Comments on: What Little House on the Prairie Taught Me About Debt

By: Little House and Debt « Only Laura

Little House and Debt « Only Laura — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:42:48 +0000

[...] House and Debt I think this blog post about a particular episode of the Little House TV show is well worth reading. It supports an [...]

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sniper bidding — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:46:24 +0000

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By: LeeAnn

LeeAnn — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:56:48 +0000

My kids have a DVD with that episode. I also remember reading Laura’s later book after she was married and the trouble they ran into when Almanzo bought the farm equipment on time. The lessons from her father made Laura very uncomfortable about the debt.

By: cherylohio

cherylohio — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:52:39 +0000

thats the #1 lesson I learned from little house is you can be rich and be broke as can be. just be thankful for what you have in life….you don’t need more than that. love the show still and i am 37!!!!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:24:44 +0000

I too rent the Little House episodes and watch them with my daughters. We even got the next door neighbor coming over to ask to watch them after introducing her (she is used to every Disney flick that comes out at her house. I love the influence the show has had on my family.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:03:11 +0000

I guess I’m showing my age too as Little House On The Prairie was also my favorite show…I still say it was one of the best shows ever on television. I never really thought of it, but the show did provide valuable lessons about working hard and re-defining what “rich” really means. Thanks for this great post!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:21:46 +0000

I had to take a job recently delivering pizzas in the evening at age 42. Working with high school kids is extremely difficult. I don’t recall them being so nasty when I was in high school. One day one of them asked me why I’m not working a “normal” job. “When I was your age (man, I never thought I’d say that), there was no internet, they weren’t shipping jobs off to India, we didn’t have 500 plus channels of TV with crap on, there weren’t so many news channels that had nothing to report so they made things up to get ratings, and there weren’t as many lawyers as there are today. This is only temporary.” Its nice to have the old TV shows to remind you of how it used to be, so you can always remember how you used to do it when things get tough.

By: marie

marie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:26:59 +0000

Really enjoyed your article.

It’s true that we can learn a lot from other
people’s mistakes.

marie

By: cak

cak — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:20:22 +0000

Or you could listen to your parents. Or you could pay attention at school. Or you could listen to the 1000s of people out there trying to tell you not to use credit cards to buy things, especially things you don’t need.

But, at least you got the message in the end. I hope.

By: FourPillars

FourPillars — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:05:59 +0000

I’m embarrassed to say that not only did I like that show as a child, I still like it!!

Mike