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Expect More from Your Daughters

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

“ Did you know that in 2014, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 79 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 21 percent?” We should expect more, not less, from our daughters and granddaughters in the work arena. Why wouldn’t men want to spend more time with their kids?

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

Instead, he shared the story about Susan, a wife, and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby.

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Take Control of Your Retirement Planning in 2016

Family Balance Sheet

As the mother of two young daughters I can totally relate to delusional thoughts about fairies as I have been waiting for the cleaning fairy to stop by for years. It was my way to contribute to our finances while I was staying at home with her. This post is sponsored by Chris Hogan and Retire Inspired.

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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

I live just outside of Richmond, VA with my husband, 18-year-old twin daughters, and our two dogs. I currently work part-time from home, mostly behind a computer. ” deer on my street One of my daughters has significant health issues that are largely invisible (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and dysautonomia, including POTS).

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

Family Balance Sheet

our home with a GREAT interest rate so we are okay with it. working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. get better once I had my masters degree and could teach full-time. The biggest.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

My own kids were born in different time zones, too – one in MN, one in OH. I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! C with Finn, my parents’ dog Our daughter is 12, and very into the arts and science. We lived for 2.5

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

Clark, our cat, the day after we brought him home from the shelter. 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). This only happened after we stopped owning homes and became renters.

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