Are You an Emotional Spender?

Do you know what motivates you to spend? For many women, shopping provides an emotional high, a way to avoid their demanding children or unsupportive mate, or a temporary escape from stressful lives. It also can put their finances in the hole....
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Two Incomes to One
This article is courtesy of HomeLife.

Thousands of working mothers are choosing to leave their jobs to stay home with their children. In fact, Census Bureau statistics show a 15 percent increase in the number of stay-at-home moms in the past 10 years. And while those statistics don’t report the number of working moms who want to stay home but feel trapped by the expectation of a second income, conversations with working moms indicate the number is high...
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Make Money Management a Joint Effort
This article is courtesy of HomeLife.

Is money causing problems in your marriage? If you answered yes, consider the root cause of the problem: Is it money or a lack of communication about money?
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College Savings 101

Having enough money to support their children is a concern that keeps some parents awake at night. Ranking high among the issues that create the most anxiety is how they will afford to fund their child’s college education....
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Dollars and Sense for Young Children:
How To Raise Financially Savvy Kids

Helping young children to understand the value of a dollar can be tricky. Your four-year-old may think that bigger coins are more valuable, or that a one dollar bill is the same as a one hundred dollar bill. They look pretty much the same, right? And because money is such an ambiguous concept—why do we exchange these flimsy pieces of paper for toys or food?—many parents don’t even begin teaching their children about managing money until well after the kids have started elementary school. But if you introduce this fundamental subject early enough, money lessons can become part of your children’s daily lives, making them more likely to grow into financially responsible adults...
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