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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.

Michelle Singletary

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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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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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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.
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I use my financial values to set my limitations. I have three children I want to put through college debt free. So that means I can't spend wildly or with disregard.
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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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The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.
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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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You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.
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We all fall - even me.
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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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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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My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.
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