Archive for the ‘kids’ Category
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Someone recently asked me what advice I would offer up to a teenager. It's hard to pick just one thing, but my response was that I would ask a teenager to make up a budget for their life immediately after college. How much debt will they have, and what will ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
My wife and I were blessed by receiving car seats at one of our baby showers, and we installed them this past weekend. The problem is they barely fit. And I do mean barely. My wife drives a Ford Focus, and I have a 1990 Honda accord. We tried the ...
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
I'm facing a dilemma at the moment. On the one hand I'm trying to be frugal by collecting kids items we'll need in the next couple of years. Friends have offered us items, and we've purchased a few items as well at a deep discount in most cases.
The issue I ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
I was in the grocery store the other day and I overheard a father teaching his daughter a few things as they shopped. It got me thinking how many teachable moments there are for kids in a grocery store. These include:
counting money
paying for items and counting change
knowing how much things ...
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