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The 5 Most Important Personal Finance Lessons to Teach your Child

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Before you get ready to shove those kids of yours out of the nest, here are what I consider to be (based on my experience as a person, a Mom, and a Grandma) the most important things you (or someone) should teach them about personal finance. Neither would you want the bank or institution to rip you off. How to manage life activities.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Tell us about you and your family. We have a family of 4. Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. Farrah also has a kids t-shirt line that she runs out of the house called Lovely Littles Shop.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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She writes about simple living, parenting and her family’s foster story at Fostering Simplicity. Tell us about you and your family. My husband works as an architect and I teach art part time at my son’s school. We strive to be a pretty active family. We must have the money in the bank for every purchase.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

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Well, kids, your parents lied to you – money does grow on trees. Earning a sub-poverty-level income for decades as a Catholic priest, he focused on his investments in his free time, and was worth nearly $1 million when he died. This 102-year-old former part-time janitor and dry cleaner left $2.3 Genesio Morlacci.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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She is the co-founder of the website, Little Light on a Hill , where she writes about faith, family, and finances. Tell us about you and your family. works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. to be able to go on a family missions trip. errand every two weeks to stop by the bank, but the benefits far.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

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I’m in my 60’s, I’ve been married to the love of my life for 44 years and we have two adult “kids.” We consider her our “bonus kid” and our family is extremely close. I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) We didn’t start a family until we were married for almost 15 years.)

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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Jester presents The Importance of Vacations For Kids posted at The Ultimate Juggle , saying, “This article explains the reasons that we prefer to take destination oriented vacations for the kid’s sake. After all it was not the people who caused the problem so why should they suffer while the banks get off scot-free?

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