Forget lotto tickets: 20 money-saving tips from parents with lots of kids
Alert! Don’t read this while drinking anything hot or operating heavy machinery. The average cost of raising a child to 17 years of age is $297,600. Gulp!
With that in mind, I consulted the oracle of parenting tips – my Facebook mother’s group – and asked them for their number one money-saving tip for raising young kids.
Here’s what they came back with:
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5. Say "YES!"
Accept all offers of free help – babysitting, food, furniture, clothes, toys. You always need more of all that stuff!
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