Kids

Best And Worst College 529 Plans From Morningstar

by Glen Craig

Morningstar has released their picks for the top five and worst five 529 college-savings plans. To make their choices, Morningstar “focused on diversification, fees, flexibility, and the underlying funds.” Here are the top five: – Illinois Bright Start College Savings Program – Maryland College Investment Plan – Virginia Education Savings Trust -Virginia CollegeAmerica 529 Savings [...]

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Saving Money For College When Your Children Are Older

by Glen Craig

I got an interesting question recently – How would you save for a kids college fund for kids who are 15 and 12 years old? A 529 plan or a Roth IRA? I think, without a doubt, a 529 is the better of the two. By saving there you immediately get a tax benefit. Keep [...]

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Five Gifts For Kids That Keep Giving

by Glen Craig

Ever have a hard time trying to find a gift for a child? Me too. Sometimes I find what I think is the perfect gift but it’s usually rare. Other times I feel like I’m just buying some little gadget that will amuse for a bit before it turns into clutter; just another toy in [...]

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My Daughter Shocked Me With A Credit Card Question

by Glen Craig

This past weekend my daughter made me do a double take! I told you last week about the post Your Children Are Watching. What Are you Teaching? by Being Frugal. In it BF talks about financial responsibility in front of your children and making sure they understand what credit cards are. So while we’re standing [...]

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My New Old Laptop

by Glen Craig

So I’ve recently inherited an old laptop. It’s actually very similar to the one I already have which is over five years old (both computers together only have ten more gigs than my I-Pod). There were two main reasons for the second laptop: 1) I wanted to use the battery as a backup for my [...]

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Emotions Got The Best Of Us At The Picture People – Review

by Glen Craig

So this past weekend my wife and I took the kids to get their pictures taken at The Picture People at the mall. We had a coupon for a free 8×10 portrait and since we hadn’t had pictures taken of our children together we thought we’d go (the little one is an infant).  We figured [...]

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