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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In Huffington Post article Boomers Give New Meaning To Spoiling The Grandkids author Linda Stern reported: “Roughly 36 percent of the grandparents surveyed by AARP said “spoiling (grand)children by buying them too much” was a part of a grandparent’s financial role.”. It’s my grandkid!”. It’s just fun!

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Ways for Busy Parents to Teach Young Children About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They may start getting money for birthdays or for doing chores and may learn that they can save it, spend it and give it away. My grandkids were 6 and 3 and they really got into this! Let them watch you buy the tickets and pay for the refreshments. Watching TV. Explain commercials to them as you watch some.

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