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Personal Finance Curriculum for Middle School Math

I think most people are in agreement that financial planning should be taught in high school, if not before. An apparently little known fact is that the Treasury Department commissioned the University...

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Disaster Preparedness

Awhile back, we attended a neighborhood disaster preparedness meeting as part of the National Night Out. (We had an ice cream social, as well.) The disaster preparedness lecture was given by a...

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Fighting Consumer Fraud with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s mission is to make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans — whether they are applying for a mortgage, choosing among credit...

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Aesop’s Fables For Personal Finance

It amazes me that Aesop told his fables over 2500 years ago. Many are as applicable today as they were when he was alive. One of his most famous sayings. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, ”...

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Losing Track of the Value of Money

We recently spent over $2,700 for a “new” used saxophone for our son to play in the junior high school band. We also pay $40 for private saxophone lessons every other week. This is after an original...

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