Category: Family

How to Help Your Kids Understand the Value of a Dollar

Young children tend to think money simply appears somehow and that their parents have an unlimited supply to spend on them. This is, of course, highly unrealistic, and part of your job as a parent is to help your kids understand the value of a dollar and grow into responsible…

Categories: Family

Hoping That Next Year is When You Retire Early?

Thad Schlaud

As we enter into a new year, maybe the dream of an early retirement starts to take shape in your mind. Maybe you’re researching when you might first qualify for Social Security retirement benefits (hint: for Social Security income, the youngest age when you can apply is 61 years and…

Categories: Family, The Market

Lies We Tell Ourselves

There are a lot of lies we hear that leave us confused about how to best handle our money, but it turns out someone else is telling us more lies that can hurt us, ourselves.

Categories: Careers, Family