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College Savings Plans Make the Grade
With the cost of higher education continually rising, it’s more important than ever to get an early start saving for a child’s college education. (read the story...)

Child Versus Checkbook - The Economics of Enrichment
The urge to provide everything possible for our children runs so deep that it can be hard to separate what they need from what they want, not to mention what we want for them. (read the story...)

Stocks as Stocking Stuffers for Christmas and Hanukah?
Many parents and grandparents are looking for ways to give their children something a bit more practical and enduring than the latest battery-operated toy. Strange as it may sound, the answer might lie, not in the aisles of Toys R Us, but in the stock market. (read the story...)

Have Yourself a Budget-Friendly Holiday - Top 10 Toys Under $20
This holiday season, you may have to cut back your spending on gifts for your children and your family. Here are the top 10 holiday toys, under $20. Your children will still love these great holiday toys, and your family will love the price and the savings. (read the story...)

Teaching Children about Finance
Starting financial planning when kids are young will help them establish good habits that will last the rest of their lives. (read the story...)

Kidpreneurs: 10 Tips for Managing Kids and Money
We live in a “Want, Therefore-I-Get” society. Our children completely understand that concept. (read the story...)

Should You Insure Your Children?
Many people find the idea of insuring their children to be somewhat distasteful—or downright offensive. But purchasing a permanent life insurance policy for your child today could give them a financial head start tomorrow. (read the story...)

My Precious Little Tax Deduction
My daughter is my pride and joy. But as a tax professional, I have only recently focused on all the tax benefits my family can now enjoy because of our addition. (read the story...)

Make Your Green Even Greener
How your investments can fight climate change… and fund solutions! (read the story...)

The Special Needs Trust: Protecting Your Special Needs Child
Parenting a special needs child can be a wonderful and challenging task. But while you may be meeting your child’s needs at present, how do you ensure their needs will be met in the future? One way is by creating a Supplemental or Special Needs Trust. (read the story...)

A Helping Hand
A new school year presents a shopping list of supplies for back-to-school. For most children, this can be an exciting time. But for many Rockland County children and their parents, back-to-school is filled with trepidation because they can’t afford the necessary supplies. (read the story...)

Sometimes, kids need a ‘Jumpstart’
Upper East Side mom Crystal McCrary Anthony has had not one, but two successful careers. (read the story...)

Making Allowances
Parents have been handing out allowances for generations, and no one has come up with a significantly better way to give kids the chance to manage money. (read the story...)

Good Cents Credit Card for Kids
Now there’s a pre-paid MasterCard — created for kids and teens. (read the story...)

Life Insurance
Make sure you avoid estate tax. (read the story...)

Purchasing a Home?
Don’t forget to test for environmental hazards (read the story...)

What’s Your MONEY ATTITUDE?
Are you a Saver? A Spender? A Builder? A Giver? Take our test! (read the story...)

FAMILY CAR BUYING GUIDE — Keeping Your Car Out of the Shop
Did you know that the single most important tool for keeping your car in good working condition, protecting your reliable transportation source and ensuring your family’s safety in your car can be found in your glove box? It’s your owner’s manual. (read the story...)

FAMILY CAR BUYING GUIDE — Minivan or SUV?
Style and stereotypes aside, both kinds of cars offer great family-friendly options (read the story...)

FAMILY CAR BUYING GUIDE — Save big on a used car
Suffering sticker shock over new car prices? Want more car for less money? Then think about buying used. (read the story...)

Childcare: Who’s In Charge? Nanny’s Not You!
As more middle class and affluent families become dual-career households, the pressing question arises: Who will provide childcare coverage? (read the story...)

Family Financial Update
The financial experts have differing points of view when it comes to kids and allowances — always debating whether to give $5 or ten. (read the story...)

Divorce Dilemma – Can I Still Qualify For A Home Loan?
Jill walked out of the lender’s office with the crash of her collapsing dream ringing in her ears. “I’m sorry, but you just don’t qualify for this home,” her loan officer had informed her. (read the story...)

Make a FINANCIAL Resolution:
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, costing $52.6 billion in 2004. The hectic holiday season presents an opportunity too good for many thieves to pass up, but it’s a major problem all year-round. (read the story...)

Making Allowances: Helping your child become a responsible money manager.
Money is burning a hole in my son's pocket. Yes, he just received his weekly allowance, and as soon as that cash hits his palm he is begging to go down to the neighborhood drugstore to buy something. The items he purchases make me cringe: one more set of baseball cards, to add to his already mammoth collection (read the story...)

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