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• Designing your life

  Posted Apr 03 2008, 06:07 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: College, Spending, Family, Wise Bread

  This post comes from Philip Brewer at partner blog Wise Bread.

  Key decisions you make -- especially when you're young, but also later -- have implications that ripple through the rest of your life. People treat these early decisions --  such as whether to go to college and what degree to get -- as if they were unchangeable. They put them in the back of their mind and look to the future.

  It's true that what's past is past, but there are good reasons to keep these decisions clearly in mind when you make future decisions. It's never too late to design your life. Read More...

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• Let your kids pay for their college education

  Posted Dec 10 2007, 02:41 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: College, Spending, Family, Saving

  Mighty Bargain Hunter writes about a family he knows with lots of kids, "somewhere between 'The Brady Bunch' and 'Cheaper by the Dozen.'" How will the parents pay for their children's higher education? They won't. Once the kids reach 18, they're on their own, and they've been told, so they won't be surprised.   Read More...

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• Children’s gifts: Don’t spend a lot on what they don’t want

  Posted Dec 07 2007, 06:40 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: College, Spending, Family, Giving
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  This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar.

  Over my son’s life, he’s received numerous gifts from me and my wife, his grandparents, and his aunts and uncles. We have many toys he doesn't regularly play with, so we’ve given a few away and have some in storage so we can rotate them monthly, giving him the enjoyment of having “new” toys to play with.

  His second birthday is approaching, and we’ve been thinking about what sorts of gifts are appropriate for him. What would he enjoy at this age? The surprising answer is that almost everything he indicates an interest in is very inexpensive.   Read More...

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