Family Life
Budgeting is the most effective tool for managing your money within the home.
Family Budgeting
Budgeting is the most effective tool for managing your money within the home.
What budgeting actually does is clearly show you how you allocate your money and gives you choices on what you and your family want to enjoy based on what you can afford.
It can save you and your family the stress of overspending and being too getting into debt.
Budgeting does not stop you from enjoying family life, it ensures that you enjoy stuff when you want it.
The money, advice and budgeting service have developed a very comprehensive and easy to understand tool to developing a family budget, this can be found at:
www.mabs.ie/budgeting-tool/
Early Years and School Life in Donegal.
Talking to your child about it as early as you can
Introducing books from an early age
Showing them from an early age where they will be attending school
Ensuring that there is a good bedtime routine in place before starting school
Let your child be central to choosing all the accessories they need to start school i.e. School bag, stationery lunch box etc
A list of primary schools in Donegal is available at:
www.schooldays.ie/primary-schools-in-ireland/primary-Donegal
Encourage discussion around it and look forward to it
Allow them time to settle in
Listen and talk to them and enjoy hearing about their daily experiences
Be alert to any problems or sudden changes in their behaviour
Ensure there is a good routine at home which allows a healthy balance of both study and free time
Control the amount of time spent on social media and computer games
Encourage healthy eating patterns
Most importantly keep in touch with what’s going on in your child/teenagers life
A list of secondary schools in Donegal can be found at:
www.schooldays.ie/secondary-schools-in-ireland/Donegal
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