Homeschool Mom Calls Her Method The Worst Planning Advice You Will Ever Hear Then Explains Why Planning Her Whole Week Every Saturday Morning Works

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Most planning advice sounds the same. Color coded calendars, hourly schedules and a long list of rules that fall apart by Wednesday. One homeschool mom decided to do the opposite, and she opens her video by saying it may be the worst planning advice you will ever hear. Her next line explains why she thinks … Read more

Youth Sports Now Cost Families $1,016 Per Child For A Primary Sport, Up 46% Since 2019 And Roughly Twice The Pace Of Inflation, Before Any Second Team Is Added

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Any parent who has signed a kid up for a team knows the feeling. First comes the registration fee. Then the uniform, the cleats, the tournament weekend, the snacks and the gas. Somewhere along the way, you realize the season cost a lot more than the sign-up sheet suggested. A new national survey puts real … Read more

Donating Without A Receipt Could Cost You A Tax Deduction If You Itemize, So Photograph And Document Everything Before You Drop It Off At The Store

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Printed forms and a pen on a wooden table for donation records.

You spend a Saturday morning clearing out a closet. Coats, kids’ clothes, a box of kitchen gadgets you swore you would use. You load the trunk, drive to the donation center, hand it all to a friendly worker or slide it into a drop box, and feel wonderful about it. Then tax season rolls around, … Read more

Mom Found Three Things Making Her Living Room Feel Cluttered And Fixed The Toy Shelves By Swapping In Two Old Bedside Tables To Hide The Mess

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Anyone who has ever stepped on a toy in the dark knows the living room can become a second toy store when kids are in the house. One mom says she finally figured out why hers felt so cluttered, and the fixes she found were simple enough that most of us could try them this … Read more

Fake Payment Confirmations Are Tricking Facebook Marketplace Sellers Into Handing Over Items, So Never Ship Until The Money Is Actually In Your Account

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You list a good item on Facebook Marketplace and a buyer answers within minutes. They love it, they will take it, no haggling. Then comes the message that makes your heart lift: a screenshot showing the payment has gone through. You read it, you smile, and you start thinking about where to pack the box. … Read more

Reseller Paid Just $50 For A Whole Box Of Jewelry And Saved The Best For Last An 18 Karat Gold Piece Stamped Tiffany And Co

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Gold jewelry pieces laid out in a red tray from a box of estate jewelry.

Fifty dollars does not stretch far these days. For a reseller who goes by Kelsey Olive on YouTube, it bought an entire box of jewelry, and saved for the very end was a piece stamped Tiffany and Co. in 18 karat gold. “I spent $50 on this entire jewelry collection,” Kelsey says at the start. … Read more

Dropping Off Broken, Stained Or Unsafe Items At Thrift Stores Costs Charities Money To Throw Them Away, So Know What They Truly Cannot Use

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A hand holds a shirt on a crowded rack of secondhand clothes.

You finally cleared out the garage, filled the back of the car with bags and boxes, and drove to the thrift store feeling pretty good about yourself. You hand it all to the attendant at the donation door and leave, sure that you have done a kind thing. But some of what you dropped off … Read more

Kids Allowance Averages $13.15 A Week Among Greenlight Families And 71% Of Parents Give One, So Are You Paying Your Kids Too Much Or Too Little

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Every parent has been there. Your kid asks for an allowance, and suddenly you are doing math in your head. Is five dollars fair? Is twenty too much? What are other families doing? Greenlight has published some numbers that might help. On its Learning Center page on average allowance by age, last updated May 12, … Read more