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Daw: Simplified wording urged for scholarship trust plans	3/26/2010 10:30 PM
Parents saving for a child's post-secondary education could soon receive more meaningful information before joining a complicated and costly scholarship trust plan.
Child poverty levels under fire	11/24/2009 10:30 PM
One in nine Ontario children lives in poverty, and the Liberal government should not be waiting to invest $2.5 billion to help poor families, says a new report card.
Single parents most likely to rely on adult kids living at home for money: study	8/12/2009 4:02 AM
Grown children who still live at home aren't necessarily freeloaders, especially in single-parent families, a new study suggests.
Wake-up call will be a lasting act of parental compassion	7/22/2009 10:30 PM
Q: Our 38-year-old daughter has been living with us for the past four years. She has accumulated an enormous debt of $27,000 on high- interest credit cards. I know this amount as she leaves her bills lying around and I became nosy. Since then it has become a source of arguments about responsible finances. She says she is paying more than the minimum but I think it will take her forever to pay it off.
Hands-on dads handle stress better	5/28/2009 10:30 PM
Job loss is traumatic. So is financial anxiety. But hands-on fathers who can juggle bath-time, playground jaunts and laundry duty are better equipped to deal with those than earlier generations of men, says the author of a new book on fatherhood.
Moms finding fewer jobs to go back to after maternity leave	4/27/2009 10:30 PM
First-time mom Vera Trevisanello was supposed to return to her training job at a downtown financial services company this week. Instead, she's been pounding the pavement with her year-old baby in tow, looking for work as a waitress.
Suddenly, more dads are running the household	4/24/2009 10:30 PM
Alex Burke's January layoff blindsided him.
Bundle of joy shouldn't call for a bundle of debt	4/13/2009 10:30 PM
If mom bought everything the baby industry has to offer without a sound financial plan in place for her year-long maternity leave, it will be years before she can afford a latte.
Does poverty impair brain? Expert rejects 'scary' idea	4/13/2009 10:30 PM
An American study suggesting growing up poor causes changes in the brain that impair learning is "dangerous" and neglects society's role in a child's success in school and later in life, says a Toronto expert on poverty and education.
7 questions to test your kid's financial savvy	4/2/2009 10:22 AM
Here are seven questions to test your teen's understanding of some basic financial concepts, including developing a budget and building a strong credit history.

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