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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are going on to college in the fall, don’t let summer roll by without doing some preparation work to help you avoid typical college fail points. You already have lots of contacts, not only your classmates, but also their parents, siblings and your teachers too. Time to find out. They offer: Career education.

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Healthy Habits: Navigating Life with an Eating Disorder

Motherhood Moments

One night at dinner with her parents, she told them about her “someday” dream. Melissa met Alayna’s parents in high school, and they’ve remained good friends ever since. As always, life got in the way during the 2 years we spent writing FULL. Melissa’s challenges were more with scheduling time to write.

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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

I currently work part-time from home, mostly behind a computer. I never really figured out what I want to be when I grow up so I’ve done a lot of different things. I came into adulthood struggling to pay my way through college and then struggling to repay student loans on a small salary. I’m 52.

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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, growing our own food.

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When Should Your Teenager Get a Job?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The conversation was brought on when my colleague told me that he wasn’t allowed to get a job while he was in high school because his parents thought he was too young to work. He didn’t have his first job until the summer between high school graduation and college. It’s like having a full-time job.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When my brother and I were growing up, our parents didn’t have much discretionary income. I learned to save money by watching my parents. (I Although my parents never specifically taught me about finances, they lived a frugal life by necessity. How did you get interested in saving money? That’s not right.

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Friday Links – Back in Class Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It helps take some pressure off that is for sure especially when I am still working full time while taking this course. Kevin from Free from Broke wants to know if you should save for college or save for retirement first. If you’re a parent, you know how hard it is to carve out time for yourself.

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