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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

5 Reasons Mature Adult Offspring Fear “The Money Talk”… Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips The Benefits Of Carpooling For Your Kids Adult Children Living At Home – How To Approach It Take Your Kids on a Money Trip to the Store. It’s my grandkid!”. How much do (did) your parents spend on your kids?

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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! If we want it, let’s buy it.

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

Family Balance Sheet

The inspiration to pay off my debt was watching my grandmother balance her checkbook. That observation brought back the flood of stories she and my grandfather told about coming to the US from Cuba with no money and starting over in their late 30s. What inspired you to get debt free? Was there a particular event?