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Are You the Family Bank?

Have you always been seen as the “responsible one” in your family? Did you save and invest responsibility through your 30s, 40s, and 50s, and now your grown children and other relatives are coming to you for money?  A study by Merrill Lynch in partnership with Age Wave reveals that three out of five people […]

SOURCES:

  • https://mlaem.fs.ml.com/content/dam/ML/Articles/pdf/family-and-retirement-elephant-in-the-room.pdf
  • http://crr.bc.edu/special-projects/national-retirement-risk-index/
  • http://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IB_17-4.pdf

Spending, Saving, Giving . . . and More

A friend of mine is blessed with two elementary-aged daughters. He and his wife provide them each a $7.00 weekly allowance with the following parameters: $2.00 is okay to spend, $4.00 should be saved, and $1.00 is to be giving away to a charity. These fortunate children are learning a basic principle for achieving financial […]

How Do You Celebrate May Day?

My third grade teacher, Mrs. Blevins, loved the first day of May. She was a teacher who loved pink – in fact, she wore pink every day. She was also my neighbor and her house was filled with pink. When I think of her, I remember a positive and thoughtful teacher who taught us two […]

REVIEWED BY: Joanna Rini, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Medina County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://muarchives.missouri.edu/mayday1.html
  • http://news.brynmawr.edu/2015/04/27/may-day-scheduled-for-may-3/

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