The line between articles written by journalists and articles that are really ads paid for by a specific corporation may be blurry but we do not care, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Georgia, San Diego State University and Syracuse University. Turns out, we are totally fine with these articles that [...]
Ever wonder why you don't have a fancy summer camp fund for your kids? Blame it on your recent last-minute decision at the checkout counter to buy a bag of organically dried, chocolate-coated mango leaves. Impulse purchases, according to a study by slickdeals.net, of items such as food, clothing, and stuff for our homes, are costing [...]
Most of parents would be happy to encourage our teens' interests entrepreneurship, but according to a new study conducted for Junior Achievement and EY, our teens are not particularly interested. over 88 percent of parents are on board to raise kids who start businesses, but only 30 percent of these kids say they'd be willing to [...]
Did you fall for a tech support scam? If Advanced Tech Support or Inbound Call Experts pressured you into buying technical support services, you might be entitled to a piece of the $10 million a court just ordered the company to pay. The trick involved partnerships with software developers and also online ads, search results, and [...]
Amazon is returning more than $70 million to parents whose children made in-app purchases without getting permission, says the Federal Trade Commission. Yes, if your child was using one of these apps, which asked whether he wanted to, say feed animals or buy ice cream -- questions no child has ever refused. What's more, the ice cream appears [...]
Talk to your kids about money or they'll develop their own, false theories. When family finances change for better or for worse - with bank balances seeming to cause sickness and those reflecting sudden health - it would seem responsible parenting to protect our kids from the details. Why should they worry or - even worse - begin boasting about their family's [...]
Sometimes the sneakiest marketing is on a product's package, playing right into your earth-friendly focus when really, the words are distractions costing you more but helping much less. Here are the occasions when higher-priced products may be greener only when it comes to the money-making strategies of the companies selling them. Without oxygen, nothing is "biodegradable." [...]
Don't shoot the messenger here because it's the government (not the well-meaning financial bloggers) who calculate the cost of raising kids from birth to age 17. So yes, as you saw in our headline, this year's total is $233,610. For each child. (Though second and third and forth kids tend to cost less because the housing cost stay [...]
Yes, radiation is bad but no, a "shield" won't help. Reports from the World Health Organization have us terrified over the radiation traveling from our kids' phones to their heads, which means of course, there's a buck to be made. Some companies tell us they've developed shields that reduce exposure from electromagnetic emissions but [...]
Baby slings don't just look dangerous, they actually are very dangerous. In just over a decade, 17 babies had died Baby slings can suffocate infants, but even with new regulations. a few former precautions still apply. (17 too many) and 140 were injured. So the government stepped in with new regulations but that won't be in effect for more than [...]
