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4 Things Your Child Can Do Instead of Going Immediately to College

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At first, he may feel like he’s living the high life since, even at a minimum wage job, if he’s working full-time he’s likely making more than he’s ever earned in his life. This is an excellent time to see the world and become more independent. See the world.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. FINAL: We travel all the time for fun and work (budgeted of course) but next year we will cut it loose and do something insane like Europe. We are from Cincinnati, OH. We have a family of 4. Contentment.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. My biggest financial regret is the amount of money we spent on restaurant meals from the time we were married and both working full time to when we had kids. Our son is 29 and biological. Alan doesn’t share that regret.