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. Global AIDS  Crisis Overblown? Some Dare Say So          By MARIA CHENG   November 30th, 2008 LONDON (AP) — As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.

The closer the holiday season comes the more dread I feel about it. I look at the toys advertised in the stores and in the newspaper inserts and it only makes me grumpier. My kids don’t need more toys. Trust me, they’ve got a never clean room to prove that point.

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Welcome to the November 30, 2008 edition of Kids and Money. There are 37 submissions, so this is a HUGE one. It will also be my last post for a week or so. The family and I are going to Disney Land. It's my almost-3-year-old's birthday gift. We're driving (yuck) but it's better than flying with two toddlers.

This article is part of my “Raising Money Smart Kids” series. You can read other articles in this series by visiting the Raising Money Smart Kids index page. The average family household in the United States has $8000 in debt. 43% of households continue to spend more than they earn and bankruptcies have doubled in the last decade.

This week I’m sifting through our email inbox to let you know what’s going on in the green parenting world. Not the Jet Set wrote us requesting a link exchange.  You’ll notice they’ve been added to our blogroll.  They’ve posted some great articles lately, such as ways to save money this winter and Can Kids Comprehend Value at Age 5?

I recently submitted a proposal to do some social media marketing to a restaurant group here in the DC area. The group has four restaurants…three are identical in name and menu and the fourth is Tex Mex. Nice places. I’ll call the place CD. Disclosure: I work part time in one of them.

Time for Chesapeake Energy’s Parade of Debt! Catch the Fort Worth Parade of Lights this evening in downtown Fort Worth. The fun starts at 2 pm with live entertainment, crafts for kids and adults, and freetonight’s Chesapeake Energy Parade of Lights, but don’t be fooled by the fact that Chesa...

Just in time for the holidays in this horrible time for all of us financially. Mary McNamara in the LA Times:As tempting as it is to feel smug while watching "Kids + Money" -- What is that mother thinking? What's wrong with kids today? -- these children are only spitting out the words we've put in their mouths.