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Avoid These Financial Mistakes with Your Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lots of them are common sense – things like not spoiling your kids by giving them everything they want. Money may mean power or control or misery or any number of other things to you. Most parents let their kids have some kind of money – either via an allowance, a job or chores around the house or from gifts. Money is a tool.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, we also need stuff for emotional support – stuff to remind us that we are part of a generations old family, that we have accomplished significant tasks, seen impressive places and conquered difficult situations. Kids will naturally accumulate stuff, even when they can’t buy it. Moving to a bigger home.

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Four Things I Learned When I Became a Grandparent

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Chances are, if you have kids, you will become one some day. Your kid is having a kid! My Aunt and Uncle used to take each of their grandchildren on a trip when they reached the ripe old age of 8. My Aunt and Uncle used to take each of their grandchildren on a trip when they reached the ripe old age of 8.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Thanksgiving dinner for my extended family is a shared experience. She also roasts the turkey and makes the gravy and the stuffing, but my aunts, uncles, and cousins all bring a dish and/or dessert to round out the meal. Nobody feels like they did all of the work and we all go home so stuffed and well fed. Side Dishes.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If so, you are among a majority of Americans – at least those who have had their own home for 10 or more years. So, you just keep it, crammed into the closet, back in the darkest corner of the deepest shelf – where it won’t be found until your kids hold the estate sale after you die! In “A Gift That Gives Right Back?

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Nutrisystem Week 14 Nicole, Week 11 Jamie

Nicoles Nickels

To add insult to injury my aunt just moved to Florida (like last week) from Boston so she could be closer to family in her retirement. Needless to say it has been a tough week for our family. I had to leave work I was so upset and I am definitely a stress eater. All opinions are 100% ours and are not altered in any way.

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Food 4 Less Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups : 1/4 to 1/10-17

Coupons Do Work

Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix, 32 oz - $1.79 Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix, 32 oz. Aunt Jemima Syrup, 24 oz - $1.79 Aunt Jemima Syrup, 24 oz. Kellogg's Kid Cereal, 12.2 - 15 oz - $1.99 Kellogg's Kid Cereal, 12.2 - 15 oz - $1.99 Kellogg's Kid Cereal, 12.2 - 15 oz. Frito-Lay Family Size Potato Chips, 9.75 - 10.25

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