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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!”.

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My Best Garage Sale Finds

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

That way, I can hit a lot of sales in just a few hours instead of spending time and gasoline driving around town. Books and DVDs. Garage sales and thrift stores are great places to find books and DVDs. I look for the neighborhood sales, which are usually either in spring or fall. They are perfectly functional and look great.

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Ways for Busy Parents to Teach Young Children About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Read books on money and jobs such as Busy Day, Busy People or The Berenstain Bears, Trouble with Money. My grandkids were 6 and 3 and they really got into this! Buying gasoline. Talk about various car expenses, besides gasoline, like oil, windshield washer fluid, mechanics, tuneups, tires, car payment interest and etc.

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