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Do You Use Skills Learned in Childhood?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As I was clipping the grass around the trees with hand clippers just now, it occurred to me that this was a task I used to have as a child. I learned that doing a good job builds trust from others and trust in myself. They didn’t use credit (I’m not even sure they ever had a mortgage!) They were savers.

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Enriching Education: Study Reveals Crisis of Confidence in American Education

Motherhood Moments

For the study of over 1,000 individuals, conducted with cooperation from YouGov and data analytics firm Gradient , respondents were given 57 priorities for K-12 education and ranked them using a conjoint analysis that forces them into tradeoff scenarios and avoids the distorting effects of social influence.

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4 Tips To Starting Your Financial Plan

Saving Cents With Sense

Only 32 percent of Americans prepare a monthly budget, according to a Gallup poll taken in June 2013. Build a Budget & Emergency Fund. Cut out unnecessary spending and use that money to build an emergency fund. Wentworth for a lump sum of cash now, and then use the money to help build your emergency fund.