Planning for your child’s financial future can be complicated, particularly if your child has special needs. While some children with special needs will grow up to become adults who can look after themselves and make their own financial decisions, many will need a legal guardian and a financial plan to protect them. It may be […]
You’re tired of wearing concrete boots to a job you hate. And just as you’re cursing the boss in your mind, your little one runs into the room waving a Junior Achievement magnet from a class visitor today. JA is a volunteer organization that teaches kids how to be workforce ready, to be entrepreneurs, and […]
Within the past decade, the amount of money put into youth athletics has skyrocketed. I grew up and saw this firsthand in baseball. Clinics, lessons, travel teams all ‘promise’ to make your child the next big thing, but do they really deliver? The reasons for putting kids into these types of activities are different. Some […]
The global marketplace is expanding at a phenomenal rate. Yet, the American education system is moving at the pace of molasses to meet the ever-changing needs. Presently, the United States sits at the top rank of the world’s economy, but it isn’t a comfortable position. By 2020, everything may change – emerging markets are set […]
There are few things more glorious, or more disruptive, to your life than the arrival of a new baby. Planning ahead to help offset the financial havoc that can accompany adding a new member to the family is very wise. Without some consideration to the financial impact of raising a child, your hopes and dreams […]
Your kids take English, math and science in school, but do they take personal finance? And do you compensate by talking to them about money at all? Leaving them out of the money conversation leaves that door open to disaster later in life. But by talking to them now, you teach them that money isn’t […]
