How Having Healthy Kids Will Help You Save Money

How Having Healthy Kids Will Help You Save Money

Raising kids can be expensive. And we may look for any number of ways to save money. For our family that means living a more frugal lifestyle and learning to let go of things here and there. It means living within a budget and making smarter financial decisions. It also means looking for ways to save money whenever possible. Sometimes that’s with our grocery budget or it might be with household bills. For us, it also meant that I would stay at home to cut back on daycare expenses. And while it may work for us, for other families it may make more sense to have both parents working outside of the home. Or, in the case of single parent families, the option just may…

Easy Ways to Track Expenses for a Family Budget

Easy Ways to Track Expenses for a Family Budget

Family budgeting can be difficult or at least it may appear that way which is why some families have an aversion to setting it up. Or you may just feel like you can’t live within the restrictions of a budget. In reality, a budget can be one of the more financially freeing things that you can do for yourself or your family. One issue though that some families run into is a good system for tracking expenses for a family budget. Maybe you just like to keep receipts or maybe you have a piece of paper to write things down on. Whatever the case may be, having a system for tracking family expenses and income is crucial for creating a family budget. Budgeting your monthly…