People choose to be stay-at-home parents for different reasons. Maybe childcare is prohibitively expensive. Maybe you don’t like the idea of sending your child to daycare. Maybe you run the numbers and find that childcare is essentially the price of one person’s salary. Maybe your child has special needs that require more than a caregiver
Becoming a parent means taking on a whole new level of responsibility. After all, you’ve now got a new life in your hand’s and your child is dependent on you for everything. While the list of things you need to do as a new mom or dad is endless, there’s one essential item that should
At a certain age, many children have to deal with the financial mistakes their parents make. That could mean having to help them out with money, or even having mom and/or dad move in with you. Some families actually plan for that to happen. In other cases, there are limited options given the high cost
Kids are inherently expensive, even for the most frugal families and the most careful financial planners. And although your bundle of joy comes with a host of costs you need to prepare for, there’s no reason to make having a baby even more expensive than it has to be. Unfortunately, many parents make money mistakes
Teens and money seem to be mutually exclusive—if our kids don’t learn the right lessons early, they’re likely to make big financial mistakes. It doesn’t help that they’ve got to learn most of these important lessons before they enter college. But, as parents, we often don’t give our teens enough credit. They are quick learners,
Dear kids, We are very proud of you for getting into college! You’ve done a great job applying for financial aid and saving your earnings from your summer job. Now, it’s time to have “the talk”. Don’t worry, not that “talk”! It’s about something much more terrifying: money. We know that your savings and financial