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How Single-Income Families Fight About Money

The Biggest Mistakes to Avoid During Open Enrollment

The Financial Guide to Becoming a One-Income Family

By Dave Baldwin

How We Learned to Finally Stop Fighting About Money

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Low or High Deductible: Which Health Plan Is Right For Me?

What's the Ideal Number of Credit Cards to Have?

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The Importance of Knowing Your Debt-to-Income Ratio In this edition of "Bank of Dad", we answer questions about debt-to-income ratios and the best way to allocate funds in your 401(k).

My 3 Secrets to Saving Money For My Son’s Future Raising a kid isn't cheap. Here's how my wife and I are making sure we still save and invest.

Kids Aren’t Learning These Vital Skills In Schools And It’s Hurting Us All. The effort to improve financial literacy in schools has stalled. Here’s how we can turn that around.

Divorce Costs $2,000 More If You Have Student Loans Unhappy marriages are much harder to dissolve depending on college costs.

The Best Budgeting Apps to Get Your Family Finances In Order Managing a family budget doesn't have to be a massive time suck.

It Costs $31,000 More to Raise a Kid Than it Did 50 Years Ago. Why? From food and clothing to housing and diapers, the percentage of a family's budget being spent on kids continues to drop. So why is the cost of raising a child still skyrocketing?

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The Myth of the Self-Made Billionaire Forbes called Kylie Jenner a self-made billionaire, which is objectively untrue for her as it is for even the most independent and successful loner.

Ivanka's Parental Leave Plan Puts All Parents At Risk It's a terrible idea.

Separate Bank Accounts Can Sabotage Your Marriage Separate bank accounts are becoming more common among married couples. They have their pros, yes. But they also come at a big cost: true financial intimacy.

How to Hide Money From You Ex During a Divorce Hiding funds during a divorce is a morally objectionable and highly illegal practice. That doesn't mean people don't try.

This $30 Piece of Financial Software Changed My Adult Life I owe so much of my financial well-being to this software.

7 Tips For Avoiding the Sting of Higher Gas Prices The average price of regular fuel in the U.S. is $2.96 a gallon and it's estimated to rise as summer sets in. Here are a few things you can do to handle the high costs.

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5 Questions to Ask Before You Finance a Car Everything you need to know about financing a new car.

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