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Avoid These Financial Mistakes with Your Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lots of them are common sense – things like not spoiling your kids by giving them everything they want. Money may mean power or control or misery or any number of other things to you. Most parents let their kids have some kind of money – either via an allowance, a job or chores around the house or from gifts. Money is a tool.

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Healthy Habits: Navigating Life with an Eating Disorder

Motherhood Moments

This makes everyday life challenging for both them and family members. Fortunately, Alayna has an uncle who wrote a book, so she reached out to him right away for some direction. Uncle Mike connected us with a publisher who guided us at the beginning of our writing journey. Over 28 million Americans have an eating disorder.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Thanksgiving dinner for my extended family is a shared experience. She also roasts the turkey and makes the gravy and the stuffing, but my aunts, uncles, and cousins all bring a dish and/or dessert to round out the meal. Sweet Potato Bites at Cooking with My Kid. My mom hosts Thanksgiving. Let’s Talk Turkey. Side Dishes.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, we also need stuff for emotional support – stuff to remind us that we are part of a generations old family, that we have accomplished significant tasks, seen impressive places and conquered difficult situations. Kids will naturally accumulate stuff, even when they can’t buy it. You may throw some stuff away.

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Four Things I Learned When I Became a Grandparent

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Chances are, if you have kids, you will become one some day. Your kid is having a kid! My Aunt and Uncle used to take each of their grandchildren on a trip when they reached the ripe old age of 8. My Aunt and Uncle used to take each of their grandchildren on a trip when they reached the ripe old age of 8.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

So, you just keep it, crammed into the closet, back in the darkest corner of the deepest shelf – where it won’t be found until your kids hold the estate sale after you die! As it turns out, giving just may be a hard wired survival technique for humans. Her kids tell her what they want and I ask her. Not necessarily.

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Experience Based Graduation Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are some experienced based graduation gifts by which your student may benefit. Your Uncle is a manager at Walmart, have him take your graduate behind the scenes to explain the store systems and jobs. Rent a luxury yacht or car for the day and take them on a lets pretend voyage or sign them up for a rich kid camp.