My wonderful friend and blog reader, Tina, emailed me a suggestion for something to do with the kids this week based on an article that she read on MSNBC. The article is titled ‘Moms, teach your daughters about money too’ and is about a recently widowed woman who realizes that she, and hence her kids, don’t have the understanding that they need to manage the family finances when her husband passes away. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39689446/ns/today-money/ Now, I am probably the last person you should ask about financial matters. When I first graduated from undergrad and was starting my first real job, I got some advice from a coworker with who was close to retirement that has been my investment strategy ever since: “If you don’t know what you’re doing with your money, every time an opportunity comes by that doesn’t seem too risky, if you can afford it, put any extra money you have in it. That way, when you figure out how to invest well, you’ll have some thin...
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