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Raising a Philanthropist

Sep 04, 2023 07:56PM ● By Nikki Ducas

You are your children’s role model. It's never too late to instill a sense of purpose and joy in your children’s hearts when they give. Here are some ways to raise a philanthropist.

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Buy This, Not That

Jul 10, 2023 06:00AM ● By Nikki Ducas

It’s the dog days of summer and the kids are out of school. You are running them here, there and everywhere to keep them active, off electronics and hopefully happy. Like most moms, I start the...

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Teaching Teens about Debt and Credit Card Use

Jun 14, 2023 06:00AM ● By Nikki Ducas

I must sound like a broken record “If you don’t have the money, you can’t buy it.”  My teen is always asking how much he has in his spending account. He is often downtrodden when it’s not enough...

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Travel on a Budget

May 08, 2023 08:15AM ● By Nikki Ducas

Have you always dreamed of traveling to an exotic location but can’t seem to figure out how to do so without going into debt? Travel is expensive but there are tips and tricks to travel on a...

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Budget for Fun

Apr 14, 2023 05:00AM ● By Nikki Ducas

Having prudently built your emergency fund for life’s unpredictable financial hiccups, and your budget has a little wiggle room, the realization sets in that savings cannot always be for the next...

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Checks and Balances

Mar 15, 2023 07:17AM ● By Nikki Ducas

  Are checks becoming obsolete? From my personal experience, there are only four people/businesses that I had to put pen to checkbook for in 2022. This doesn’t mean I don’t write checks or need to...

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Date Night In 

Feb 13, 2023 05:00AM ● By Nikki Ducas

With tween and teen boys, my house is loud. I really do love the fact that my boys want to share everything they are interested in from the latest comic they are writing to what they are doing on...

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Teenagers and Money (Goals)

Jan 19, 2023 08:42AM ● By Nikki Ducas

It seems that every time my teenager has any significant money in his spending envelope, he feels the need to buy something now. As long as he can remember, we’ve talked about adding up his...

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Saving for What Really Matters

Dec 09, 2022 05:00AM ● By Nikki Ducas

When my husband and I were DINKs (dual income, no kids), we were carefree with our money and didn’t really budget for costs related to Christmas. With the security of dual income and no kids...

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Entrepreneurial Kids Make More Money

Nov 11, 2022 05:00AM ● By Nikki Ducas

Does your child have big ideas and even bigger goals? Do they think outside the box to meet those goals? If so, they may have entrepreneurial qualities that make them marketable to future...

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