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Economy Impacting Moms - No Kidding?

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Mom Central Consulting finds that the ‘economy is significantly impacting the stress level, spending practices and parenting decisions of American Moms’. The survey says: ‘Moms surveyed reveal that they are changing their spending behaviors due to the strained economy. While nearly 3/4 of Moms are cutting back on spending for their children, 26% of Moms say they're making significant cuts by no longer eating out (84%), by no longer buying items for themselves (76%), and by forgoing extravagant gifts (56%). More than a third are no longer taking big family vacations. ‘ It goes on to say that with these cuts, moms have more stress. Here is a link to more on the survey.Well, yeah. less money, more stress when the prices are so high for extravagant things like food!Thoughts? Anyone?

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