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Saving money online and off

Kids are expensive. Damned expensive. If I didn't have kids, I could easily afford a vacation home on the Russian River and probably a whole stable of Land Rovers. Of course, then, I wouldn't have the joys of midnight diaper changes and being an ...

Tips for raising charitable children

Do you give? When are were you taught to do so as a child? Do your children? But, how exactly do we create a culture of giving in the home? It doesn't start the way I think about it--that scene from Mommy Dearest where Mommy makes Christina give ...

Investing for teens

Here are some tips on how to teach your kids how and, perhaps more importantly, why they should begin investing for the future. This is, of course, an important skill to learn, should they ever want to own a home or retire or pretty much anything ...

Money lessons

Growing up, we never had much money. Allowance was something my parents were okay with in theory, but in practice it was something we rarely saw. So I never really learned much about handling money until I was an adult. I'm still not what you'd call ...

Should California savings plan exclude children of illegal immigrants?

The California senate has introduced a bipartisan bill that would give every child born in that state a $500 savings account at birth. This money could only be used to pay for college or continuing education, as a down payment on a home or ...

Kids splitting the difference for college

Most of my friends were responsible for at least some of their college expenses for themselves. When I think about being able to go to college and not work 3 jobs and take out loans? That's a wonderful dream come true. The New York Times profiles a ...

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