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It's one thing to use Photoshop to make your waistline look slimmer in your snapshots. Many people also take a distorted view of their finances, fooling themselves about the health of their balance sheets. Here are some common self-deceptions.

The stork has arrived, bringing a beautiful baby girl or boy into your life. It also brought a ready-made drain on your wallet. The list of costs is seemingly endless: diapers, health care, child care, education, clothing, and much more. Here are some family-planning tips to keep your finances from interfering in the joy of parenting.

Puzzles are often fun, but not this one: With credit scores plunging and loans in short supply, how do you go about paying for college these days? It's a question you'd think might almost be easy for Scott Gamm. Granted, in many ways, he's just another high school kid, about to turn 18 and headed...

Remember filing out your FAFSA form for federal aid in college? When I completed mine for the first time, it was complex and time consuming. Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, asks more than 153 questions depending on criteria for first-time applicants. This high level of...

AOL Money & Finance writer and editor Zac Bissonnette is a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an expert on getting a great education without going broke. Got a college question? Leave a comment and he'll get back to you!It's that time of year again! Back to school...

I'm likely a few years off from grandparenthood, but I can't stop fretting over the downturn's lasting impact on college financing. One primary financing vehicle (piggybank, if you will) -- home equity loans and lines of credit -- ain't what they were mere months ago, as falling home values and...