GETTING DEBT-FREE

This will be my family someday! We are on a mission to be debt-free.....including the car and house! We have set backs and we have successes, but this is our plan.

Notice the sign the adults are holding.......it is something they had to work so hard to do...to pay off a house. Imagine the sacrifice that took! And now look at the sign the kids are holding (by the way, notice how old the kids are). As adults, when we get out of debt, we are changing our kids lives forever! Not only do they learn how to handle money, but they are afforded opportunities not otherwise do-able if we, as parents, are deep in debt.

Think about what you are teaching your children about money. I know parents that give their children everything, seductively teaching their kids that if they want something, they won't have to worry about earning it but rather, it will somehow just be given to them. Talk about doing unsuspecting harm to a child! Our motto in this house is, "Our kids will have everything they need, and some of what they want." And someday, hopefully, you will see a picture of us holding up a sign that says we are debt free!