Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 26, 2016
My grown kids are also savers and I have high hopes that the grandchildren will follow their example. Helping the parents teach my grandchildren to save is an ongoing project of mine. But, with each of the above, you lose the use of that money and often have little chance of even getting it back, let alone making it grow.
Motherhood Moments
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Congress on neuroscience in the classroom, and award-winning educator Betsy Hill are committed to helping children achieve their fullest learning potential by using tested and proven neuroscience in their groundbreaking book. So, for example, sustained attention and sequential processing are necessary for decoding.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
For example, this week, I’m kidsitting my 11 and 8 year old grandkids at their house – getting them on and off the school bus, fixing dinner, helping with homework, playing with them and etc – while the parents are away on a much deserved adult only trip.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 1, 2013
If you end up in life with assets that you would like to use or from which you need to receive income, yet also want to donate to charity, there may be ways for you to do both. With the help of an estate planning lawyer and your accountant you might be able to use one of these “have your cake and eat it too” ideas.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 12, 2014
Examples of financial advisor suggestions that would have steered my family wrong: An estate trustee at a bank recommended selling off Chevron stock that my Aunt owned “because it is too risky”. We need to make sure our base grows over his lifetime, especially since we hope to leave a legacy to our children and grandchildren.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 22, 2015
For the drive, his parents allowed him to use his Kindle to read or play games. They have installed parental controls which restrict the times of day he can use the device as well as the time he can spend playing games vs reading books on it. Kimberly Young, as early as 1998, did a study to determine if internet use might be addictive.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 11, 2016
I didn’t even realize that most jobs required a doctorate in Psychology to really use the knowledge in a career. Another criteria used for this pick might be the length of the commute or the frequency of travel. An extreme example would be President of the United States. Not too much and not too many days away at a time.
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