Teen Issues
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Real World Costs Project:
The following websites are reliable but are not purchased databases (you need to figure out the citation yourself):
Apartment costs – apartments.com website – choose area of country:
http://www.apartments.comApartment costs – forrent.com website – choose state and type in city at top of webpage:
http://www.forrent.comApartment costs – St. Paul – AOL’s real estate website:
http://realestate.aol.com/SAINT%20PAUL-MN-apartments-for-rentApartment costs – setting up first apartment – My First Apartment website:
http://myfirstapartment.com/checklists.phpBaby Cost Calculator – I Am Pregnant website:
http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/encyclopedia/B/Baby-Cost-Calculator“Baby Costs” – article in Parenting Weekly online magazine:
http://www.parentingweekly.com/pregnancy/pregnancy_information/baby_costs.htmBaby costs – “Cost of Having a Baby” – Dr. Spock’s website:
http://www.drspock.com/faq/0,1511,8285,00.htmlBaby costs – “First-Year Baby Costs Calculator” – Babycenter website:
http://www.babycenter.com/babyCostCalculator.htmBaby costs – Living a Better Life e-zine from betterbudgeting.com:
http://www.betterbudgeting.com/articles/parenting/babysupplies.htmBaby supplies - Babies R Us online store:
http://www.babiesrus.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=2255957Baby supplies - Baby Supply – Comparative online shopping:
http://www.babysupply.infoBaby supplies – cost – Labor of Love website:
http://www.thelaboroflove.com/articles/how-much-does-baby-formula-other-baby-supplies-costBaby supplies – Great Baby Products online store:
http://www.greatbabyproducts.comBudgeting – “Budget Calculator” – youcandealwithit.com website:
http://www.youcandealwithit.com/budgeting_tools/budget_calculator.shtmlBudgeting – “Budgeting for Your First Apartment” – move.com website:
http://www.move.com/rentals/finance-and-budgeting/budgeting-for-your-first-apartment.aspxBudgeting – “Consumer Expenditures in 2007” – U.S. Dept. of Labor website:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htmBudgeting – “Cost-of-Living Reality Check” – Kiplinger online magazine article:
http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/starting/archive/2007/st0404.htmBudgeting – “Money Really Matters” from Teenager’s Guide to the Real World:
http://www.bygpub.com/books/tg2rw/chap1excerpt.htmBudgeting – “Practical Money Skills for Life” – See drop-down menu under “Calculators” at the top:
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/index.phpChildren – “Cost of Raising a Child” – Family4Life website:
http://www.family4life.com/daddy2be/d2b_baby_cost.htmChildren – “Cost of Raising Your Child Calculator” – Babycenter website:
http://www.babycenter.com/cost-of-raising-child-calculatorHome costs – Zillow real estate website – type in city & state, scroll to middle of webpage to see median price of homes – scroll to bottom to see graphs:
http://www.zillow.comMortgage calculator:
http://www.mortgagecalculator.orgSalaries – “Minimum Wage Laws” – U.S. Dept. of Labor:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htmUtilities – “Energy Saving Calculators” – Xcel Energy’s website
(Click blue log-in box):
http://www.energyguide.com/ha/calclaunch.asp?referrerid=191&sid=459&bid=xcel&zipcode=55401Utilities –“Natural Gas Appliance Calculator” – Michigan Gas Utilities website:
http://www.michigangasutilities.com/home/gascalculator.aspxUtilities – “Online Usage Calculator” (monthly electric bill calculator) – Consumers Power Inc. website:
http://www.consumerspower.org/home_energy/billestimator.php_______________________________________________________
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