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Sustainable Living Traits To Pass On To Your Children

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While your conversations and examples could encompass a wide spectrum of topics, there are many simple ideas that children can easily grasp and put into action. Participate in local food drives and donations and involve your kids in your actions. Recycling is a simple and obvious practice that children can easily understand.

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P.E.P. for the Week of March 7-11/11- Spending Time With Family Update Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Broke Professionals shares with us a conversation they had with a friend about finding financial success early in life and how it can be detrimental. Sustainable Personal Finance tells us to stop smoking. How to Save Money clarifies for us what is appropriate to discuss with our children when it comes to our finances.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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” Her comment was echoed by another (in real life) conversation I was having with a different friend who is sending a child off to college this fall. I know there are many reasons for the dire savings rates: kids, household projects, kids, pets, kids, caring for an aging parent, kids, medical issues, and kids.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After that, while you all primed and interested in personal finance, continue and read the awesome articles that were written across the web this week regarding personal finance and enhancing your lifestyle. Personal Finance Journey : Should You Leave a Life Insurance Policy to Your Kids?

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Needs vs. Wants – Which Is Which?

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Attention, personal finance readers and gurus! If she wanted to talk to someone, she walked on over and had a conversation, or hitched the mule up to the wagon and rode over. The double seat outhouse worked fine during the day and a chamber pot worked for us kids at night in the house. Really, are you sure ?

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African Safaris, Gorilla Treks, and Blogcation

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Ever since I was a kid I have always wanted to go to Africa. Here is the plan: The amazing, talented, kind hearted, close friends of mine Mr. and Mrs. SPF from Sustainable Personal Finance will be holding down the fort while I am away. On Saturday we will be on a plane headed to a continent I have never been to before.