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Why Early Financial Education Matters for Your Child’s Future

August 19, 2024 by valplowman
2 parents and their child putting coins in a pink piggy bank

7 reasons early financial education is important for children. Learn why you want to take the time to teach your kids about finances from a young age. written by Rebecca …

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How I Feed My Family for Around $100 a Week

September 14, 2020January 31, 2017 by valplowman
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    In a recent post, I remarked how I typically spent around $100 a week on groceries to feed my family of 6. I had a few inquiries on …

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Choosing the Right Allowance System for Your Family

August 20, 2024April 21, 2016 by valplowman

I was more than a little concerned when my father-in-law sat my new husband and me down for a lesson on finances shortly after we got married. I had the …

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The Foundation for Financial Security

October 5, 2020April 20, 2016 by valplowman

It seems so easy on paper. You knew that when the day came, you were going to rock at the money side of life. The answer is really quite simple …

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Be the Master of Your Finances

October 12, 2020February 25, 2016 by valplowman

  When my great-great grandfather was about the age of 50, he lost the wealth he had worked so hard to accumulate all due to the falling price of sheep. …

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Getting Out of Debt is Not About the Math

October 12, 2020February 11, 2016 by valplowman

by Stephanie Hansen http://www.givingitgrace.com/ For the majority of debtors, lack of basic math is not the reason they have debt. In reality, it’s not about the math – if it …

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Avoiding Debt

July 6, 2019September 30, 2015 by valplowman

image source We live in a consumerism world. Often times we are like little Veruca Salts, demanding we want it now and don’t care how. We want the same standard …

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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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