Family Finance: The Essential Guide for Parents - Softcover

Douglas, Ann; Lewin, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 079314356X ISBN 13: 9780793143566

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Packed with both nitty gritty financial how-to as well as anecdotal insights from real parents encountering these money issues every day, Family Finance offers a unique perspective to the challenges of running household finances. Covering both short-term issues (paying off debt, living on one income) and long-term goals (insurance, college education, retirement), the book offers a wealth of practical solutions in good-humored style from parents who have been down the path already.

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About the Author

Ann Douglas -- Ann Douglas, a popular author based in Canada, has four children and has written 15 books, including The Unofficial Guide to Having A Baby and The Unofficial Guide to Childcare. Elizabeth Lewin -- Elizabeth Lewin, CFP, is the founder and director of Financial Fitness Unlimited. A popular workshop presenter, her clients include Chase Manhattan Bank, Deluxe Checking and Duracell Battery. She has written for Bride's, Redbook, and McCalls, and has been quoted in The New York Times, USA Today, and Money.

From Booklist

Because most books on personal finance give only a passing nod to families by including general information on budgeting, saving for college, and estate planning, Douglas and Lewin have targeted their advice specifically to parents with young children. Douglas has written more than a dozen books on various aspects of parenting, and Lewin is the author of the Financial Fitness Program series of personal finance guides. They augment their own expertise with tips gleaned from a panel of 75 parents, who provided firsthand accounts of the challenges they faced as new or growing families. Douglas and Lewin cover the costs of raising children, debt, credit, homeownership, educational expenses, wills, estate planning, taxes, insurance, and retirement. They include such practical considerations as deciding how big a car one needs, how to shop for secondhand goods, and how to decorate a nursery inexpensively. They discuss, as well, the question of whether both parents should work or whether one should stay at home, and they offer guidance on teaching children about managing money. David Rouse
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Edition details

• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 079314356X
• ISBN 13: 9780793143566
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272