The Joys and Financial Challenges of Parenthood
Parenthood can be both wonderfully rewarding and frighteningly challenging. Children give gifts only a parent can understand — from sticky-finger hugs to heartfelt pleas to tag along on Saturday morning errands. You raise them with a clear goal that you secretly dread will actually take place — that someday they will be grown, independent, and […]
Case Study: One Couple’s Financial Success Story
In 2017 Serena and Jim came to see me. Serena owned her own business. Jim was a lawyer who worked for a well-respected firm in Buffalo. The Problem Jim and Serena were $55,000 in debt, not including their mortgage. Each month they would pay the minimum amounts, which equals $14,632 a year. Since their minimum […]