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When to Borrow from Your Loved Ones

As a parent, your first natural instinct is to help your child if they find themselves in any sort of distress. Your child feels the same way about you and would be first in line to offer financial help if you need it. Whether borrowing the money you need to see your...

Parents and Money: Things to Do in 2014

The new year is right around the corner, and if 2013 wasn’t the best year for you financially, here is your opportunity to rewrite history. As a parent, you undoubtedly have a lot on your mind. And with all your responsibilities, savvy money-management may fall...

Credit Protection Tips for College Graduates

College is a great time of life, but the whole purpose for getting that education is to prepare young people for the rest of their lives. What they do during those last couple of college years and the first years after graduation can dramatically influence the rest of...

Building a Better Student: The College Question

A friend of mine has a son who dutifully sent off college applications and was accepted by two of them. He then promptly announced that he really didn’t want to go to college. His father’s response: “You will go, like it or not.” In my opinion, you could easily swap...