Do you ever catch yourself falling into negative financial habits that you learned from your parents? The truth is that the “money scripts” you use to make financial decisions as an adult are almost...
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How to Travel on a Budget with Young Kids (and Still Have a Good Trip)
When you have kids, your priorities shift and change. It’s no longer all about you and what you want -- you have these little humans who depend on you completely for everything they need. No...
How to Tackle These 3 Tough Money Conversations with Your Significant Other
Whether you make six figures or just wish you did, the number on your paycheck doesn’t matter as much as what you choose to do with that money once it hits your bank account. If you can create that...
How to Plan for (and Save on) Childcare Costs
If you’ve got kiddos, you don’t need me to tell you: childcare costs can seriously add up. And quick. I know you want the best for your children, and that can make it even harder to manage the...
College Savings Hacks and Ways to Reduce Costs of Higher Education
If you’re thinking about your responsibilities as a parent to your children, giving them the ability to pay for a college education might be top of mind. You’re right to be thinking about college...
How to Save for Your Kid’s College Education
If you have small children, it can be scary to think about how much college will cost by the time they graduate high school and head off on their own. Household student loan debt has increased by...
College vs. Retirement Funding: Which Comes First?
As a parent, you want to provide for your children. You want to give them access to higher education, so funding a college savings account is important to you. But you also know that you and your...
How to Teach Your Kids About Money
Teaching your kids about personal finance can seem daunting, but children can understand the concepts of working for money, saving, and buying necessities from a young age. In fact, teaching your...
The Case for Millennials to Have a Plan
Think you don’t have an estate? Almost everyone does, including you. Your estate is what you own. That includes your car, home, checking and savings accounts, investments, insurance, and personal...
13 Money Tips for Parents to Be
If you’re like many of us in our 20s, 30s and 40s, you haven’t taken the decision to start a family lightly. Choosing whether or not you want to have children (and then, you know, actually making it...
Mary Beth Storjohann, CFP® is an author, speaker, and financial coach who takes a fun, no-nonsense approach in working with individuals and couples across the country, helping them make smart choices with their money.
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