What to Do When Your Finances Aren’t Ready College is expensive. According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2015–2016 school year was $32,405 at private colleges, $9,410 for state residents at public colleges, and $23,893 for out-of-state residents attending public universities. Perhaps you…
New Year’s Resolutions for Your Financial Health By Alicia Wanek | Staff Writer Happy New Year! One of my resolutions (again) is to clean out my kids’ closets. Getting in shape is probably on a lot of our New Year’s resolutions lists, too. Maybe you’ve already purchased a gym membership and…
Who doesn’t love a celebration? But make no mistake – a celebration is most rewarding after plenty of hard work and determination; and the tougher the task at hand, the sweeter the success. Now, as we toast to our upcoming 10th anniversary, the GLF team and I look back with a lot…
From The Dennis Prager Show | December 24, 2014 by Dennis Prager | Contributor As a Jew, and a religious one at that, I want to wish my fellow Americans a Merry Christmas. Not “Happy Holidays.” Merry Christmas. I write, “my fellow Americans” because, as reported by the Pew Research…
Good Parenting is Filled with “Letting Go” Moments by Susan Sugerman, MD, MPH | Contributor One day I woke up and suddenly realized my child did not “belong” to me anymore. It happened with all of my three boys, each at their own time and their own developmental stage. I…
by Alicia Wanek | Staff Writer When it comes to holiday shopping, are you the one who has all the purchases made by Thanksgiving and then sits back to enjoy the seasonal festivities? Or are you the one running around last-minute trying to find something you can wrap in…
by Alicia Wanek | Staff Writer My son’s teacher gave birth this week to her first child. When my twins were born I thought 18 years seemed like such a long time to teach them everything they would need to know to live successful adult lives. Boy, was I…
Talking about mental health with teens can be challenging. By using open-ended questions, you allow teens to answer in their own words. Here are some questions to get the conversation going and open up the lines of communication with teens. Break the ice. Sometimes, you just need a way to…
Good Morning Texas’ Paige McCoy Smith shares heartfelt tips for re-igniting the flame in your marriage…. by Paige McCoy Smith | Contributor I’ve lost him. He’s gone. I’m talking of course about my 16-year-old son. He’s still in the house – I know that because I can’t keep our fridge stocked. …