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7 Apps to Teach Kids About Money

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A 2017 study found that disparities in financial literacy may account for as much as 40 percent of the wealth gap between those retiring with more and those retiring with less. The final destination in this digitized version of the classic board game is the yellow tile labeled “Retirement.” What is a busy parent to do?

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Multigenerational Communication & Cross-mentorship

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2017 there were 22 million administrative support occupation positions recorded in the United States alone! Whether I work with someone 20 years younger or older than me, I not only share and teach through my own work experience, but I also learn through their background and knowledge.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

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After launching an inclusive salon and accompanying philanthropic organization in Detroit in 2017, their next big project (they’re two of the advisors for First Women’s Bank) combines their decades of philanthropic and entrepreneurial experience. I learned that money is certainly power; it’s also security ; it’s also options,” Batts says.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. In her 2017 book, A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug , she writes, “There’s something liberating about realizing that owning your motherhood could give just as many benefits in public life as denying it.” Women of all ages are launching businesses.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. If I hadn’t lost my contract, I wouldn’t have learned anything about money,” she reflects. “I Now, Akpan makes it a point to ask people if they have a Roth individual retirement account.

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Thriving On Change

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I don’t know what is going on but everyone I have talked to is going through change, most of them are big changes like moving, career changes, health challenges, (lots) organizational change, and retirement. While some people see retirement as a good thing, my dad of 92 years old, who just retired, is struggling terribly.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. If I hadn’t lost my contract, I wouldn’t have learned anything about money,” she reflects. “I Now, Akpan makes it a point to ask people if they have a Roth individual retirement account.

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