Give Your Children the Gift of Financial Literacy

The holidays can be an opportune time to instill financial values in children and grandchildren. Wish lists and gift shopping can help them distinguish between needs and wants. Donations and volunteering introduces them to the concept of giving. Mothers are often leading the charge when it comes to promoting financial education in the family. In fact, a Women & Co. study conducted in 2008 found that 92 percent of women consider themselves a positive financial role model to their children.

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Are You Making the Best Use of Family Time?

There are only 24 hours in a day. Many families feel that there isn’t enough time to fit in all the things that matter most. Read more

Decoding Work-Life Balance

How one home-based entrepreneur copes with the challenges

Georgette Pascale, like many entrepreneurs, used the experience she gained as an employee to create a successful business of her own. After working with clients as diverse as Delphi Automotive, Puerto Rico Tourism Company, GAP, Bruce Springsteen and Shania Twain, she founded Pascale Communications LLC in 2004, an all-female, all-virtual firm specializes in healthcare public relations. And that’s one tip she shares from her success: Find a specific need, and then use your skills to create a business that caters to that niche. Other tips include doing what you love, making the best possible decision—even if it’s not the most popular decision—and drawing on the wisdom of mentors. In this View from the Top, Pascale shares her thoughts on creating a work-life balance.

For three decades, corporate America has turned the issue of “work-life balance” into a pseudo-quest for the Holy Grail. A Google search nets lists a mile long from academic institutions and publications offering suggestions on how to achieve this balance. Frankly, I found them confusing and often stress-inducing. I was left asking: “I have to do all of this to balance my home-based business and my family?” Read more

Less Money, More Style

How to Keep Your Family Looking Great without Breaking the Bank
by Cara Porchia

Shopping for clothes for your family may be the first thing you scratch off your list of priorities if you suddenly find yourself with less disposable income. But the truth is, what you wear can have a profound effect on how you feel about yourself and how potential employers or clients view you—not to mention how important staying stylish may be to your budding “fashionista” offspring. However, it is possible to minimize the impact a reduced budget can have on you and your family. Read more

How to Stay Up When…

Even for the most optimistic, maintaining a positive attitude isn’t always easy. 

I’ve read several great books lately—The Difference by Jean Chatzky, As a Man Thinketh by James Allen and The Noticer by Andy Andrews, to name a few. Though they’re written by distinctly different people, and in Allen’s case in another century, a common belief runs through them: We are all responsible for our attitude. Read more

See a Need. Do a Good Deed.

To those who think you can’t have it all, woman entrepreneur Kim Lim says, “Watch me.”

As a single mother, owner of two businesses and recipient of three academic degrees, Lim has had her hands full during the past few years. But following painful divorce, and with the creation of two new and starkly different career paths, Lim forges ahead. She says today, she’s doing everything she’s wanted in life, all at the same time. Read more