeAdvantage is a tax-free and tax-deductible college savings option. Giveaway ends at 12:01 am on Tuesday, November 15 2011.

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Smart Safety: Release Recovery Podcast

Motherhood Moments

It’s never been “easy” to send children off to college. Many of Release’s clients are students, and Clark’s own addiction progressed while he was a student—as he explains on a new podcast pulling back the curtain on the college experience and showing parents the real challenges and risks their teens are facing.

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Find out How Chris & His Wife Paid off $52,000 in 7 Months

Family Balance Sheet

In 2011, Andrea and I were normal. Then one day it all came crashing in on us in February 2011. We both went to college, we both worked hard, and we felt like we were fairly intelligent human beings. Our parents thought we had joined a cult and our friends called us those cheap people. That’s crazy, right?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This past weekend I headed out west with my husband, brother, and his girlfriend to help my parents move into their new house. “The best inheritance a parent can give to their children is a few minutes of their time each day.&#. Sean Smarty from Grow Money talks about How to Invest During College. Thanks for the honesty.

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She (we will call her Susan, although that is not her name) started life as a member of an industrious lower middle class family – one sibling, two parents married to each other. Her dream of becoming a college professor died when her dissertation was not accepted and she did not win the doctorate. Sink Into Depression.