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As a stay-at-home mom, you know that your service to the good of the family is invaluable, but have you ever stopped to consider exactly how much you save your family in a given year? Follow along as we lay out the basic savings your job gives your family. Then sit back and contemplate your awesomeness!

Child Care

Although most people know it is unwise to pay in too much money in taxes every year, it's rather easy to do so. When tax overpayment happens, tax refunds are the result. This can often leave people wondering what to do with all that extra cash. Okay, maybe not wondering what to do (that new T.V. may be calling your name...), but it might leave you wondering what you should do with a hefty refund. Here are the basics about the wisest decisions for a windfall of cash.

Pay Down Debts

Here at MomVesting, we’ve started looking at the ins and outs of bankruptcy from an easier-to-understand, simple approach. So far, topics that have been touched on include assets, debts (including secured and unsecured), creditors and debtors. Today, we’ll touch on another important aspect of bankruptcy: exemptions.

What’s In It For Me?

This week was busy once again. Throw Valentine’s Day and a day out with a friend into my normal routine, and I’m just strapped for time! Fortunately, being busier than normal was very welcome: Valentine’s Day was lovely, and it’s always great to see my best girlfriend – especially since she’s leaving for a three week deployment in Italy on Saturday (lucky duck!).

All in all, it was a wonderful week, and I still found time to read a ton of awesome posts online. Here are some of the best. Enjoy!

The upside to couponing? Saving money, of course. The downside? Those piles of unused coupons. Whether you clip each coupon or keep the weekly inserts, there are most likely some coupons you didn't use before they expired. One obvious solution to help tame the mountain of savings-that-could-have-been is to simply toss whatever didn't make the cut at the store. However, before you give the round file a workout, why not consider collecting those expired coupons for a good cause?

There are a ton of toys out there that claim to teach kids any number of skills, from simple computers for your future techie to board games that encourage budding writers. For the future banker (or just a child who understands money basics), finance toys are available. But do they work? Let's take a look at a few.

Cash Registers and Play Money

February has a way of turning our thoughts to romance and dates and the like. While it's wonderful to spend time one-on-one with your siginifcant other, if you're a parent, there's someone else in your life who could benefit from some alone time with you: your kiddos.

MomVesting continues our path to imparting financial knowledge in our definitions series, and today’s post is about real time trades. This definition is actually one of the simpler stock definitions. However, despite its simplicity, there are a few things about real time trading to keep in mind. For that reason, we’ll cover real time trades in depth.

What’s the Real Time 411?

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and I am reminded to appreciate my husband for the wonderful person that he is. Not that I need an overly-commercialized day of pink construction hearts and red cupids to tell me that I am blessed, but it’s nice to slow down once in a while and take stock of the beauty and treasures in my life.

We plan to celebrate in a low-key way once again, as is our tradition. Maybe some chocolates and a nice dinner. Maybe some ice cream and a movie. One thing is pretty guaranteed: sugar will most likely be involved, since we both have sweet tooths.

Children are pretty smart. They pick up on things you'd never expect them to, like when you swear under your breath, barely audible to their little ears. But they also can pick up on the general meaning behind some pretty complex financial definitions, like inflation. Let's look at the ins and outs of inflation, through a child's eyes.

Inflation