Family Finances

Tending to your family budget is one of the best ways to protect your family from future debts, but the financial world can be confusing. All those terms? What does it all mean? We've tapped the pros for advice and information you need to build good credit.
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What Does Your Child Care Village Cost You?
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Families Feel the Effects of Inflation as a Recession Nears
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How to Use Airline Miles on Things You Need for Your Family
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Family Budget Secrets From Real Moms Holding the Purse Strings
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Buy More, Spend Less: A Year's Worth of Deals
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The Truth Behind 12 Money Myths
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New Survey Highlights Diaper Crisis in the U.S.
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USDA: Cost of Raising a Child Increased by $8,000
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Your Biggest Money Problems, Solved
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Easy Ways to Save Energy—and Money
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Parent PLUS Loan Debt Disproportionately Burdens Black Parents
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How to Explain Inflation In Terms Simple Enough for a Child
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I Hired My Mom To Nanny To Cut Costs—It Didn't Go as Planned
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How Your Parenting Style Determines Your Child's Financial Success Later On
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24 Cheap Summer Activities for Kids
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A Guide to Hiring a Tutor for Your Children
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No Kids Allowed: The Cost of Attending Adults-Only Weddings
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Planning to Foster a Child for the First Time? Here's What You Need to Know About Managing Finances
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My Husband's Insistence on Gender Norms Makes Being a Boy Mom So Expensive
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4 Ways to Stretch Your Homeschooling Budget
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The 2023 Family Car Buying Guide
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My Family Drained Our Savings to Buy a House in This Crazy Real Estate Market—And We Have No Regrets
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10 Companies Whose Policies Actively Support Working Parents
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These Are the Best Luxury Cars for Families
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Why Formula is So Expensive—Financially and Emotionally
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What to Know About Claiming a Baby As a Dependent on Your W-4
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A Family Guide To Buying a House
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6 Instagram Influencer Moms Spill Their Secrets
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Borrowing and Loaning Money With Family Members: How to Make Intrafamily Loans Work for a Mortgage
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Should You Talk to Your Kids About Money Troubles?
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12 Ways to Make the Most of Your Money in a Multigenerational Family
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The Pros and Cons of Installment Payment Apps
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Why I Budget for the Holidays on January 1
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How Parents Can Use Their FSA Funds Before They Lose Them to Pandemic Uncertainty
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What the Infrastructure Bill Means for Your Family Budget
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How Marginalized Single Parents Are Uniting to Improve Community Finances on Their Own Terms
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Raising Two Kids in Missouri on $168,000 a Year
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Introducing Entrepreneurship Early Encourages Financial Intelligence
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7 Financial Gifts for Kids
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How These Restaurant Owners Are Teaching Their Children About Generational Wealth
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The Best Places for Parents to Retire—if Affordability, Healthcare, and Recreation Are Among Your Top Criteria
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Why Are So Many Moms Solely Responsible for Child Care Costs?
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12 Tips to Help You Save Money on Gas
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Have You Budgeted Enough for Your Kids' Mental Health Needs? If Not, Here's How to Start
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What You Should Really Teach Kids About Gambling—and How to Have the Conversation
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Home-Swapping Saves Families a Ton of Money on Travel
How to Teach Kids to Be Less Materialistic
How to Teach Kids To Be Less Materialistic
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An Easy-to-Follow Multifamily Home Buying Guide
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Is Rent-To-Own An Affordable Way to Buy a Family Home?
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Why Do We Judge Other Moms' Financial Choices?
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The 10 Best Financial Podcasts for Parents
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How and When to Add Your Parents to Your Healthcare Plan
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Help! My Tween is Addicted to Buying Junk
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I'm My Parents' Retirement Plan: How the 'Sandwich Generation' is Providing Financial Support for Their Kids AND Parents
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The Year I Couldn't Afford Christmas Changed My Whole Approach to the Holidays
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Post-Quarantine Parents Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare for Financial Reasons—But is It Working?
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Navigating Financial Aid as a Single Parent: How to Get a Free Ride for your Kid
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How I Started Investing as a Not-Quite-Financially Literate Single Mom
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The 5 Biggest Financial Mistakes Young Parents Make
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Scholarships, Grants and Other Funding for Indigenous, Hawai'ian Native, and Alaskan Native Students
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The Most and Least Expensive States to Raise a Child
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How to Explain Exchange Rates in Terms Simple Enough for a Child