Family Money Management, Budgeting

'I was shocked': why mum won't help daughter pay for driving lessons

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The total cost of all the procedures was around $10, 100 AUD

'Life lesson': is asking a teenager to help pay her $10,000 dental bill unreasonable?

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We have a weekly family budget meeting - and it's saved money and our sanity

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How do working parents juggle school holidays?

How do working parents manage school holidays?

As kids returned to school this week I could feel the sense of relief in the air and it caused me to once again question how full-time working parents manage child minding in the school holidays.

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How much do you expect financially from your new partner?

Should your new partner help support you and your children?

Negotiating money and finances in a new relationship is tricky enough, but doubly so when you have dependent children to bring into the mix.

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Mums Tiana and Amy share their thrifty tips in the new book Saving Mum.

Thrifty tips for tough times

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Money counting activity

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How to buy ethical kids' clothes

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Become a savvy school fundraiser

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Mark Rosenberg, with daughter Isabella pictured behind him, is fighting a school fee charge for late notice.

Parent warns of private schools 'double-dipping' over fees

Parents beware: if you want to change your private school child to a new school next year, your time is running out.

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Jalen Bailey, 8, has a passion for baking and an ambitious goal.

Eight-year-old boy starts a bakery to buy a house for himself and his mum

An eight-year-old baking enthusiast in the US has opened his own bakery so that he can raise the funds to buy his mum a new house.

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10 money tips for the new financial year

Get organised for the new financial year.

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Humans of New York: glimpses into the lives of strangers.

Latest Humans of New York post has parents taking notes

The post has been shared over 57,000 times on Facebook and reacted to over 500,000 times. It's also attracted over 15,000 comments. And counting.

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Six ways to talk to your kids about money

Here are six conversations to consider having with your kids about money.

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Jasmine and Aaron Boothey of Adelaide and their children, daughter Blair (5) and son Hamish (2).

EXTREME BUDGETING

The Aussie family that saves $60,000 a year

Consumerism is the norm for many Australians but not for Jasmine and Aaron Boothey who save two-thirds of their take-home pay.

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Penina Petersen with her husband Richard and children Coco and Saxon.

HER MONEY

How to teach kids about money in a cashless society

Money is less visible than ever. But mum-of-two Penina Petersen still believes that cash is king when it comes to teaching young children about personal finances.