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Here’s What You Missed at Our #SavingsAndDebt Twitter Chat

by Jessica Jones May 14, 2013

Did you miss last week’s #SavingsAndDebt chat? We talked about building your savings while paying down debt, as well as how various situations affect your credit score in different ways. #SavingsAndDebt was co-hosted by Credit.com along with experts Teresa Dentino and Gerri Detweiler.   Teresa Dentino pioneered financial education for women thirty years ago when [...]

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Join us for our #SavingsAndDebt Twitter Chat!

by Jessica Jones May 6, 2013

Are you trying to build a savings while paying down debt?  Join us, Credit.com, and experts Teresa Dentino and Gerri Detweiler for the GoGirl Finance and Credit.com Experts Twitter Party and get tips on saving while in debt. Prizes will be provided by Rhyme&Reason Clothing, Credit.com, The Financial 411, and ZilchWorks. We will be co-hosting [...]

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Everything You Need to Know About Money, Children, and College

by Erika Torres April 29, 2013

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In April, GoGirl Finance chose to focus on money, children and education. Whether saving for your child’s education or trying to come up for ways to pay for your own college education, we hope these articles helped you find the information you needed about college and money. Tips and Tricks to Pay for Grad School [...]

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How to Talk to Your Kids about Money

by Melissa Batai April 24, 2013

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Most parents know that they should talk to their kids about sex, but they try to put off the discussion as long as possible, and when they do broach the topic, the child has likely already heard plenty from friends, television and school. Other parents never get up the nerve to have the discussion and [...]

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Part Two: How to financially prepare for maternity leave

by Elizabeth Falke April 19, 2013

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Last week, we covered how to financially prepare for maternity leave even before you’re pregnant and how to start preparing your budget for a baby. We want to continue to explore more options that will help you prepare for maternity leave. The Family Medical Leave Act I announced my pregnancy at work 15 weeks in, [...]

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Outside the Box: How the Girl Scouts Teach Financial Literacy Year-Round

by Case Drury April 17, 2013

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It’s that time of year: when every trip to the grocery store means running the gauntlet of apple-cheeked girls hawking their delicious wares. “Do you want to support the Girl Scouts of America and buy some cookies?” With a popular product and the clever tactic of self-imposed scarcity, the girls seem like precocious mavens destined [...]

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Talking to Kids About Money: Real Parents Dish

by Guest April 15, 2013

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Check out what our friends at LearnVest are saying about talking to kids about money. Television. School. Osmosis. These are just a few of the ways that many parents would prefer that their children learn about finances—as long as they don’t have to bring up the sticky subject themselves. In fact, according to a study conducted by [...]

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Babies and Money: How to Financially Prepare for Maternity Leave

by Elizabeth Falke April 8, 2013

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Listen up, ladies. Here’s what you need to know about how to financially prepare for maternity leave. It’s a sad but true fact of motherhood in America: although dozens of other industrialized nations around the globe have government-sponsored paid maternity leave, here in the U.S., women are left to their own devices to ensure financial [...]

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Here’s What You Missed at Our #CrushStudentDebt Chat!

by Jessica Jones April 4, 2013

Did you miss our #CrushStudentDebt chat this week? We spent an hour discussing your student debt stories and various tools and resources to help you pay off and manage those student loans. #CrushStudentDebt was sponsored by SmarterBucks. SmarterBucks  is the first and only rewards program that helps you earn extra student loan payments on any student loan—whether private or [...]

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Join us for our #CrushStudentDebt Twitter Chat!

by Jessica Jones March 28, 2013

Do you have student debt? Are you a new college grad trying to pay off your loans or are you still in school trying to get a head start? Join us and student debt expert Jordana Stein for the GoGirl Finance Twitter Party and get tips on how to #CrushStudentDebt! Prizes will be provided by [...]

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