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Posts Tagged ‘college savings’

Selling College to the Kids

By Don Harrold • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Fatherhood, Money

Editor’s Note: We are honored to welcome guest columnist Don Harrold from practicaldad.com.  This article is the second in his three-part series exploring college planning. The first column, published in January, is “Rethinking the College Model.” The experience of choosing a college is very different when you’ve got a teenager and are looking at it [...]



Rethinking the College Model – Part 1

By Don Harrold • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Fatherhood, Features, Money

Orthodontists and College. No two words scare me more since each involves kids and significant amounts of money.

But college is the scarier word. Orthodontia might or might not be required, but if the kids are going to have a leg up in the world, then some form of higher education will be required.



Upromise: Free Money for College

By Steve Otto • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: Fatherhood, Money

Upromise is a very easy way to save money for college. There are several ways in which you can save money, and the great thing is that, you don’t even have to think about it. Once you sign up and register your credit cards (don’t worry it’s safe), you just go about your normal spending [...]



[LUDWIG@HOME] Infant Embezzlement

By Howard Ludwig • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: Fatherhood, LUDWIG@HOME by Howard Ludwig

Think taking candy from a baby is easy? Taking cash is even easier. My eight-month-old son didn’t cry when I emptied his savings account last month. In fact, he’d never have known about the crime had I not decided to use this space as a confessional. My inauguration into embezzlement came shortly after baby Peter [...]