Parenting

Financial Advice for the Sandwich Generation

Between "boomerang" children moving home on the one hand and financially dependent parents on the other, the Sandwich Generation could use a break -- and some sound advice.

The Financial Upside to Buying Your Kid an iPad

How does this savvy business journalist justify buying a new iPad for an 11-year-old? Three ways that are educational, one way that's parental, and one -- believe it or not -- that's essentially financial.

Confessions of a stressed-out dad about balancing work, home life

10 smart ways to save on raising your kids

Are tooth fairy rates rising or not? Depends on what's in your wallet

Holiday travel with kids: Save money (and your sanity) by renting baby gear instead of schlepping

It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your kid is? Check your GPS

Conde Nast closes beloved Gourmet magazine and three others

Recession doesn't worry long time savers

Innovative ways to stimulate the economy: A parental stipend for working families

Swearing in Wal-Mart, let's outlaw it

More victims of the recession: prospective parents

Raising kids on guilt, bribery, and game theory

Lessons in bad money management: school districts

Helicopter parents handicapping their children for life