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Mom Life

8 Ways To Prepare Your Kids For Financial Success

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8 Ways To Prepare Your Kids For Financial Success

As a child growing up, I wasn’t taught much about finances or money. Luckily, I was a natural saver and I didn’t accumulate large amounts of credit card debt once I left the nest. I inadvertently learned my frugal habits from watching my single mother work hard to provide for me. My money lessons were unintentional.

Now that I have two children of my own, I don’t want to leave the fate of their financial success to luck. If you’re a parent like me, you’ll also want to make your children’s financial education intentional and a priority.   [Read more…] about 8 Ways To Prepare Your Kids For Financial Success

The Financial Costs Of Maternity Leave

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The Financial Cost of Maternity LeaveSo the day has come. I am going back to work,  after 5 months of being off on maternity leave. If you read my post about 3 Ways I’m turning my maternity leave into an early retirement practice run, I had big plans for my time off. I’ll admit, I was pretty optimistic about what I could accomplish and how I would spend my time. [Read more…] about The Financial Costs Of Maternity Leave

The 4 Ways Kids Change Your Financial Goals

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The 4 Ways Kids Change Your Financial Goals

Apologies for not posting and being a bit MIA but since giving birth to my son almost 3 weeks ago, the last thing I wanted to do was to sit down and “work”. With a newborn and toddler now, my free time is definitely limited. In fact, I had to sit down and force myself to write this post.

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