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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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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. Sweet Potato Bites at Cooking with My Kid. My mom hosts Thanksgiving. Let’s Talk Turkey. Side Dishes.

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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. You may throw some stuff away.

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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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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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! As it turns out, giving just may be a hard wired survival technique for humans. Her kids tell her what they want and I ask her. Not necessarily.

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Save This Holiday Shopping Season #ChaseHolidays

For the Mommas

Oh and I can’t forget to pick up gifts for the family stockings. This year, my family has agreed to Holiday Budget. Please don’t show my kids! Of course I can’t let those great holiday deals go, so I may have picked up a few things for myself. Here is our shopping list this year.

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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.