The hardest thing about upward mobility – the so-called American dream – is attaining it. Perhaps the second hardest thing is this: Once you’ve risen from a hardscrabble upbringing and gained financial success, how do you pass the traits that helped get you there – hard work, accountability, passion and discipline – on to your… Continue reading Teaching Money Lessons to Kids Who Don’t Have It Tough
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Common-Sense Advice for Protecting Yourself from Financial Schemers
My friend’s mother, who is in her 70s, got a letter in the mail printed on official-looking letterhead of a familiar bank, which informed her that a long-lost account had been discovered. It had money that she could reclaim if she telephoned before a certain date. The woman had done business with that bank and… Continue reading Common-Sense Advice for Protecting Yourself from Financial Schemers