Thrifty Mommy

January 11th, 2008

10 Ways to Teach Your Children About Money

Some of you may wonder how I learned to be so frugal.  To me, most of the tips that I write about seem like second nature or common sense. 
My knack for thriftiness was given to me by my mother.  We were not wealthy growing up and my mom did the best that she could to make […]

By Karen -- 11 comments

April 19th, 2007

Important Things to Teach Our Children

Char at Weary Parent posted a list of 13 things we need to teach our children.  Here are a few that I like:

We all make mistakes and can learn from them. [I’d like to add we can learn from other’s mistakes too!!!]
Not all gratification is instant.  Some things are worth the wait.
How to deal with […]

By Karen -- 2 comments