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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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How to Get Over the Working Mom Guilt: Tips from an Entrepreneur

by Katharine Paljug February 20, 2013

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Whether you are an employee, a small business owner, a consultant, or a CEO; if you are also a mother, you find yourself constantly faced with the choice: provide for the family and children you love, or spend more time with them? When the things we love come into conflict with the way we earn [...]

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Understand the FAFSA: Improve Your Child’s Chance of Getting Financial Aid for College

by Guest January 30, 2013

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Today’s post comes from the Aristotle Foundation and gives tips on how to understand the FAFSA and improve your child’s change of getting financial aid for college. You can improve your child’s chance of getting financial aid for college by understanding the Expected Family Contribution. The Expected Family Contribution, or EFC, is a number that [...]

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Pregnant with Ideas: Mom-preneur Chats on 1/24

by Aleeka Kay Edwards January 22, 2013

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For most expecting moms, the stages of labor include pushing and contractions… not profits and contracts. Natalie Gordon was pregnant with her son when she embarked on the labored task of starting her own company. The online baby registry, BabyList , launched two weeks before her son was born two years ago and has already been accepted [...]

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10 Things Moms Can Do to Help Their Finances

by Guest January 14, 2013

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This post comes from our friends at LearnVest. The new year is a time to conquer any traces of “put-off-ability” because the longer you put things off, the more you’ll continue to put them off. Admittedly, some of the tasks that get pushed back the longest are the ones that can help your financial life. [...]

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