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You Tell Me: Sticker Shock at the Gas Pump

Gas prices keep going up, up, up. When will it end? I had to fill up my car yesterday. I pulled into the local gas station and almost cried when I saw the price. $3.99 a gallon. It cost $50 to fill up my small SUV. What I wouldn’t give for an economy [...]

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(Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents: The Decision to Have Children

This week we’re tackling the decision to have children. There are lots of decisions to be made when couple decides if or when to have children. In (Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents, Nan Mooney addresses several reasons couples wait to have children, or decide not to have children at all. A lot of the [...]

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(Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents: Career Struggles

Salaries have stagnated. Prices have gone up. What’s the answer? While I’ve disagreed with much of (Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents so far, I thought Chapter 4, Career and Contribution, was weak.  I believe the author set out to prove that educated professionals have a hard time succeeding financially, unless they are involved in sales [...]

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