Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 19, 2013

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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Grandchildren Grandkids Kids and Family Parenting 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 13, 2015

I’m following a long range plan for camp content in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp and it includes all of these, focusing on different things at different ages. Here, told as I would tell it to my Grandkids, are my top 5 lessons. You need to learn how to talk money. No one owes you a living.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 13, 2013

We were preparing to go out of town to the grandkids house the next morning. It was a Thursday night, the 20 th of December 2012. However, one of the presents didn’t make it via FedEx in time and I was arranging with my neighbor to pick it up and hide it on my porch in a plastic trash bag. After the Fire: Do Not Touch Anything [link].

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Home Insurance Haggle Haggling 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

My grandkids were 6 and 3 and they really got into this! If you save money using passes or coupons or something talk about that. My Favorite Online money games for kids of various ages. Related posts: Teach Your Kids About Money Early On. 7 Ways to Save Money As New Parents. Entertainment Related.

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Money Parenting Kids and Family Gasoline 187

Saving Everyday

DECEMBER 13, 2016

I still completely crumble when I enter the baby section and am guilty of spending way too much on my grandkids. For example, if you shop at Kroger, you can shop their Baby Event , which is a two-week promotion with huge savings on nearly everything in the baby aisle. The Kroger Baby Event will help you save money on baby necessities.

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