My wife and I have started to get more serious about teaching our children principles of stewardship by providing opportunities for them to earn money and budget it with give, save and spend banks. I’ve shared nuggets of financial wisdom with my 7 year old in the past, but she’s just now getting excited about [...]
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Tips to Pick a 529 Plan for Your Child’s College Savings
Are you staring to plan for your child to go to college someday? Chances are you’re interested in learning about 529 savings accounts. Well, if you’re serious about using a 529 plan to help fund your little one’s future education, you’re on the right track. But you’re probably aware that narrowing down the list to [...]
Saving Money For College – A Upromise Review
As the financial crisis still presses hard against the majority of citizens, saving money for college can be a difficult task whether you are a student looking to start, or a parent saving for your child’s college education. Luckily, there are programs that can assist families who are looking for ways to pay for higher [...]
Saving for College: What is a 529 Plan?
We haven’t been quite as aggressive with college savings yet as some of our other financial goals, but we’re looking to ramp this area of savings up in the near future. I thought today’s post would be a great opportunity to share what I’ve learned about the 529 education savings plans. Perhaps you’re looking to [...]
Study Shows Following Your Passion Leads to Greater Success
With graduation ceremonies right around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to discuss the topic of following your passion when looking for a career. I know many college students (along with adults) choose a particular career because of the money involved first. I am not saying that money is not important [...]
A Children’s Savings Roadmap
There are a lot of different savings levels for children as you probably are aware. Depending on your child’s age, “savings” can mean a lot of different things. So, I decided to put together a children’s savings road map to help guide parents (and children) when learning the importance of saving money. Piggy Bank Savers [...]
Five Ways Not to Teach Your Children about Money
I write today’s post for myself just as much as I do for readers as helping my children learn about money is something that is very important to me. I feel I’m not always the best teacher so there is some conviction that comes with this post. Many people learn about money when they first [...]
Kids and Money: A Recent Credit Card Lesson for My Daugther
As you know from some of my posts, I am very open when it comes to discussing money issues with my children – especially my seven year-old, Ava. Some of the things I have discussed with her include ways to save money, our monthly expenses and student loan debt. Recently, the opportunity came in which [...]
How to Talk to Your Elderly Parents about Their Finances
Talking to our elderly parents or grandparents about money is not necessarily easy. It is admitting to ourselves that they are not doing as well as always and may need some assistance down the road. I know in our family that was not always the easiest thing to realize that my grandparents were not able [...]
A Christmas Lesson about Difficult Spending Decisions for Your Children
A couple of years ago I was tested and learned a very valuable lesson around Christmas. From reading my posts, I am sure you can tell that I am a pretty frugal person and do not over-spend. I really don’t try to keep up with The Joneses and am not usually tempted to buy things [...]
What Is on Your Child’s Christmas List for Santa? Survey Results from Nielsen
If you have children, you know this can be a stressful time of year trying to find that “perfect” gift. As a father to pretty young daughters (4 and 7) I was prepared to enjoy these next few Christmases when I would not have to spend too much money since they would be satisfied with [...]
Ways to Save Money for Your Children’s College Education
Saving money for college can be a daunting challenge. The cost of education is rising and can be enough to break a lot of family’s budgets. With education costs rising at a faster rate than inflation, today’s new parents can expect to face college expenses of up to $200,000. By starting to save regularly while [...]
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Hi, I’m Jason Price. I’m passionate about personal finance and helping people on their journey to true financial freedom! One Money Design is a personal finance blog based on Christian stewardship principles. We provide practical tips to help people work hard, spend wisely, avoid debt, save regularly and invest steadily!
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