Mother's Day Confessions: Lessons from My Children

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.

~ Rajneesh

I love the quote above. But I can see how some might interpret it as an endorsement of the idea that women are meant to be mothers and aren’t good for much else. It’s another call for women to give up [...] Continue reading Mother’s Day Confessions: Lessons from My Children





Friday Food for Thought: 10 Signs You Are a Bad Parent

If your own life is an example of what you don’t want your child to grow up and become, you are a bad parent.

~ Larry Winget

I often draw parallels between financial health, and health in many other areas of life. I’ve compared the noise from the media to empty calories. I’ve compared debt to an alcohol hangover. I’ve written about how good financial habits are [...] Continue reading Friday Food for Thought: 10 Signs You Are a Bad Parent





Love & Money: Rules of Engagement

Love is a game that two can play and both win.

~ Eva Gabor

Update: This post is included in The Carnival of Personal Finance CCXLIV at Len Penzo dot Com. Thanks!

Our Love & Money series continues today with a look at how to handle money with your partner. Conflict over money is always right near, if not at, the top of the list of reasons for [...] Continue reading Love & Money: Rules of Engagement





True or False: Compatibility = Similarity

Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1939

Update: Mr. Cheap over at Four Pillars has been running a series of posts on love and money last week and this week. I have really been enjoying them. You might too!

We continue our Love & Money series today with a look at compatibility. How compatible are you [...] Continue reading True or False: Compatibility = Similarity





Love & Money: Does It Have to Be One or the Other?

Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it’s greedy or loving.

~ Dan Millman

Update: This post is featured in the Money Hacks Carnival #104: Have You Ever? edition at Rabbit Funds. Thanks Adam!

This post kicks off the week prior to Valentine’s Day, so I thought I’d do [...] Continue reading Love & Money: Does It Have to Be One or the Other?





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