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It's a sad truth: Debt forces people into choices they'd rather not make. A survey conducted by Sallie Mae subsidiary Nellie Mae found that 21% of student borrowers had delayed having children because of their loans, and 14% delayed getting married because of their student debt loads.

Here's an ugly reversal of an old story: A rapidly growing number of parents are asking their kids to co-sign on expensive car leases. Advice for the children: Just say no.

If you're like the majority of Americans, the recession has had an impact on your life over the last year. Maybe you started mowing your own lawn, fixing your own car or working a second job to make ends meet. These changes put more cash in our wallets, but according to a new survey from the...

Tech blog Gizmodo posted a photo and blurb claiming the Pole Dance Doll is a real product, albeit one made in Asia for sale at off-price retailers. And while bloggers, parents and child development experts everywhere are aghast, I have to wonder why.Isn't this, after all, the logical extension of...

For Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) and Procter & Gamble Co. (PG), the business of potty training is getting messier. Not only do these companies sell diapers, such as Huggies and Pampers, but they try to push parents of toddlers -- like myself -- to buy "training pants," underwear-like diapers...

With men getting laid off at three times the rate of women, the recession is quietly producing more stay-at-home dads and changing how households are run and children are raised.The typical father spends about seven hours per week in "primary child care," according to a Time magazine story, which...

Women are having a tougher time with the financial crisis and are more likely to struggle to stay on top of their finances, according to a new report. Twice as many women (68%) as men (32%) sought help with their finances between January 1 and April 30, says Financial Finesse, a financial education...

The new credit card rules signed into law recently herald a great deal of positive changes, but one requirement sticks out as an odd addition. The requirement that individuals under 21 need a parent or guardian to co-sign for a credit card has the capacity to leave many otherwise responsible...

After letting his two young children play with and watch movies on his Apple (AAPL) iPhone, Arizona game developer Justin John Sullivan wondered if he could provide them more educational fare. Thus, the first applications or apps for what Sullivan calls the "toddler distraction edutainment" market...

This is just one of the Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. During a recession, public policy officials have to get creative. Certainly they've done just that during the current financial crisis and economic slowdown. Still, despite a...