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Needs vs. Wants – Which Is Which?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Parents start teaching this concept when a child is a toddler and continue to try to drill it in all the way through the teen and college years. My Grandmother was born in 1898. Your environment defines what is considered a ‘need’ My Grandmother lived in a different environment and had different needs than I.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

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). We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! Also we can stop when we want or need to.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

Family Balance Sheet

My childhood was split between Florida, Ohio and Minnesota. I am now back living in South Florida. The inspiration to pay off my debt was watching my grandmother balance her checkbook. I had also been teaching one class a quarter at a local career college so I increased to two classes a quarter. Where are you from?