by Deborah Owens, It’s graduation time and we are extremely proud. Our daughter Olivia is graduating from college. We wrote our final check for room and board last month. Sending two kids to college over the past ten years has been a serious financial commitment that could not have been accomplished without investments made years ago. Sadly, far too many of us are not … [Read more...]
Personal Finance 101: 10 Money Messages Undergrads Need to Hear Before They Hit Campus
Yes, your child has been accepted! An excellent financial aid package, scholarship, work-study, or a combination of the three, I hope. He or she may be the first in the family to go to college or the first to attend college in the U.S. You've already warned them about the dangers of college life: sex, drugs, mindless recreational activities and the squandering of time. But … [Read more...]