For many school children Summer is ending this week. Malls were packed this weekend with the last minutes back to school. Along with going back to school it means there will be homework. The quality of homework will depend on the environment the homework is done. Doing homework or any kind of studying on ones...
It is just a couple weeks before Boise School District will start their 2011 – 2012 school year. Ms T finished her shopping for her back to school supplies and clothes. Last year and this year we has Ms T do her own back to school shopping. We gave her a budget and guided...
Remember a couple weeks ago when I wrote about setting up a budget for our daughter for school clothes and school supplies. The post was titled, Back to School – A Dad’s View. Well, a few days ago, we gave our daughter her money and went shopping for school supplies. We chose to do the...
Like any dad, I want to see the best for my children. When it comes to buying for back to school supplies and clothes it can be a bit of a tug of war. This increases as they get older. Girls more so than boys. I am talking about staying within budget! I am...
The other day, I was talking to a lady from the state of Georgia. She was telling me that she could not afford to buy a computer. She thought is was a luxury besides being a waste of time and money. A couple of years ago, I doing cold sales calls on businesses in...
In this post I am talking about lunches for elementary aged children. Why? That is the age range of our daughter. Since school starts Monday, we need to decide if your daughter is going to take a lunch or buy her’s. Last school year, our daughter was happy taking a school lunch. Then about...
It seems school was just letting out for the summer months. Now we are getting attacked by ads for school supplies for your children. Last night was our night to go out an buy all those things to get our daughter ready for the new school year. We could have look at each of...
Between cloths and school supplies a lot of money is spent getting our children back to school. Elementary age children are pretty simple in what we have to buy for them to get them back in the classroom. Junior High and up requires more than pencils, paper, and some nice looking cloths. Now they...
