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Set up rules for when you will give not lend money. Never lend. My people know that I'll help with college. I'll help if they lose they job thu no fault of their own.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income.
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Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.
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There are other ways to motivate students than requiring them to take on debt or work long hours taking away from their studies. For example, we don't allow our kids to work during the school hours their freshman year. After that, they can work a little but not so much that it hurts their education.
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Save what you can toward the emergency and life happens fund. But don't worry yourself sick at the slow growth. The point is it's growing even it's just one dollar at at time.
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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.
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If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.
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You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.
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Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.
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You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.
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If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.
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The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.
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I'm keenly aware of how important it is to set a good example. You may not think that your kids are paying attention to you, especially with something like money, but they probably are.
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Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.
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We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
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We all fall - even me.
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When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, Love you but no.
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There are some dark days when I do receive some racist mail or emails. But overall the response to me has been very positive. Readers relate to me not just as an African-American, but as an American trying to make sense of her personal finance, just like them.
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