My daughter and my son just received two Easter cards in the mail. As he was opening his, my son, age 4, pulls out a piece of plastic and says, “Look, Mommy, a credit card!”. My wife and I exchanged puzzled looks – and I started to chuckle. “Son, that’s a GIFT card, not a credit card.” My son is…
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Tax Rebate Information, Cost Of The Delivery, And Other Odds And Ends
My buddy, Nickel, from Five Cent Nickel has written a couple of articles about The Tax Stimulus Plan that you’ll want to read. The first is about the tax rebate payment schedule and the second is about the official tax rebate calculator. After reading the articles, it looks like our check, for $1800, should arrive in May. This will work…
5 Ways To Teach Young Children About Money, Counting, And Making Change
I have two kids (and a third on the way). I’ve recently begun to teach my four-year-old son a little about money. He’s a bright child – and he’s very aware of his surroundings. He likes to ask questions and he’s pretty good about applying what he’s learned in one setting to the questions faced in another. Kids ages 3…