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Reasons to Learn Another Language

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Though my great-grandfather was French Canadian, and my mother knew bits and pieces of French when she was growing up, we spoke only English in our household. There are studies that show that children who are exposed on a regular basis to more than one language from a young age more easily pick up new languages in adulthood. Get Healthy'

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Free Kindle Books: The Obituary Society, 13 Free Baby Crochet Patterns & More

For the Mommas

When Lila Moore inherits her grandfather’s house, she finds herself in a small Midwestern town where margarine is never an acceptable substitution for butter, a coveted family recipe can serve as currency, and the friend who will take your darkest secrets to the grave will still never give you the secret to her prize-winning begonias.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

5 Reasons Mature Adult Offspring Fear “The Money Talk”… Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips The Benefits Of Carpooling For Your Kids Adult Children Living At Home – How To Approach It Take Your Kids on a Money Trip to the Store. It’s my grandkid!”. How much do (did) your parents spend on your kids?

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! Not at all.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

Family Balance Sheet

That observation brought back the flood of stories she and my grandfather told about coming to the US from Cuba with no money and starting over in their late 30s. I had also been teaching one class a quarter at a local career college so I increased to two classes a quarter. She was so meticulous with her money.