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Tax Tips for PTA Parents

By | March 28th, 2012|Categories: Kids & Money, School & Money|

You've donated your time, your money, and your sanity. Some of it's actually tax deductible.   If the amount you owe in taxes this year is making you want to stop volunteering and start earning a paycheck then remember this: the more money you make the more you pay the IRS. So while yes, the work you do for [...]

Whose Salaries are Higher and Whose Fell

By | November 16th, 2011|Categories: Mom-o-nomics, Other People & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The average American has more money to spend -- find out if you're average (you're not) We have more money! Well, that's what the government says, but it''s not entirely true. Not for all of us, anyway. (Please see chart.) Sure, thanks to us working more as prices dropped more, the "real" income  of the average American has grown from last [...]

Kid-O-Nomics: Start Teaching Kids about Money In Kindergarten and Keep Going

By | October 23rd, 2011|Categories: Kids & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Allowances, jobs, saving and spending, the lastest push in education is to get economics in schools. Here's what you need to do at home. BY THE HOME ECONOMIST This week in her after-school program, teen coordinator for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Miami Diana Perez will introduce to junior-high kids a few real-life financial skills [...]

Economists Care That Your Friends Will Be Buying New Vacuums

By | September 27th, 2011|Categories: Other People & Money|Tags: , , , , , , |

Here's A Peek at Other People's Shopping Plans Most of us think the job market is scary and our income outlook is bleak. So wouldn't you think we'd be clutching our cash tight in our worried little hands? We're not. It seems even more of us are planning to buy cars, homes, refrigerators, carpets and even more new vacuums (seriously? vacuums?) than in late 2007. And back then, our [...]

3 Priciest Cities and What Your Life Would Be Like

By | September 25th, 2011|Categories: Happiness & Money, Mom-o-nomics|Tags: , , , , , |

Facing the economic decision of relocating? Nice. But remember home prices, job salaries, and even neighbors will change drastically across the USA. In this week's cross country comparison, we bring you a few of your life in three of the nation's least affordable cities. Barnstable Town, MA  White Plains, NY Anaheim, CA Rank: 202  of 223 Rank: 223 of 223 Rank: 221 of 223 [...]

Today’s Most-Organized-Mom Helps You Find An Extra Hour Each Day

By | September 16th, 2011|Categories: Econo-YOU, Happiness & Money, Mom-o-nomics|Tags: , , , , |

No time for yourself? Follow these steps and find a few moments to spoil yourself.  Your job is never done, which is why it's hard to carve out an hour for gym and other seemingly non-essential life enhancements. Well, we say they're pretty important. So we got time management expert Rivka Caroline to teach us how to end the day with [...]

More Parents Using Their Kids’ Credit to Get a Car Lease

By | May 12th, 2010|Categories: Econo-YOU, Kids & Money, Mom-o-nomics|Tags: , , , , , |

If you're not bothered enough that people were doing this in the first place, take a look at the new numbers. By The Home Economist Parents using their kids to get cars. There's been a 28.9 percent increase in the number of parents asking their kids to co-sign for car leases, thanks to stained [...]