Financial planning for children with special needs
When raising a child with special needs, you may face unique financial challenges and decisions when planning your future. Here’s what to know.
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Why you (yes, you!) need to prepare a will now
Creating a will may seem complex, but nearly everyone needs a last will and testament, and creating a will can be simple. Here’s why creating one now is so important.
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Eight new tax laws that are worth understanding
Taxes are complicated. And, just when you think you have a firm grasp on how to maximize your financial situation… a new administration takes over. Here are eight new tax laws that are worth understanding.
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Three types of insurance new parents should have
You may be missing something big— and we’re not talking about the baby bouncer. Here, the insurance every parent should consider.
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5 common financial mistakes men make and how to avoid them
There’s no better way to learn than from our past financial mistakes. A CFP weighs in on the common financial mistakes men make and how to address them.
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How to start 2018 off on the right financial foot
This expert guide features helpful tips and quick wins so you can accomplish your best financial year yet. This is your year.
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Should you tell your kids how much you make?
Often, when children ask blunt questions about wanting toys, seeing bigger homes, or being rich or poor, they’re dismissed as being “impolite” or told it’s “none of their business” instead of getting a truthful answer. This sets a lesson that money is a topic to be avoided or that it’s rude to seek out financial information that they’re curious about. One of the biggest financial lessons we can teach our children is how to budget responsibly and realistically. By the time a child is in their early teens, they should be more than capable of doing the basic math involved with household budgeting.
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How to teach your kids about money
As someone who is experiencing the joys of sharing a living space with a toddler (and sharing my physical body with another tiny, growing human), I know first hand the exhaustion that we experience as parents. Of course, there’s the adventures, fun, cute memories and things they say, but at this stage in life, being routinely tired is a part of every day.
This exhaustion can make it easy to think that there are lessons we can skip over, push to a later date, or trust that our children will simply “pick up” on their own without our guidance. The topic this most often occurs with? Money.
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Everything you didn’t realize you need to budget for when you have kids
If you’ve made the commitment to start or grow your family, chances are you know the excitement, stress, joy, and fear that come along with the decision. These feelings are closely followed by an array of questions regarding your finances and how to raise a child in general, that never seem to disappear.
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Financials Moves Gen-Xers Should Be Making Now
Hey, Gen-Xer. Feel like no one’s paying attention to you?
If you think it’s all about Baby Boomers and Millennials, you’re not alone. In fact, according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2014, Gen-Xers are indeed the neglected middle child.
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