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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

Before kids, I spent my free-time volunteering at a stray rescue shelter for dogs. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. I started reading The Frugal Girl back in 2010 when Kristen’s kids were still itty bitty. The more kids I could “adopt”, the better!

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8 Valuable Life Skills to Teach Your Kids During Quarantine

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Learning about math, science, English, social studies, and other school subjects gives kids the foundations they need, but when focusing on academic subjects, some life skills may be overlooked. With kids at home, now is the perfect time to teach them some of these often overlooked skills that can help make their lives so much easier.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Your kids have been to camp, done baseball and goofed off to their hearts content. Each year I try to help my kids teach their kids about personal finance. Teaching The Gift of Giving This year the grand kids are 5 and 8 years old and I want to demonstrate the pleasures of giving. The most expensive was around $20.

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Old Time Free Summer Activities for Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I see adults making sure their kids are signed up for ball games, ballet practice, camp and other activities so that the kids have little unscheduled time to fill. Yet, I’m sure the kids still sing that age old summer chant ‘Mom, I’m bored!”. Parents of the little guys acted as chaperones for the rest.

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How to Raise Entitled Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They built their own cabin, hunted their own food and she eventually began to chop down the ‘big butts’ of trees so she could plant a garden and have domestic animals. Each generation of parents seems to want to make things easier on their kids, even as far back as the American pioneers, even ours and yours.

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Thrifty gardening Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Tip # 1 – Go thrifty on seeds and plants. If you buy organic non-hybrid fruits or vegetables, you can save your seeds and plant them, year after year. Potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes and horseradish can all be propagated by taking a cutting from the tuber and planting it.” Trade for plants and seeds.

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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Buttons from clothing we have given away, thrown away or made into rags can be used to replace missing buttons or as craft items. Mesh bags from Popsicle sticks hold bulbs we dig up and re-plant later to keep them dry until time to plant. Clothing and Linens. Small Utility Items. Miscellaneous.

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