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Mad Dash for Serious Summer Cash

by Michele Cheplic

15 May 2012 12:13 PM

My daughter is hunting for a summer job, so she can earn money to purchase this. She's seven. I told her that if she picked up her toys, set the table for dinner and help fold towels, at least five days a week, I'd give her $5.

No King at Burger King

by Crissy Brown

12 Sep 2011 09:15 PM

The other day we were driving home after running an errand and Jessie wanted an apple bag. She was very insistent about it. We passed Burger King first followed closely by McDonald's. She cried from the back seat to turn around. She was really upset in the back.

How to Help Your College Graduate Get on Their Feet

by Sara Berthiaume

28 Jun 2011 08:42 PM

If you are the parent of a recent graduate or of a child who will be graduating from college soon, chances are that you're just as nervous about his or her future as he or she is. There is plenty to be nervous about, including a sluggish job market and those enormous student loans.

Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse

by Crissy Brown

27 May 2011 08:34 AM

I need free and low cost activities to do with the children this summer. School's almost out and we're going to need to do something. As much as I love to sit around the house, watch TV, and work on my computer, the toddler will go stir crazy.

Money Tips For Kids

by Sara Berthiaume

26 May 2011 09:30 PM

Perhaps I did not listen closely when my parents tried to teach me about money, or perhaps I did hear their advice but thought that I could somehow be alright financially without following it.

Money Traps for Parents

by Crissy Brown

27 Mar 2011 08:20 PM

When we started preparing for our first foster placement, we were overwhelmed by the magnificence of everything baby. We did a lot of research and didn't want to spend a fortune. I take that back; we did want to spend a fortune, but we couldn't.

Should Parents Get an Allowance?

by Stephanie Romero

10 Jan 2011 03:45 PM

I will never forget the first time I heard a friend mention getting an allowance from her husband. I dismissed it as being something that they must have agreed upon because she was a stay-at-home mom. Then at another time I heard another married woman talk about her allowance.

Basic Financial Education for Kids

by tedgar

30 Dec 2010 10:35 AM

When I was growing up, money meant security. I grew up with the fear of not having enough, not because there wasn't enough but because that was the gist of my parents' conversations around money. I learned that you needed to get a good job, which meant one that paid well.

Work as Education

by tedgar

15 Aug 2010 09:31 AM

Why save for your child's future education? The education savings plan is an item of much philosophical controversy, it seems. Some believe that for a child to value education, she needs to work to pay for it.

WIC

by Crissy Brown

25 Jul 2010 11:37 AM

WIC stands for Women. Infant, Children and is a federally funded state run program for pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as children up to age five.


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