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What would you tell your 18 year old self?

December 9, 2015 By Kelly 7 Comments

Yesterday my oldest child turned 18. 18. Officially an adult. Oof. I think everyone expects that to mean he’s suddenly a young adult, but adulting doesn’t work that way. It’s not a switch you turn on all of the sudden -blink- and you’re an adult. In fact I’m pretty sure you know exactly what I […]

Filed Under: Kids, Life Tagged With: birthdays, Kids, Life, parenting

9 Ways To Talk Alcohol With Kids

October 21, 2015 By Kelly

The conversation about alcohol may have started in your home already, but it’s not a one-time conversation. You have to be willing to talk alcohol with your kids regularly. Once you started the conversation you need to know how to keep the conversation about alcohol going in your house. I’m sharing resources, tips, and ideas […]

Filed Under: Health, Kids, Sponsored Tagged With: alcohol, ask listen learn, drinking, Health, Kids, parenting, Sponsored, wellness

7 Ways To Reward Good Grades Without Money

September 8, 2015 By Kelly Leave a Comment

Do you reward for good grades? With money or with something else? Many parents are confused about whether they should pay cold, hard cash for good grades or how they can acknowledge hard work without money. To make it harder rewards get a bad rap. Should you reward for good grades at all? While we […]

Filed Under: eBay, Kids, Money Tagged With: ebay, good grades, grades, Kids, Money, parenting, rewards

How To Get Your Kids To Do Chores

August 5, 2015 By Kelly

Chores and kids don’t always mix. Whether it’s the two-year-old that loves to dump out ALL the toys or the tween who whines worse than a 3-year-old you may find yourself struggling to get kids to lend a hand. What’s a parent to do? We called in some help. We interviewed Gregg Murset, father of six and […]

Filed Under: eBay, Kids Tagged With: allowance, chores, chores and allowance, ebay, Kids, Life, parenting

How To Talk To Kids About Saying ‘No’ To Alcohol

April 21, 2015 By Kelly 1 Comment

One of the most important things we can do as parents is teach our children how to live their best life. While the Centsible Life often focuses on the financial aspect I recognize that there are a lot of other factors when it comes to living ‘centsibly.’ Part of making wise financial decisions and living […]

Filed Under: Health, Kids, Sponsored Tagged With: alcohol, alcohol responsibility, FAAR, Health, Kids, kids and alcohol, parenting, Sponsored

How to Talk to Kids about Underage Drinking

April 16, 2013 By Kelly 2 Comments

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and The Motherhood  is working on a project with The Century Council to kick-start an online conversation about underage drinking and how we can  address this tough topic with our kids. This post is sponsored as part of that  initiative.   Recently,  I participated in a webinar and conversation with […]

Filed Under: Kids, Sponsored Tagged With: alcohol, century council, Kids, motherhood, parenting, Sponsored, underage drinking

What are the ‘Mommy Wars’ Really About?

April 11, 2013 By Kelly 1 Comment

The ‘Mommy Wars’ are a common theme in the media. Most women (and men) I know roll their eyes at the term, but are the ‘Mommy Wars’ real? In a recent nationwide survey conducted by MORE Magazine  and  Citi’s Women & Co  both women and men gave some surprising answers about the Mommy Wars. But, […]

Filed Under: Kids, Money Tagged With: Kids, Life, Money, parenting, work, work/life balance

Creating Holiday Family Traditions

December 6, 2012 By Kelly Kinkaid Leave a Comment

Creating Holiday Family Traditions

Everybody seems to have them, holiday traditions that their family seem to follow. People like family traditions for many reasons, but probably the main reason why families love family traditions is that family traditions can create a sense of security in a world that for many seems uncertain, and they are especially important in the […]

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: Family, Family Traditions, holidays, Kids, parenting

15 Financial Tips From My Mother…the Original Tightwad

September 13, 2012 By Kelly Kinkaid 7 Comments

15 Financial Tips From My Mother...the Original Tightwad

I always joke that I come from a long line of Penny Pinchers, Frau Frugals, and Tedious Tightwads, but quite honestly it is absolutely true. And probably one of the biggest influences in my own financial life is my mother, Penny Pincher Numero Uno. She is the quintessential Frau Frugal (yes “Frau” – she’s quite […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: frugality, Money, parenting, tips

Kids’ Choice Night

September 12, 2012 By Kelly 6 Comments

Several weeks ago I was on my own with the kids, and had a list of things that had to get done including a trip to the grocery store. The day wasn’t going well, but in the end we came up with a new idea–one that worked so well we will be using it again […]

Filed Under: Kids Tagged With: Kids, parenting

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