I received a great comment (and story) in response to my blog post yesterday about how successful having the money talk can be.
Here is what Ira wrote:
“Cute photo of you and the girls. I’m sorry that my parents weren’t able to teach me about saving because they weren’t able to save anything themselves. It was during the depression and they were both working to just put food on the table and pay the rent.
After reading an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal this weekend from a parent at A.N. Pritzker Elementary in Chicago lamenting about the school library closing, I was compelled to respond. After 8 years of working with hundreds of Chicago Public School teacher-librarians to bring financial education to students at schools that would otherwise have missed out on these essential life-lessons, I know personally how vital a role these educators play within the schools. So I wrote a piece which posted today on RightAboutMoney.com as my tribute to those hundreds of educators who have chosen to make a positive impact on elementary students in Chicago. We could not do this without them!
Forbes columnist Simon Constable gives a thumbs-up to our new “O.M.G. Official Money Guide for College Students” book as a great resource to help college-bound students and their families. Here’s the article – Enjoy. (We did!)
Holidays can be a challenge when living on a college or newly-minted college graduate budget. I asked my co-author of “O.M.G. Official Money Guide for College Students“, Allison Beacham (also my very own Millennial), to share her top tips on how to navigate through the holidays in a budget-friendly way. Here are Allison’s top 10 tips:
