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• Family of Five Brings in Seven Boarders to Weather Economic Storm

  My hometown is littered with old boarding houses, buildings that haven't housed more than one family in at least five decades.  But in this economy - who knows? Could boarding houses be making a comeback?  One New Mexico family of five has expanded to twelve thanks to seven boarders weathering the econmic storm in their thirty-eight thousand square foot house. Read More... Posted Feb 23 2009, 12:02 PM by JeanneSager with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: saving money, economy, extended family, Jeanne Sager, family finance, economic downturn

• Day Care Enrollments Plummet as Families Struggle to Pay the Bills

  New Horizons daycare center just outside of Chicago has seen its enrollment cut by 50 percent in the last three months. And a San Gabriel, California daycare saw its enrollment go from 51 kids last year to 15 this year. As the economy goes from scary to terrifying, parents around the country are being forced to cut back on childcare or pull their kids out of daycare altogether, relying instead on extended family or drastic changes to their own work lives. Read More... Posted Nov 08 2008, 06:13 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, childcare, expensive, childcare costs, economy, enrollment, day care, extended family, middle class families, aid, low income families, making ends meet, decrease in daycare enrollment, dangerous situations, new horizons, cutting back on childcare, working nights, day care costs

• Babysitting Co-ops: The Modern Extended Family

  In a society where extended family is often a plane ride away, free childcare sounds like a fantasy on par with winning the lottery. But many cities now have babysitting cooperatives that offer families a community-oriented way to get a night out without spending an arm and a leg. The concept is simple: you go out one night and leave your kids with a neighbor; then you return the favor. Read More... Posted Sep 28 2008, 03:24 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: babysitters, babysitting co-ops, neighborhood, extended family, free childcare, babysitting cooperatives