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I just turned 45 this month. Statistically, I have more years behind me than ahead of me. This means I expect a pass from younger readers (and sympathetic understanding from my peers) to indulge any overly sentimental writing impulses. My dad has been on my mind a great deal recently. Specifically, due to the illness of someone close to me, …
As a JV blogger looking up to my varsity role models, I’ve noticed that lots of folks seem to post photos of their children on their blog. I’ve always suspected their motives transcended vanity. As an evolving finance geek, this trend naturally piqued my interest: Could I pay my kids as child models on my blog and invest their earned …
This morning I took a hike with a friend through the hills along the California coast. My friend is a thoughtful, deeply intellectual academic, and our conversation turned to the topic of what legacies we hope to pass onto our children. Reflecting my current preoccupation, I said that I hoped to pass onto my kids the keys to achieving financial …
My daughter, a budding third grade artist, has begun to reflect on what she likes to do and whom she looks up to as a source of career inspiration. A few weeks ago, without prompting, she announced she was going to become either a teacher or an artist. This led me to do some soul searching about what kind of …
Growing up with immigrant parents, you find that certain “old country” practices your folks learned as second nature don’t always translate so well in the new country. Some concepts that would be perfectly acceptable in the home country were a little off here in the U.S. When my great-grandmother died while my siblings and I were away at summer camp, …
Inspired by this post from Mr. Money Mustache, the wife and I sat down to figure out how we could teach our children about money. At ages 7 and 9, we wanted to encourage saving and investing over consumerism and profligate spending. Over a series of sit down discussions with the kids, we were able to cover some basics and …
Photo excerpted from my daughter’s recent 3rd grade Social Studies test: Q: Why do you think that some people are better at managing money than others? A: Some people might want to retire earlier but have enough money for them to be happy so they spend less money. That’s my girl!
My wife was fulfilling her filial obligations last weekend by helping out her folks, which left me in the enviable position of heading up daddy day care for 24 hours. Because my wife is able to adapt her work schedule to the hours when the kids are out of the house, she is the logistician who keeps the household from …
My wife and I had kids in our late thirties/early forties. The pros: we were more financially secure than the fresh college grads we met at preschool drop off. The cons: we’d had incredibly fun lives involving international travel, intellectual conversations with stimulating adult friends, and enjoying things entirely on our terms, so we had a sense of what we …
As I sit here cleaning saliva from my ear, I begin to doubt the wisdom of teaching a first grader (however precocious) how to give a wet willie.