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Saving money with your children!

May 12th, 2016

At the risk of revealing my age, I remember the days of saving pennies in a huge Milo tin. It took forever for me to fill but when I was able to spend the money it was more satisfying since it was all mine. Although I have come a long way from saving in a [...]

How to entertain children on a budget!

August 12th, 2014

So it’s summer and that means the children are home for the holidays. Summer classes are over and they are begging you for some entertainment but the problem is you have no extra money! In fact summer is the worse time to spend a lot of money since in a few weeks parents have to [...]

The Price of Summer

July 24th, 2012

For many parents there is the ever present question, ‘How do I afford to feed the kids when they are home for summer?’ The cost of caring for children increases as being at home means they consume more food and beverages than if they were at school. Faced with rising grocery bills, many parents in [...]

How can we protect our children? (part 2)

March 31st, 2011

How can we protect our children? Maybe we need to return to being our brother’s keeper. Many parents seem to have no one to leave their children with when they run errands. Why not help by offering babysitting service? It might also make sense that someone has left their child alone that you alert the [...]

Are our children safe? (Part 1)

March 27th, 2011

Recent reports of several tragic deaths of children have deeply affected the consciousness of an entire nation. Although I am also shocked and saddened at their untimely deaths, I am angered by our inability to protect our children. I don’t like to judge others but it seems pretty clear that in some cases the tragedy could have been averted if the adults involved [...]

Shopping with kids (Part 1)

May 15th, 2010

Shopping with our children can be a pleasurable activity. Here are some tips to ensure that your shopping trip is a good one. Give children a job to do while shopping. Depending on their age they can be allowed to push the cart, tick things off the shopping list, put the items in the cart [...]

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