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Last month, MSNBC.com featured an unemployed father who took a firefighter job in Iraq in order to support his family. The website wanted readers to tell their own stories about the extremes they’ve gone to in order to make ends meet.
This week, they feature Todd, a North Carolina father of three who takes to the streets at night to dig in dumpsters for food and other items he can sell online. Sometimes, his 14-year-old son goes with him, which is great for Todd because the son can get in and out of dumpsters more easily than his dad.
It’s nasty and stinky and not totally safe. Still, you shouldn’t feel sorry for Todd. Continue reading »
Lou Scatigna, a.k.a. The Financial Physician, has a message for married couples: pay your bills together.
Couples who can’t agree about money are doomed to divorce, says Scatigna, who has worked as a financial counselor since 1983. To save your pennies and your marriage, you need to have both partners involved in handling the family finances.
To ensure this, he advises that couples sit down one evening a month and pay all the household bills together. Even if, like me, you’ve automated most of your bills with an electronic bill pay system, you still want to look at each one every month. Doing it together helps you both know what’s up with your money.
First it was the in-class birthday party. Now schools are kicking the bake sale off campus.
The reason? Say it with me now: childhood obesity. Continue reading »
The “we don’t have a sitter excuse” is gone for parents who were planning to scrimp on the vacation in the tight economy. To boost their numbers, a romantic resort for couples in the picturesque Poconos is offering to pay parents’ sitting bills for the weekend.
The northeastern Pennsylvania area is among the state’s most popular with tourists, but it’s got financial fears to go along with the economy too. Continue reading »
Ever notice the people who write to Dear Abby hail from the wussiest section of the society? We’ve just found a contender for nancy ninny of the week with this one.
A mom writes in to old Mrs. VanBuren to say she got into a car accident with her kid. The insurance company says buy a new carseat, and we’ll reimburse you. Dad says no, it’s a waste of money. Continue reading »
One of the largest public library systems in the world is slated for closure next month, and along with it will go after-school programs for Philadelphia’s kids, GED classes for drop-outs, the go-to source for books for school projects and everything else that makes libraries an enriching community resource for families. Continue reading »
The list of job losses keeps on growing, but for many there’s hope that they’ll come back. Except this one: the art of arcing a paper across a lawn from the seat of a bicycle is facing extinction.
The paper route as means for kids to pull together some cash is on the way out, Continue reading »
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