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How to Raise Money-Smart Kids
Probably, your above-average kid knows how to plunk out a Mozart concerto and ace his Mathematics test, but does he know how to craft a frugal budget and stick to it? Does he know the exact way to manage his multiple credit cards and pay an electricity bill?
“What Would Meg Do?” and Why It’s Never Too Late to Dream
Meet Mary Krell-Oishi. She is an ambitious mom who recently wrote her first screenplay for a project in a screenwriting class at the local college and, on a whim, submitted it to a writing contest.
Help Your Child Develop Good Writing Skills
So, you want your child to become a better writer. Good plan! The ability to write clearly and with ease is one that will help your child from first grade through the rest of his or her life. Sure, school will teach your child the fundamentals of writing (grammar, syntax, and such), but that wont necessarily make it easy or fun. Take-home essays and homework assignments can only help so much; the only way to become a better writer is to practice it over and over. Even as a college English major, I fully admit that writing is hard!
What No One Tells the Bride
I just recently got engaged to my boyfriend of a year and a half. Right in front of my family and half of my graduating class, next to a campus landmark, he asked me to spend my life with him. We celebrated with my family and shared the news with his family. Then he had to go home to LA, and I had to begin the month-long process of wrapping up my college life and moving to California. This was right about the time panic set in. Everyone and their brother began calling, emailing, and sending cards (some with money WIN!) and they all wanted to know when we were
Mompreneur Spotlight: Like Father, Like Son with Babiators!
Molly Fienning was on the flight line waiting for her husband Ted, a Marine Corps fighter pilot, to fly home from a deployment in early 2010 when she had the “Aha!” moment for what was to become the start of her entrepreneurial life. Molly describes the day: