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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 19, 2013
We spoiled our children and we apparently are even more intent on doing so with our grandchildren! Boomers claim to have redefined many aspects of life – from open family dialoge to ways to influence politics, now are they redefining grandparenthood? My parents were somewhat more interactive with their grandchildren (my kids).
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 23, 2017
When I was a young adult, out of college and into my first years of marriage, I cringed at the thought of getting money from my parents. Daughters and sons of very wealthy families sometimes want to disown the family wealth in order to prove themselves. Parents may be trying to keep the family together.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Although I live 200+ miles away from my two grandkids, I try to get them for a week or so during the summer. There are many documented benefits to utilizing grandparents to watch grandkids. Although using relatives to kid sit can be fraught with stress, anxiety and cause for family arguments, many families do it successfully.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 8, 2013
Many well to do families have been counting on this as a way to pass along significant wealth to their next generations. First, if I had managed to convert everything to a Roth, the grandkids would be swamped with hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Roth IRA contributions are made post tax.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 11, 2016
The Grandkids are 9 and 12 now with lots of time before they have to start supporting themselves somehow. Summer jobs become permanent ones; family or friends pressure young people toward options that avoid temporary unemployment. It didn’t. I ended up as a retail management trainee – just to get some kind of paycheck.
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