Parents Think Their Child’s Future Is Bright, But a Dark Cloud Hangs Over Their Own
A new poll reveals how parents think about money. It involves Star Wars.
Michael Koretzky
I’ve covered a Democratic and Republican national convention, a couple of Space Shuttle launches, and music festivals in Istanbul and the Cayman Islands. What did they have in common? At some level, they were all about money. Now I’m a PFE-certified debt management professional who’s cut out the middleman and writes about money for a living. Sometimes that means explaining the difference between DTI and DMP. Other times, it means writing about student loan memes.
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