Child Care, Furnishings, and Savings Budgeting
Child Care, Furnishings
and Savings
•
Objective:
•
To understand how much you should
budget for child care, furnishings
and savings.
Child Care Activity 88
•
Do
not
assume that your parents or “
Grandma
”
will take care of your children!
•
Chances are, you will have to pay for
child care
.
•
Look at the chart on Activity 88 in the workbook.
•
Evaluate your
child care
costs.
•
Add the total and record: “
Total child care costs
”
[8].
Dependent Care Activity 88
•
If you indicated on Activity 77 that you are
going to care for a dependent other than your
children, (a parent or grandparent) you now
add that to your monthly budget.
•
If you don’t plan on taking care of a
dependent in your home, there is no need to
budget for them.
Furnishings for the Long-Term
•
Furnishings are linens, appliances,
furniture, and decorative items.
•
Furnishings tend to last many years, so
replacing them requires you to save for
the long-term.
•
Plan on setting aside enough money to
pay a large furnishing expense at some
time in the future.
Long-Term Budgeting For Furnishings
•
You want to save enough money to pay
cash when your major appliances wear
out.
•
In order to determine when we will need
to replace them, we need to know the
average lifetime and average price.
Life Expectancy of Furnishings
Life Expectancy of
Life Expectancy of
Furnishings
Furnishings
Item
Present
Age
Expected
Life
Expectancy
Years to
Replacement
Expected
Cost
To be set
aside
annually
Monthly
Budget
Washing
Machine
8
11
3
$370
$123.33
$10.27
TV
3
11
8
$625
$78.12
$6.51
Vacuum
5
15
10
$180
$18
$1.50
Refrigerator
10
16
6
$580
$96.66
$8.05
Furnishings Activity 89
•
Assume you already have the majority of the
furnishings you need.
•
Setting up a monthly budget to replace the
items which may break is needed.
•
How much annually do you think you have to
spend?
•
Divide that by 12.
•
Place figure on the, “Furnishing” line [10].
Savings
Savings
•
There are predictable things to save up for:
- house, new furnishings, children’s college, and
retirement.
www.CareerChoices.com
click on Saving for Retirement.
•
The unpredictable things could be: losing your job,
major illness or a new roof or water heater.
•
Rule of thumb:
Save at least 6 months of income
incase of emergency.
Miscellaneous Activity 90
•
You will need to save for some additional
expenses:
•
Save money every month for holiday gifts and
birthdays!
•
Will you have a pet?
•
Will you contribute to a charity or church?
•
Send your child to private school?
•
Will you need internet, TV, cell phone, or other
devices?
•
Add them up and put it on line [12].
Gain insights on budgeting for child care, furnishings, and savings through activities such as evaluating child care costs, planning for long-term furnishings, and saving for future expenses like major appliance replacements. Learn about life expectancy of furnishings and setting monthly budgets for replacing essential items. Start preparing financially for predictable expenses such as a house, new furnishings, children's college, and retirement.
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Child Care, Furnishings and Savings Objective: To understand how much you should budget for child care, furnishings and savings.
Child Care Activity 88 Do not assume that your parents or Grandma will take care of your children! Chances are, you will have to pay for child care. Look at the chart on Activity 88 in the workbook. Evaluate your child care costs. Add the total and record: Total child care costs [8].
Dependent Care Activity 88 If you indicated on Activity 77 that you are going to care for a dependent other than your children, (a parent or grandparent) you now add that to your monthly budget. If you don t plan on taking care of a dependent in your home, there is no need to budget for them.
Furnishings for the Long-Term Furnishings are linens, appliances, furniture, and decorative items. Furnishings tend to last many years, so replacing them requires you to save for the long-term. Plan on setting aside enough money to pay a large furnishing expense at some time in the future.
Long-Term Budgeting For Furnishings You want to save enough money to pay cash when your major appliances wear out. In order to determine when we will need to replace them, we need to know the average lifetime and average price.
Life Expectancy of Furnishings Life Expectancy of Furnishings Item Present Age Expected Life Expectancy Years to Replacement Expected Cost To be set aside annually Monthly Budget Washing Machine 8 11 3 $370 $123.33 $10.27 TV 3 11 8 $625 $78.12 $6.51 Vacuum 5 15 10 $180 $18 $1.50 Refrigerator 10 16 6 $580 $96.66 $8.05
Furnishings Activity 89 Assume you already have the majority of the furnishings you need. Setting up a monthly budget to replace the items which may break is needed. How much annually do you think you have to spend? Divide that by 12. Place figure on the, Furnishing line [10].
Savings There are predictable things to save up for: - house, new furnishings, children s college, and retirement. www.CareerChoices.com click on Saving for Retirement. The unpredictable things could be: losing your job, major illness or a new roof or water heater. Rule of thumb: Save at least 6 months of income incase of emergency.
Miscellaneous Activity 90 You will need to save for some additional expenses: Save money every month for holiday gifts and birthdays! Will you have a pet? Will you contribute to a charity or church? Send your child to private school? Will you need internet, TV, cell phone, or other devices? Add them up and put it on line [12].
