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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In Huffington Post article Boomers Give New Meaning To Spoiling The Grandkids author Linda Stern reported: “Roughly 36 percent of the grandparents surveyed by AARP said “spoiling (grand)children by buying them too much” was a part of a grandparent’s financial role.”. It’s my grandkid!”.

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Ways for Busy Parents to Teach Young Children About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My grandkids were 6 and 3 and they really got into this! If they don’t use lunch money, talk about how their lunches are paid. Buying gasoline. Talk about various car expenses, besides gasoline, like oil, windshield washer fluid, mechanics, tuneups, tires, car payment interest and etc. Entertainment Related.

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