Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 19, 2013
We spoiled our children and we apparently are even more intent on doing so with our grandchildren! My parents were somewhat more interactive with their grandchildren (my kids). Why are we spending more on our grandchildren? We want some influence over how our grandchildren are raised. They tolerated our presence.
Birmingham Bargain Mom
AUGUST 26, 2011
Grandparents always say 'If I had known how much fun grandkids would be I would have had them first" -- I say, "Being a grandkid is the sweet life." {Why Why is it that grandparents let grandkids get by with so much stuff?} Check out these resources for grannie and granddaddy.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Although I live 200+ miles away from my two grandkids, I try to get them for a week or so during the summer. There are many documented benefits to utilizing grandparents to watch grandkids. I’m one of them. On special occassions, now that I’m retired, I go to their house to watch them.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 16, 2015
When she saw that her great-grandchildren were not writing thank you notes for her gifts to them, she sent their parents a set of Thank you note cards with envelopes and postage! From my Mother-in-laws perspective, the number one benefit to the great-grandkids of sending her a thank you note, is that she would continue to send them gifts.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 8, 2013
First, if I had managed to convert everything to a Roth, the grandkids would be swamped with hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. That money has to come from somewhere and unfortunately we all just keep kicking it down the road to my grandchildren. Your heirs will have to take all of that out within 5 years.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Wouldn’t it be fun to have a place where our sons, their wives and our grandchildren could come together to play, visit and bond? My Grandkids have grown up visiting the lake condo and love it. Property values had risen considerably in our married lifetime and we thought they would continue to do so. Gather the family.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 21, 2016
I found pleasure in thinking about giving our children and grandchildren the opportunity to see part of the world they might not otherwise see. Normally I am very frugal and a saver, but this trip meant more to me than the money involved. I believed it would provide the chance to try new things (to see, to do, to eat).
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