Average prom cost tops $1,000 per teen
High unemployment, soaring gas prices and mortgage crisis be hanged: Americans are spending more than ever on the really important things, like the high school prom. A new survey from Visa Inc. shows...
View ArticleThe high cost of raising kids: It’s a struggle for balance in the mad dance...
Ann Flickinger lifts her daughter, Ellie, at the playground. After being let go from her job in December, Flickinger decided to stay at home to care full time for her daughter. Mary Flett is fretting....
View ArticleThe Parent ‘Hood: Cash-only gifts?
Your ‘tween daughter only wants cash for her holiday gifts. Should you oblige? Parent advice (from our panel of staff contributors): Sure. Why not? If she loves to shop, which clearly she does, this is...
View ArticleParents work to deal with holiday expectation
A new car, iPad, iPod and a ping pong table are the big-ticket items that top Tamara O’Shaughnessy’s kids’ Christmas wish lists this year. But O’Shaughnessy said that’s all they are: wishes. With her...
View ArticleLessons from the Lemonade Stand: New Year goals and mentorship
Each New Year presents goals we set to attain greater success. Business success is one of the most common goals set by adults each year, but thousands of youth entrepreneurs set these same business...
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Save Money at Local Spring Kid Consignment Sales
I’m always trying to find ways to save money especially when it comes to my kids and this is one of my best mom money saving tips….Shop and consign at kid seasonal sales! Our little ones only use baby...
View ArticleSingle mom money secrets: You’re not a poor parent just because you’re on...
It’s a cliche, but cliches are cliches for a reason: Single moms are poorer than married moms. I know this for a fact. I know because I’ve been a single mom for three years. I also know because I blog...
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75% off Baby & Kids Clothes @ Local Thrift Store
So kids clothes and styling my kids is sort of “my thing” or something I enjoy. In fact I adore fancy name brand kid clothes. I just don’t enjoy the price tag, especially since they grow so fast and...
View ArticleTuition hikes squeeze middle-class students
For the next three months, many college students will furiously work one job – perhaps two – to save the money they’ll need to get through the next nine months… Click to Continue »
View ArticleTop five excuses for spending money when you really shouldn’t
We’ve all been there. It’s Friday night and you’ve just gotten home from a horrible, traffic-filled commute after a dreadful, long week of work. The house is trashed, the kids… Click to Continue »
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