Are You Financially Bullying Your Partner (or Vice Versa)? (VIDEO)
Bullying isn’t just a kid problem. Is someone picking on you financially? It’s a memory that never made sense to me. I was 15 years old when I got a job flipping burgers, and when I earned my first...
View ArticleThumbing for Nickels
Rob Azevedo watched as his father died broke, and sees his neighbor about to do the same. Is this the new norm for all of who face aging today? — My Dad died broke. We never knew he was broke until,...
View ArticleWhat Exactly Do We Owe Our Kids?
Tweet In light of a recent news story about a teenager suing her parents for college tuition, Larry Bernstein wonders what essential items parents should be obligated to provide for their children. —...
View ArticleShould Couples Share Finances?
Tweet Chris Hicke argues for couples to have both a joint account and separate accounts when looking at overall finances. What do you think? — A recent story in The Wall Street Journal asks a question...
View Article7 Challenges of Being Good Men in Committed Relationships
TweetUnrealistic Expectations Steven Lake Explores the Influences That Challenge Men to Remain Faithful — There are many challenges, both from within and from without, that threaten the health of a...
View ArticleWhile the Rest of the World Supports Families and Children, the U.S. is a...
America: We are behind the times, and it’s embarrassing. Nick Chiles calls for nation wide action. _____ Though too many politicians like to walk around pounding their chests about the superiority of...
View ArticleGiving an Allowance: Are You Raising a Shoplifter or a CEO?
Mike Reynolds considers the hypothetical extremes—the pros, cons, and everything in between—of deciding whether or not to give his five-year-old daughter her first allowance. — So, we’re going to give...
View ArticleShow Me the Money!
Joe Rutland believes that a man’s worth is not determined by the size of his bank account. — Without a doubt, one big area that causes me a lot of uneasiness in my personal and professional life is...
View ArticleYou Need This List: 11 Things Happy Couples Never Do
Could happiness really be about good habits? _____ By Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin for YourTango Happiness in a relationship takes much more than luck. It takes a conscious daily effort to put healthy...
View ArticleThe Empire That Doesn’t Strike Back – Athletes and Post-Career Wealth
Michelle Hill explains how athletes can avoid The Cycle of post-playing-career financial ruin, with advice that applies to us all. ___ So much for the horror stories of athletes making millions, then...
View ArticleConfessions of a Pay Phone User
View image | gettyimages.com How many life lessons can one man learn while putting in quarters? You’d be surprised. — Recently, I walked into a local grocery store here in Arizona to pick up a few...
View Article6 Money Lessons for My College-Aged Daughter
View image | gettyimages.com Living for the moment is great, until the finances catch up with you and the moment starts to suck because you owe a ton of debt. — My daughter Chloe is starting out in...
View ArticleCancel My Reservation Please … I’m Facing Eviction
A story of how one man finds himself on the brink of losing his home after many self-induced mistakes. — The doorbell rang last week while I was working on something. I got up, went downstairs and...
View ArticleHow to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck
View image | gettyimages.com Leo Babauta has a list of actions anyone can take to finally stop living paycheck to paycheck, and start living a financially stable life. — For a few years, I went...
View ArticleThe Most Powerful Question to Ask Yourself Around Money
Bryan Reeves learned the hard way that living in fear of money scarcity just creates money scarcity. One powerful question changed everything for him. ____ Just over three years ago, in 2012, I was...
View ArticleSecurity Breach: How the Government is Creating Zombies
Is your money safe? Brittni Brown examines how the government is hurting financial stability. — There are some times in teenage life where you can distinctively remember pieces of your childhood...
View ArticleSix Pieces Of Life Advice For Our 20-Year-Old Selves A Decade Later
Have you ever said, “If only I knew then what I know now…?”. Here are six pieces of life advice we wish we could time machine to our 20-something selves. Ever wish you had a “time machine“? There...
View Article‘Free’ College Textbooks: Not Really Free
Think free textbooks are too good to be true? You’re probably right. — I don’t remember purchasing the behemoth, probably because we never used it. While earning my Master’s degree, I had a coarse...
View ArticleHow I Learned To Stop Chasing (More) Money
View image | gettyimages.com Money should never dictate your identity as a man. James Woodruff discusses how a weekend vacation changed his views on finances. — On Halloween, I was sitting on a flight...
View ArticleMy Son Wants to Make Money. My Daughter Wants to Marry a Rich Prince. Here’s...
Getty Images Parenting is hard. Especially when you realize you may be reinforcing those stereotypes you don’t believe in. — I was reading an article in the New York Times titled “The Wage Gap Starts...
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