Dear Mary: I have a sticky situation. My parents are in their mid-50s, and I think they spend way too much money. They have been in big financial trouble in the past and have gotten out of it, but I ...

This week, as I reached into the mailbag, I pulled out two questions, neither of them with easy answers. I was tempted to set them aside and try again, but I decided to tackle both, knowing that my ...

In my book, "Raising Financially Confident Kids" (Revell, 2012), I devoted an entire section on ugly attitudes of entitlement. It's a common malady among children these days. The more children have, ...