1. Get married. Stay married. A husband brings home the bacon.

2. Be frugal. It is commonly believed that a man could provide for his household in yesteryear, but now adays a household needs two incomes. People don’t remember that the standard of living didn’t used to be very high. Abraham Lincoln grew up in a log cabin. However frugal you think you are, you can go further. Go ‘Little House on the Praire’ with it if need be.

3. Get government assistance. If you are being frugal and it’s still hard to make ends meet you probably qualify for lots of help from Uncle Sam. If your child was in public school, the government would spend a small fortune to educate him. The national average is $14,000 a year, per child. Homeschooling saves the government so much money, that it’s not a big deal if you get WIC.

4. Use any windfalls on necessities and homeschooling. When you get a lump of unexpected money, pay rent and buy schoolbooks. Also get chocolate covered pretzels and hair bows for the baby. (You gotta have fun.)

5. Ask for educational gifts. When Grandma asks what treats she could get the children, be ready with an answer. Be ready with a link. Grandma would love to buy her grandchildren refrigerator magnets, board games, art supplies, puzzles and wholesome magazine subscriptions.

6. Accept donations. Friends and acquaintances will offer to give you their old toys, books, clothes and kitchen items. Don’t turn them down. Occasionally, you’ll get a gem. Sometimes you’ll get decent things, which you will use. Often, you’ll get things that you’ll have no use for, and so you’ll have to give them to The Salvation Army. Let’s hope that God counts it as virtuous generosity when you donate weird things that you got for free to thrift stores.

You’ll have to donate a lot of the things that get donated to you.