Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Does the cost of a four year college or university degree scare you? We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still – when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? Are you afraid to go, and yet afraid not to go? Commercial (non airline) pilots. Other jobs.

College 227

College Debt Education Student 227

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

I’m fifty years old, married almost 25 years, with four sons of various ages ranging from all grown up to still-working-on-it. ? For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support).

Rent 177

Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 177

Motherhood Moments

MARCH 14, 2023

A recent study by the Mary Christie Institute , in partnership with the Healthy Minds Network, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and the National Association of Colleges and Employers, asked young graduates (between 22 and 28) about their mental and emotional wellbeing. 43 percent suffered from anxiety.

Parenting 100

Parenting Podcasts Student College 100

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 9, 2024

I can remember quite a few years in college and grad school when my part-time jobs juuuuust barely covered my expenses (and sometimes not even that!) My son with one of our baby goats I remember for many years looking at any recipe that asked for more than one kind of cheese and rejecting it right away.

Oregon 184

Oregon Home and Garden Kids and Family Money 184

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 31, 2014

We took Home Economics (translate that to cooking and sewing class) instead of shop. If you went to college, did you see huge marketing efforts directed at female sports team events? We, and society, teach our young daughters that they should be a ‘princess’ – yet teach our sons that they need to be a business mogul.

2014 167

2014 Daughter Election Sports 167