School Tuition
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How Do You Know When to Help and When to Run??
Asked by S.M. from Kansas City
on July 15, 2011
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So as most of you know I run my daycare 7 days per week. I keep 2 and sometimes 3 shifts depending on schedules for the day. Most of my families are really good abou...
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- First, I would never look for someone to watch my kids on Craiglist. Or would not let anyone I didnot know personally to watch my kids. But thats here nor there. Seco...
- Whenever I had to pay for daycare I had to pay Monday for the week. It was like that in a center and the private home daycare. If I didnt pay it then I couldnt bring t...
- its sad to hear that people do this and actually get away with it. my daycare provider has the parents pay ahead of time due to her past as well. luckily when i star...
Montessori Schools
Asked by C.N. from Chicago
on August 4, 2007
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I am sorry I want the best education for my kids, but how do you all come up with the money for these Montessori schools. I here constant raves about it but up to $16,...
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- I'm not familiar with the Chicago schools, but I know from experience that a lot of parents (even those who aren't "poor") get financial aid (or "scholarships") from s...
- Bottom line is that you have to do the best for your kids with the resources you have available. If you cannot afford a Montessori program, you look for another alter...
- I heard that CPS just started a Montessori program? I don't know anything about it though. I know that Near North Montessori is about 13,000/year, and I think it is ...
Who Pays for College...?
Asked by J.B. from Houston
on October 13, 2011
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Are we as parents obligated/responsible for paying for our kids college? In a perfect world we would all have started a college fund when they were babies and at coll...
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- This came up a couple of months back and I was absolutely in the minority that we take responsibility for our only daughter's education (plus braces, medical care, spo...
- In a perfect world I would gladly pay for college for the kids. In the real world they are going to have to apply for scholarships, get awards for sports or some other...
- If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. I think it's pretty passive aggressive for you to tell your son "I'll help you when I can." I understand your f...
Advise on Home Schooling
Asked by S.P. from Minneapolis
on January 28, 2008
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I have 3 children 6,3,11mo. My son who is 6 is currently attending Montessori preschool, I love the school and his teacher. The problem is that it is expensive and I...
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- Go for it. You can provide your children with an excellent education and still have time for yourself. I dont think moms are meant to be full time taxis. There are m...
- There are pros and cons to both home school and public school. I was home schooled until 10th grade. My mom taught at a private school for one year when I was in 4th...
- I want to tip the scales toward the side of homeschooling. I'm not at that point where I'm ready to start kids in school yet, but have been planning on doing that for...
Daycare vs Nanny- Did You Go from Daycare to a Nanny?
Asked by M.H. from Chicago
on October 27, 2011
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We have a 3 year old that needs to go to our town school and a 4 month old.. we have looked into daycare in our area and we just simply can not afford it.. so we are l...
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- We loved having a nanny. It was so much more convenient than dragging two children out the door every morning. She did everything - their laundry, making their food, c...
- Have you look into State assist programs available in your area for daycare? I can not imagine daycare costing 2800 a month. I mean that is a private school tuition pa...
- Have you looked at in home daycare. It is both cheaper than a daycare center and a nanny. Just look for someone in your school district. I only charge $35/day for i...
Post Falls Mom homeschooling.Good Advice Appreciated.
Asked by D.D. from Spokane
on March 4, 2008
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I have a very intelligent, self motivated 15 year old, 9th grader, begging to be homeschooled. We homeschooled last year at the end of Semester. We were in between mov...
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- Good for you for listening to what your daughter needs right now. I encourage you to look into Unschooling. A related book that I found very inspiring was "Free ...
- I've got the perfect solution for you... I just came across it a couple months ago and am going to do it with my daughter next year! I don't know where you live, bu...
- Hi D., I am a Christian homeschooling mom of 5 kids. I'm really just schooling my oldest 3 right now (10,12,13). My kids were in school and two years ago we started ...
In-laws and Taxes
Asked by G.G. from Odessa
on January 24, 2011
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I have been married for 5 years. My MIL takes care of the two youngest girls, takes them to school and picks them up after. Either my husband or I pick them up after ...
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- It sounds like they are politely or jokingly asking for a little compensation. Tell them you wouldn't want to get in trouble with the IRS, but I would ask what they t...
- Maybe this is their way of telling you that your kids spend too much time at their house and you as the parents don't spend enough time with your own kids... Somethin...
- Clearly, they cannot claim them on their taxreturns- even if they DO sleep over. Perhaps they would like to pay for their clothing and health insurance as well, just ...
Financial Aid / Student Loans
Asked by C.S. from Grand Rapids
on June 6, 2011
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Hi Moms!
I need some input about financial aid and student loans for our son who is getting ready for college. Are there any loans to stay away from or any specifi...
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- Well the first thing you want to accept is any scholorships and grants since you don't have to pay them back. Well unless junior fails or drops classes, my oldest did...
- When I got Financial Aid/Student Loans I worked through the school. At least where I went, a smaller private college, the financial aid office worked with me on what w...
- It depends on the loan. When I was in college, I had a Fanny Mae loan that I actually never saw any money, it some how paid for all my college up front, then 6 months...
Deception and Details......
Asked by A.W. from Jackson
on June 17, 2009
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My EXH has claimed 100% the daycare expense in the past four years of child care on HIS taxes...yet he bills me for 50%....{he invoices me for half expenses called SER...
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- I agree with Christy! Your child won't care one BIT as an adult who paid for what-but she WILL remember Who set the proper example and didn't try to "get one over on ...
- You say he bills you. Does he do this in writing? If so, have you saved the bills? Do you have the cancelled checks that you have written to him for day care? Are ...
- Starting this week, pay by check one half of the daycare tuition. You may need to go through your lawyer to do this. The check will be your receipt. If you are bein...
Savings for Baby
Asked by J.R. from San Antonio
on October 21, 2009
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I just had a baby 4 weeks ago and I have a good friend who wants to start a savings plan for him. My question is has anyone done this and what is the best way to do i...
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- Hi J., check out http://www.savingforcollege.com/ it has all of the 529 plans. You don't have to use one for Texas, you can use the best one to fit your needs. Congr...
- Hello, I have 2 little ones and a friend of mine said that the best one to join when the open enrollment is the Texas tommorows fund. He has it for his 2 daughters the...
- Robert at Fries Financial in College Station set up a 529 plan for us. He's incredibly honest and very easy to work with. Best wishes to you!
