Comments on: Teaching Your Children (and Yourselves) How To Live Within Your Means http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:32:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: How do small cuts in your family budget affect your kids? | Crunchy Domestic Goddess http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means/comment-page-1#comment-35403 How do small cuts in your family budget affect your kids? | Crunchy Domestic Goddess Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:35:32 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means#comment-35403 [...] at The Mom Crowd recently wrote Teaching Your Children (and Yourselves) How To Live Within Your Means and while it doesn’t necessarily have tips for how to cut back expenses, it does have some [...] [...] at The Mom Crowd recently wrote Teaching Your Children (and Yourselves) How To Live Within Your Means and while it doesn’t necessarily have tips for how to cut back expenses, it does have some [...]

]]> By: Amanda http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means/comment-page-1#comment-33755 Amanda Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:17:48 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means#comment-33755 @Amy - Hooray for you figuring out a budget!! Remember it takes a few months before you figure out what works for you. Taking that first step to see where your money is going and recognizing that credit card debt isn't great are huge first steps. This kind of thing gets me excited. Amazingly, there is freedom when you start telling your money where to go, rather than being tossed around by it. Keep it up! :) @Amy – Hooray for you figuring out a budget!! Remember it takes a few months before you figure out what works for you. Taking that first step to see where your money is going and recognizing that credit card debt isn’t great are huge first steps. This kind of thing gets me excited. Amazingly, there is freedom when you start telling your money where to go, rather than being tossed around by it. Keep it up! :)

]]> By: Amy http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means/comment-page-1#comment-33749 Amy Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:49:30 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means#comment-33749 We had never budgeted before. I had no idea how much we spent on bills a month, then what we actually had left over for fun stuff. Found out that's why we're in credit card debt. We were living beyond our means by charging it. Things are now changing! We had never budgeted before. I had no idea how much we spent on bills a month, then what we actually had left over for fun stuff. Found out that’s why we’re in credit card debt. We were living beyond our means by charging it.

Things are now changing!

]]> By: Smalltowngirl http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means/comment-page-1#comment-33701 Smalltowngirl Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:14:24 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means#comment-33701 This is a great discussion. We have been living on a "budget" since before we had children and I can tell it is good for them. While they still want things, they are used to not walking out of a store with purchases in hand. This is harder for my younger one but we stick to it! I think these are great lessons for children to learn at an early age. Very good advice. Thank you! This is a great discussion. We have been living on a “budget” since before we had children and I can tell it is good for them. While they still want things, they are used to not walking out of a store with purchases in hand. This is harder for my younger one but we stick to it! I think these are great lessons for children to learn at an early age. Very good advice. Thank you!

]]> By: Sharon M http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means/comment-page-1#comment-33393 Sharon M Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:53:37 +0000 http://www.themomcrowd.com/teaching-your-children-and-yourselves-how-to-live-within-your-means#comment-33393 @Dawn -- I did the same thing and graduated without a single loan! It was so nice to have that freedom. And as far as coupons go, I, too, wish that we could have them for basic stuff. I guess that's what WIC is for. But there are usually coupons for other staples; I'm also thinking about things like diapers, wipes, toiletries, etc. And, of course, ice cream (which is considered a staple in our house) :) @Dawn — I did the same thing and graduated without a single loan! It was so nice to have that freedom. And as far as coupons go, I, too, wish that we could have them for basic stuff. I guess that’s what WIC is for. But there are usually coupons for other staples; I’m also thinking about things like diapers, wipes, toiletries, etc. And, of course, ice cream (which is considered a staple in our house) :)

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