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How to Plan a Multi-Generation Family Vacation

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We Baby Boomers are fueling the travel industry and many of us are taking our extended families along on our vacations. We aren’t the first generation of my family to include multiple generations on trips though. She was in her seventies at the time, my spouse and I in our forties and our kids were tween and teen.

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The Best And Worst States To Retire In 2023, Ranked

Savings Corner

You may want to settle down by the beach or in the mountains. Maybe you prefer golf over cross-country skiing, or you just want to be near your kids or grandkids. With all these possibilities in front of you, you may not know where to start. Delaware, West Virginia, Missouri and Mississippi round out the top five.

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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). I figure I may not be “earning” money, but I can earn by saving. Clark, our cat, the day after we brought him home from the shelter.

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Should Parents Pay For Good Grades?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

According to a survey conducted by the American Institute of CPAS and published on their site in August 2012: “Nearly half of parents with kids in school, or 48 percent, also pay their kids for good grades. After all, isn’t the point to get your kids to work hard for the satisfaction of a job well done? Now The Pros.

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Addicted to the Screen

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We drove for two days straight to get from the Midwest to Virginia, where we toured Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Fredericksburg and two of our founders plantations. Are we raising a generation of kids addicted to their device screens? We loved watching TV and today’s kids do too. Moodiness may be exhibited.

Parenting 100
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How to Manage Different Investment Risk Tolerances Between Spouses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You may not even be aware that you each have different perspectives on what risk is or how much to take when you invest. In Silver Spoon Kids - How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children by Eileen Gallo, P.H.D. family stories about money. Here are some suggestions to help you do the same. And Jon Gallo, J.D,

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Friday Top FREEBIES and Great Deals, Week of 10/04/13

Nicoles Nickels

FREE “About Time” movie screening tickets - they have screenings in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.