12 Days of Savings Challenge

By Cole Purvis | January 13, 2026 | Happy Home
This year, try a 12-day family challenge to save money and give a little to those in need or to a cause that matters to you and your family. Each day brings one small savings act and one act of generosity. The goal isn’t deprivation — it’s building financial mindfulness and a giving spirit together. 

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Financial Downsizing: Thinking Outside the Box

By Selena Garrison | March 20, 2025 | Life
Over the past few years, my husband and I have been in a gradual financial downsizing process, necessitated by our desire for me to be home with our kids. When our first baby was about 10 months old, I started a home-based business to supplement our income, and one year later, I left my full-time

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Teach Your Kiddos How To Start Saving for Retirement

By Jennifer Jensen | March 13, 2023 | Blog , Happy Home
Most of us know the younger we are when we start saving for our retirement, the more money we will have when it’s actually time to retire. But, what some of us may not consider is encouraging our children to begin saving for retirement. According to the AARP, In the past, advisers have recommended having

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Help Your Kids Make Sense of Money

By Selena Garrison | March 6, 2023 | Articles , Conception 2 College , Kids
Yesterday, I was in the bank drive-thru depositing some checks, when my almost-6-year-old piped up from the back seat, “Momma, why do you have to put your papers in that tube thing?” I explained that the “papers” were actually money that Mommy and Daddy got from working. We had to put them in the bank

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Helping Your Kids Make Sense of Dollars and Cents

By Kendra Miller | April 20, 2022 | Happy Home
You want your children to be safe and happy and possess the skills needed to navigate successfully through life. According to Sam X. Renick, an award-winning author and co-creator of Sammy Rabbit, a children’s financial literacy initiative, one of the best foundations you can lay for your kids to do well in life is teaching good money

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