Saving for Tomorrow, Living for Today
Welcome to Money Saving Parent! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to receive daily email updates. You can also join us on Facebook! Thanks for visiting! Our family lives for today and saves for tomorrow and one way of doing that is to teach our children about money. There are several (Continue Reading…);
It doesn’t matter if my children are in college or elementary school, I still get to help the with their homework. Having worked in education and helped with homework for about 20 years I’ve found that there are a few ways to make homework easier for you and your children. Be organized and prepared. When (Continue Reading…);
This morning many families woke to hear of the tragic shooting event in Aurora, Colorado. Families, friends, and couples who had planned a fun filled night enjoying the newest “Batman” movie were doing what many of us do as we wait for the lights to go down and the movie to begin, using Twitter and Facebook to (Continue Reading…);
Have you ever heard the term “getting soft around the middle?” I find myself getting “soft around the middle” of the year with my parenting skills. My children get out of school by the end of May so summer starts early for us. By mid-June my parenting skills could use a refresher course, especially when (Continue Reading…);
It has begun. In just the few days that our children have been out of school, I have had to throw my own temper tantrums at the end of the day as I fight keep their toys, books, crayons and everything else the bring out to the living room to play with back into the (Continue Reading…);
I’m telling! Do too many sentences start like this in your household? Find out why and how to tame the tattler and still get the facts. Do you hear this a lot? “Mom! She . . .” and then the story unfolds. Her sister took her book. Her friend won’t let her swing. As a (Continue Reading…);
Driver’s education has begun. The many tight-fisted hours teens spend behind the wheel of a car with their driver’s education teacher can be among some of the most boring (hopefully not exciting) for many teens. But learning how to drive takes more than classroom and driver’s education experience, especially after learning that in 2011 teen driver’s deaths actually increased. (Continue Reading…);
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month These tips are courtesy of ESCAPE Family Resource Center (learntoparent.org), a 501-C-3, to help get the word out that April is “National Child Abuse Prevention Month.” ESCAPE offers parenting classes throughout a multi-county area (most classes available in English, Spanish and Chinese), to help break the cycle of child abuse and child (Continue Reading…);
The word “prom” can inspire fear, excitement, and exhilaration in every teen and their parent. Teens dream of perfect dates, dresses, limousines, last dances, and who will “ask me” to the prom. Parents have nightmares of sex in the backseat of a car or in a hotel room, drinking and driving, and of expenses that (Continue Reading…);
Heat the kitchen up with family fun as the kids get cooking in the kitchen using these tips for parents. Excerpt . . . Are your kids allowed in the kitchen? Mine are, and they enjoy it. Here are some ideas to help you get cook up some family fun in the kitchen with the (Continue Reading…);
