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Grandkids

Nicoles Nickels

While he will be in the same room with her, he doesn’t really want her competing for Mom’s attention, or touching his things or touching him (heaven forbid!). She watches him constantly and emulates his behavior (both good and bad). Pennie''s Perspective Grandkids' Almost 2 years later not a lot has changed!

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5 Simple Ideas for a Special Mother’s Day at Home

Couponing 101

Pancake Muffins via Twin Mom Refreshed – Not only is this recipe is easy to make, but kids can help select toppings and add them to the pan! Here are some clever projects we love: Kid-Made Free Printable Mother’s Day Book via Hello, Wonderful – We like that this printable download makes it easy to share fun thoughts on Mom.

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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!”. It’s just fun!

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Should You Accept Family Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It is true that grandparents love to ‘spoil’ the grandkids (I know this because I am a grandparent). When my Mom died in 1996, her estate had to pay over $80,000 in estate taxes (which is around $126,000 in 2016 dollars). We don’t want our Mom or Dad to think that we just call or visit in order to get a gift.

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The 5 Most Important Personal Finance Lessons to Teach your Child

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Before you get ready to shove those kids of yours out of the nest, here are what I consider to be (based on my experience as a person, a Mom, and a Grandma) the most important things you (or someone) should teach them about personal finance. Here, told as I would tell it to my Grandkids, are my top 5 lessons. No one owes you a living.