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FAMILY CAR BUYING GUIDE — Keeping Your Car Out of the Shop
Did you know that the single most important tool for keeping your car in good working condition, pro...
FAMILY CAR BUYING GUIDE — Minivan or SUV?
Style and stereotypes aside, both kinds of cars offer great family-friendly options...
FAMILY CAR BUYING GUIDE — Save big on a used car
Suffering sticker shock over new car prices? Want more car for less money? Then think about buying u...
Childcare: Who’s In Charge? Nanny’s Not You!
As more middle class and affluent families become dual-career households, the pressing question aris...
Family Financial Update
The financial experts have differing points of view when it comes to kids and allowances — always de...
Divorce Dilemma – Can I Still Qualify For A Home Loan?
Jill walked out of the lender’s office with the crash of her collapsing dream ringing in her ears. ...
Make a FINANCIAL Resolution:
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, costing $52.6 billion in 2004. The h...
After divorce...Surviving the Holidays
Divorce. I have been there and done that, along with 19 million other adults in this country. Althou...
Making Allowances: Helping your child become a responsible money manager.
Money is burning a hole in my son's pocket. Yes, he just received his weekly allowance, and as soon ...
WHY NEW PARENTS NEED LIFE INSURANCE
When Nancy Ford Springer’s son Nick went to summer camp in the Berkshires almost six years ago, she ...
Five Lessons that Five Dollars can teach your child
Whether you’re saving for a family vacation, college tuition, or a new car, pinching pennies can be ...
Adopting Internationally: Local groups offer resources and support for all the special challenges
With so many families choosing to adopt children from foreign countries, many factors come into play...
The New Face of Divorce: A kindler, gentler approach (if possible)
Every other Friday evening, Sherrie*, a New York City mom, leaves work with a small suitcase. Inside...
The Bridge That Brings Families Together
Alexei acts like any other fourth grader. He listens to Jessica Simpson and shoots hoops with his br...
'Forever Families', Inspired by Noelle
Deb Capone tells people that when she adopted her daughter, Noelle, from Hunan Province, China, in 2...
The up-and-down market: Is this the time to buy?
As the stock market continues on a somewhat rickety rollercoaster ride, some of us have bailed out a...
International Adoptive Parents Stoic in Face of SARSMany See China Trip as Essential
Most parents will agree that the journey to becoming a family is a complex mosaic of uncertainties a...
For older foster kids,Finding a Way Home
By the time he was 15, Robert had lived in seven foster care homes and one residential treatment fac...
Protecting Children from Financial Fraud
It seemed simple enough for Jake’s parents. Eager to teach their 8-year-old son about saving money, ...
THERE’S A BABY WAITING FOR YOU! Westchester Parents on International Adoption
“My daughter is Chinese. She will grow up as an American but her heritage is Chinese and I want her ...
Credit Cards: the future trap
Did you know that 80 percent of consumers do not understand how the grace period on a credit card wo...
Winterize! (before the snow falls)
My husband and I bought an 83-year-old home in the spring of 1993. It was our dream house, and every...
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