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How to Teach Kids About Checking Accounts

Money education is an important and sometimes overlooked lesson that parents forget to share with their kids. It is important for kids to learn how to budget the money they have available to them and how to balance a checkbook. When kids see mom and dad pull out credit or debit cards, they may not realize that there is more to managing money and a checking account than just swiping a card. Any money management lesson also gives you a chance to spend time with your kids, and to gauge their basic math skills.

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Check Out Celebumom Teri Polo's Pad

If you’ve ever wanted to see how a celeb mom lives, here is your chance. “Meet the Parents” star Teri Polo, mom of two, is selling her gorgeous Manhattan Beach, California house — and you can check it out online. The Los Angeles Times is showcasing the 3,000 square-foot house, which is going for $2.6 million, on its real estate page.

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The 2025 Measles Outbreak: Time to Call Your Parents and Ask for That Old Vaccine Card

If you’ve been doom-scrolling through the news, you probably already know—a measles outbreak is back, and it’s spreading fast. For many of us, measles was just something our parents dealt with back in the day, before vaccines turned it into a distant memory. But now? Well, let’s just say if you’ve never been so grateful for childhood immunizations, now is the time.