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Frugal Kids
Five Ways That Simple, Frugal Living Benefits Kids
by Laura Grace Weldon

frugal kids Sophie is a single mother raising a five-year-old boy. She’s working to establish her own house cleaning business after losing her job nearly two years ago. Sophie and her son live in a small trailer home.

Marissa and Jack run a thriving dental practice while raising five-year-old twin daughters. They live in a suburban home on several acres.

The five-year-olds from these families are at opposite ends of the economic spectrum. But their parents are raising them in remarkably similar ways. Frugally. . .

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Laura Grace Weldon is the author of “Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything.” She lives on Bit of Earth Farm where she makes tinctures, messy art, and according to her kids, too many experimental meals. If you are interested in contributing to her upcoming book about living simply with children, please use the contact form found on her website at www.lauragraceweldon.com.