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Ways for Busy Parents to Teach Young Children About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Use the below as a guideline only. If Daddy’s late or Mommy’s out of town on business – talk about what your spouse does, why they have to be late or out of town once in a while and how family uses their salary. We used real coins and Monopoly bills and their toys as store merchandise. Buying gasoline.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most of us did not have air conditioned homes. People opened their windows and used attic fans or sat in metal lawn chairs outside to cool off. Most of us did not have clothes dryers, we dried the clothes on a line outside. Some of us did not have central heat. They used aprons over them when they cooked.

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