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- Kid to Kid: Recycling Kids Clothes in Santa Clara, California - Associated Content
- Teaching kids about money pays off - Houma Courier
- New kids' clothing store opens in Oviedo - Orlando Sentinel
| Kid to Kid: Recycling Kids Clothes in Santa Clara, California - Associated Content Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:22 AM PDT Last year a friend of mine told me about a cool new children's recycled clothes store that just opened up in Santa Clara. I mentioned that my young daughter was outgrowing her clothes faster than I could store them, and  Kid to Kid, located at 2666 Homestead Road in Santa Clara, CA 95051, is a store that you can sell your gently used kids clothes and either walk away with cash in hand, or get store credit. I told my friend this was too good to be true, and went to the store myself. She was not kidding and I now have a new local favorite kid's store. Kid to Kid is a small store, but not small on the quality of merchandise or service. The staff is wonderful and very knowledgeable of their inventory. You can make an appointment by calling (408) 244-2248, or you can stop by with questions. If you are going to sell clothing, they only allow freshly laundered items, preferably stain free and wrinkle free. (It will go from your hands to the racks if approved, and they like having their stock clean.) They accept sizes birth to kid size 8. They also accept maternity wear, cribs, toddler beds, strollers, high chairs, bouncers and playpens. If you are going to sell toys the little ones have outgrown, then please clean the toy(s) first before bringing them in. The cleaner and better condition, the more you might get for them. They offer great prices for the used goods, and if you opt for store credit, they will give you an extra 20%! I have sold them numerous items that both my kids have outgrown, and have used the money to purchase 'new' clothes, toys, books, shoes and even movies the same day. If you sign up for their newsletter and mention it when you are checking out, you get an additional discount, too. It is always best to call ahead, visit the store, or check their website to see what their current need is as it changes week to week, season to season. To visit that portion of their site, click here. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Teaching kids about money pays off - Houma Courier Posted: 11 Sep 2010 11:13 AM PDT For children, an allowance should be a fixed amount at regular intervals; the amount and frequency depends on the age and maturity of the child. Published: Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. Allowance advice Kids are never too young. Even a 3-year-old understands that if a coloring book costs $4 and he has only $3 to spend, he's out of luck.Keep chores and grades out of it. Chores and decent grades are part of the price of living with the rest of the family, a basic expectation. But parents might consider docking a child's allowance for failing to meet a basic expectation. The amount depends on the child. Come up with an allowance based on what your child wants to buy. If your 7-year-old likes Pokemon cards and a big pack costs $10, a $7 weekly allowance would get him two packs every three weeks. Does that sound reasonable? And the air of entitlement wafting around this type of kid - which only grows thicker as the child grows older - is linked directly to money. Teaching children how to respect and manage money begins with an allowance. "The only rule of thumb is a dollar per year of age," says financial expert and human resources professor Janet Stern Solomon, "but I wouldn't start at $5 for a 5-year-old in this economy." It's too much. Solomon wrote "Bratproofing Your Children: How to Raise Socially and Financially Responsible Kids" with her husband, Lewis, in 2007. Since then, a national financial slump has rendered money management an essential skill for people of any age. For children, an allowance should be a fixed amount at regular intervals; the amount and frequency depends on the age and maturity of the child, Solomon says. Younger kids should get a small amount each week; teens might get a larger sum once a month. But an allowance should never be linked to household chores. Cleaning your room, picking up after yourself, is simply pulling your weight in the household. You don't get extra credit - or money - for that, Solomon says. The same goes for grades. Studying and doing homework are baseline expectations. Parents shouldn't pay kids for good grades. That said, a parent might reward a child for a special academic honor; or pay for a special chore, such as cleaning the garage or weeding a garden, Solomon says. Saving is a big piece of the financial lesson. "You might give a younger child $5 in singles each week, so they can set a few dollars aside," Solomon says. Discussing family finances with children when they reach the age of 10 or 11 is another opportunity to make a powerful point. Solomon suggests starting with a big pile of Monopoly money that totals the amount mom and dad bring in each month. Tell the children how much each bill costs - the gas bill, electric bill, cable bill, insurance, mortgage and so on - and have them pull those amounts out of the big pile. "It's very dramatic," Solomon says. "When you start, there's a large pile of money. But by the time you're finished with the necessities, the pile is a lot smaller. It's a real example that there is only so much to go around." When you get right down to it, money management doesn't require real cash at all. In her book, "The No-Cash Allowance," author and blogger Lynne Finch outlines the system she and her husband designed for their own children. There's no cash involved because kids see cash as something they need to spend right now, Finch says. Under Finch's system, the child controls a virtual pool of money and keeps an ongoing account on paper or online. The money and responsibilities increase as the child gets older. "I wanted my kids to have an allowance," Finch explains, "but I didn't want them to think it was for whatever they wanted." Beyond a flat allowance or "weekly credit," the virtual account contains money for stuff kids need and want, such as school supplies, birthday presents, clothes and electronics. Let's say the child has $70 in the virtual account. Of that, $50 has been allotted for school expenses, leaving $20 for a birthday present to bring to an upcoming party. But once at the store, the child selects a $25 birthday gift. Should the child: Spend $5 less on school supplies and purchase the desired gift? Find a less expensive gift? Spend $50 on school supplies and wait until the following week to buy the birthday gift, when an additional $5 in "weekly credit" will be added to the virtual account? These are the painful decisions of effective money management, Finch says, and this is what children need to sort through. In a world that runs on debits and credits, they need to watch the money coming in ... and going out. "It's money parents would be spending anyway," Finch says. "So all parents are doing is transferring control and responsibility to children in a safe environment." Giving up that control can be tough for moms and dads, she adds. It's hard to watch your child purchase a flimsy toy or poorly made clothing. But dealing with the aftermath of a bad purchase is part of a financial education. It's OK to commiserate with your children if they ask for advice on a purchase, Finch says. And it's important to sympathize with them after a bad purchase. But let them control their own small financial destiny. "If they don't make mistakes now, they're going to make mistakes later," Finch says. "When they learn to drive a car, eventually you have to give them the keys." 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| New kids' clothing store opens in Oviedo - Orlando Sentinel Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:18 AM PDT  os-new-store-opening-20100901 Little Bird Handmade, Consignment and More has its official grand opening today at 87 Geneva Drive in Oviedo. The children's clothing and accessories store store features handmade items by local artists with a mix of consginment clothes.There is also an assortment of new educational clothes for children. "The store is a showcase for some talented local artists as well as a place where any mom can get a unique, reasonably priced baby shower gift or some inexpensive clothes for her kids," Little Bird owner Mary Brophy said in a statement. The grand opening celebration – which will include refreshments, face painting and a visit from a clown – will go on until 6 p.m. today. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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