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The following is a guest post by Sam Peters. Consideration was received for the editing and publishing of this post.

Money is an important concept to learn so introducing it to your children can be beneficial in a number of ways. Here are 10 steps towards instilling good personal finance practices in your kids.

1. As early as you can introduce your children to money. Allow it to take a role in their lives and allow them to see you manage yours as well so they will learn the concept of saving over time.

2. Speak openly with your children and try to communicate with them about the value of money. Try to instill into them that making your money grow begins with saving it and handling carefully. Also show them how you spend it wisely.

3. Set goals for yourself and do it openly for your children to see. If your kids are progressing into their teen years they are likely to be handling money so setting fundamental goals will keep them focused instead of spending on unnecessary items. Setting goals will also show them the benefits of saving and the motivation to continue practicing those habits.

4. Teach your children about the difference between spending on wants or needs. Again, instilling these principles early will help them grow to make good, healthy financial decisions.

5. Explain the surface of your finances to your children so that you set an example for saving over spending. It is important that you tell them your savings can gain interest income. Also that as they grow older they will have reoccurring payments which requires a good credit rating and steady income flow. Just explain the financial duties they will have will get the concept across that the accumulation of money is top priority. For more information, look into tips given by the Financial Educators Council.

6. Give your children an allowance, which gives them more responsibility as well. Not too much but enough that they can practice good saving habits. Encourage that they save but don’t order them constantly, allow them to grow their own healthy behaviors. Consider increasing their pay if they are doing a good job managing their allowance and if they are working hard for it.

7. Have your kids open a savings account to a bank or credit union. Have them start with regular savings and help them stay updated on their bank account through online banking and regular check-ins. Don’t stop them from withdrawing money from savings just help them manage their money without imposing. Look into how banks work for the right home for your child’s finances

8. Investing is another skill that people of the younger generation should learn. Set up an internal system between you and your children so that they can deposit a certain amount of money each month from their savings to you until they can pay off the price for a product they want.

9. Take your children to the grocery store, taking them shopping is always a good experience. Let your children buy one item on their own such as a favorite candy or drink. Or show your children the prices that they may not have knowledge of before. Spend wisely, mostly using coupons to cut costs. Before taking the trip to the store, look online or in the newspaper for daily coupons. Coupons are used elsewhere too, if your kids like Razor scooters and outdoor exercise then take heed to Razorama coupons.

10. If you and your family are in the mood for summer shopping then use Nordstrom coupons to get discounts on a variety of clothes. Regardless of what you are shopping for, compare prices so that you are finding the best deal for your dollar. Shopping wisely consists of a persistence to find the best price on the market.

These ten tips are just some of the ways to help educate your children on finances. What other tips do you have?

I’m always looking for ways to improve my skin care routine. I’ve been vocal about the fact that I’m an exfoliant fan, so when I had the chance to try out a bottle of Menthe Blanche Microfoliator Cleanser by The Doctor’s Wife, I couldn’t pass it up. Now, what is the difference between an exfoliant and a microfoliant, you ask? According to this explanation on their site, it is a combination of microdermabrasion and exfoliation that is meant to be gentle enough for every day use. So, how does it work?

The first thing I noticed about this face wash was the peppermint extract. When I applied it for the first time, my face tingled…and I mean really tingled, to the point where it was really uncomfortable and I had to quickly wash it off. Given that I have such sensitive skin, I figured this would be yet another product that I’d have to cross off my list. However, the product didn’t cause any reaction on the skin afterwards, and on subsequent tests the tingling was manageable. I’ve actually been using it every night for a month now, and while it is a tingling sensation when I put it on, it doesn’t hurt anymore and it hasn’t caused any irritation or problems. I also wonder if part of the reason it tingles so much is because I use it in the shower – it advised using tepid water while washing your face, but my showers are warmer than that, so I wonder if the warm water makes the tingling sensation more prominent.

The texture of this is a very fine grain – it’s an exfoliating agent that you can use every day, which is really nice. They say you can use it morning and night, but I just use it at night and it works fine for me. Again, since I have sensitive skin, I don’t want to go overboard and I kind of like having a different set of products for both my morning and night facial routine. I’ve become a real fan!

The Menthe Blanche retails for $59 and is available on The-Doctors-Wife.com. It’s hard to tell how much is left because the bottle is opaque, but I’d say I’ve used about 1/4 to 1/3 of it with nightly use over the course of a month.

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If you didn’t win our last rodent trap giveaway, don’t worry: This giveaway will be of interest to you! One lucky reader will win an Ultra PestChaser Ultrasonic Rodent Repellent Device, so read on!

Last November, I woke up one morning to find rat droppings in the doorway of my office. As it turned out, a rodent had made its way into the house and crept around that night. Although we quickly took steps to identify the spot they were getting in, repair the damage caused and set out even MORE traps, I was reasonably unnerved for some time afterwards, feeling paranoid that another rat might invade my space. That’s why I’m extra happy to have the new Ultra PestChaser, a unique device from our friends at Victor Rodent. This device looks a little like a boombox, but make no mistake – the rats in your home won’t be dancing for joy when these speakers pump out their song! This device emits a high-frequency sound that is only audible to rodents, and designed to be intolerable to them, encouraging them to get the heck out of Dodge.

The unit is fairly small, and plugs into any standard electrical outlet. It’s meant for indoor usage only, and the sound will not travel through walls or furniture, so it’s more of a one-room solution than a catch-all device. There is an optional LED light on the unit, but if you turn that off, you won’t even know that it’s on except for the slight electronic hum of the device running – you know, the same type of low buzz you hear anytime you plug an electronic device in. The sound which rats hear cannot be detected by humans, however you must never use it around rodent pets, ferrets, or rabbits; it’s meant to be safe around pets like dogs and cats.

Ultra PestChaser is meant to be a supplement to other rodent control strategies, such as traps. This would have been PERFECT for us back in November, because it would have given me extra peace of mind that rats weren’t going to be climbing all over my desk at night. It would have also been great for an instance we had where a rat was chewing the buttons off Jai’s computer mouse at night – it took several days to catch that rodent, because it kept escaping from our myriad traps! I’m going to keep it in storage and pull it out anytime we have rodent issues – I’ll plug it in whichever room I detect the activity and leave it there until the pests diminish.

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Congratulations to the winners of the Tri-Kill Mouse Trap giveaway, Natasha and Michelle!

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