6 Toys to Skip this Holiday Season
The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood is not impressed with the way "Hello Barbie" spies on our kids. While kids get excited about the holiday gift-giving extravaganza, toy companies are salivating. Sure, store shelves are [...]
Why Kids Who Play Sports Earn More Money as Adults
Kids who play sports grow up to make more money and now we know why. But we also know your kid doesn't have be the star player - or even on a varsity team - to reap [...]
Dietary Suppliment RECALL for LEAD and MERCURY
So much for trying to supplement your healthy lifestyle. Butala Emporium of Jackson Heights, NY is recalling eleven supplements because they contain elevated LEAD and MERCURY levels. If a child or pregnant woman is exposed to [...]
How to Spot a Crooked Charity
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The Price of Over-Parenting
Over-parenting, say researchers, is expensive and ineffective. Hands-on parenting is a good thing, right? Right! We didn’t have these kids so they could raise themselves, did we? No we did not. That’s [...]
Scam Alert: Fake IRS Calls
Here's your big opportunity to hang up on an IRS agent. Scam of the hour - to celebrate tax season, perhaps - is a call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, says the Federal Trade [...]
Aging Parents: Inheriting Securities
The last thing you want to do in mourning is learn about investment laws. Brushing up on some basics now can make this easier later. If you inherit securities, you'll need to know the price [...]
Bad News about Online Reviews
Sometimes online reviews are anything but objective, the government found. Today we slide "online reviews" into the vast column titled, "Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Internet." An automobile shipment company called AmeriFreight offered discounts and [...]
Your Kid’s Own Business
We want our kids to make money, but should we tell them to get jobs or start businesses? Here's what you need to know. Should we tell our kids or teens to get [...]
Our Kids’ Confidence Affects Their Adult Incomes
For our kids to make money as adults later in life, they need confidence now. If you’ve been operating under the assumption that it's the kids with rich parents who get a [...]