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Practical Money Skills Videos

Posted by Jean

I recently created a series of several dozen videos, working with the folks at Practical Money Skills. In each video, I take about two minutes to provide advice on some of the most common – and important – challenges we all face with money. You can view the videos after the jump.

Choose the topic that interests you, then scroll through the available videos to pick the one you want.

Baby Budgeting: Childcare Choices Budget Building: Build a Budget that Works Baby Budgeting: A Budget for the New Bundle Budget Building: It's Your Life! Budget Building: Living Paycheck to Paycheck Baby Budgeting: One-vs. Two-Income Parenting Baby Budgeting: Planning Maternity or Paternity Leave College: Five Figure Savings Saving for College: Drop in the Bucket Saving for College: How to Compare Aid Options Reducing Debt: Assess the Problem First Reducing Debt: Know and Boost Your Credit Score Reducing Debt: Track Your Spending Financial Literacy Education for All Americans Managing Divorce: Financing the Divorce Marriage Planning: Before the Big Day Marriage Planning: Joint or Separate? Marriage Planning: The Long Haul Marriage: Planning Wedding Costs & Budget New Year's Resolutions: Setting Goals is Just the Beginning Plan for the Unexpected: An Overview Plan for the Unexpected: Dealing with the Death of a Spouse Caregiving & Eldercare: Financing Eldercare Caregiving & Eldercare: Have a Talk With Older Loved Ones Caregiving & Eldercare: A Legal To-Do List Caregiving & Eldercare: Understanding Medicare Apartment Hunting: Renter's Insurance Choosing Health Insurance: The Right Policy For You Choosing Health Insurance: Tips for Comparison Shopping Plan Unexpected-Disability Insurance Back to School: Back to School Helpers Financial Football: Score Big With Your Money Setting: Allowances: Help Them Save Up Setting: Allowances: How Much to Give? Setting Allowances: Valuable Lessons Buying a Home: Home Sweet Home Equity Buying a Home: Ready or Not? Buying a Home: Qualifying for a Mortgage Buying a Home: What to Expect at the Closing Buying a Car: Buy or Lease? Buying a Car: First Steps Halloween: Reduce Scary Spending Holiday Spending: Avoid a Holiday Shopping Hangover New Year Resolutions Employer Provided Benefits: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA's) Employer Provided Benefits: Retirement Savings Plans My Family or My Job: Staying Home My Family or My Job: Working Plan for the Unexpected: Losing Work, Finding Work Welcome to the Job Market: Changing Life, Changing Budget Welcome to the Job Market: Student Loans-It's Payback Time Identity Theft: "Help! My Identity's Been Stolen!" Identity Theft: What You Need to Know Plan Your Retirement: 401ks Plan Your Retirement: Setting & Working Towards Goals Plan Your Retirement: Tips for the Self-Employed Plan Your Retirement: What Insurance Do You Need? Women's Savings Initiative: Don't Be Afraid of the Math Women's Savings Initiative: "I Have Nothing to Wear..." Women's Savings Initiative: Organize Your Financial Life Women's Savings Initiative: Spend Less and Save Women's Savings Initiative: Women & Retirement

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Hello Jean!
I am completely desperate for some advice. I am a mother of a two year old daughter and had to quit my job 8 months after she was born. We had to relocate for my fiances new job. I have been applying for jobs since we moved and no such luck. For the last year I have just been doing odd jobs for people so that I can at least send my collectors some money. So now I have become significantly behind on my bills and have been sent to collections. Every day I live in stress, fear, anxiety and depression due to this situation. My debt is in student loans and credit cards. The amount owed to my student loans is about $10,000 and my credit debt is about $6,300 combined. I have 4 different bills and I just can’t seem to find a way to balance myself out so that I can get back on track. Is there any hope for my situation?
- Posted January 25, 2011 by Rochelle
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Good Morning Jean,
I am a Business Teacher who whole heartedly believes that we need to PREPARE our students for College and the Workforce! I use many of the valuable resources in Practical Money Skills to teach an Introduction to Finance course. I am also writing today to invite you to speak to my class. Speakers enhance the curriculum and make the topics real to the students.
Financial illiteracy and American greed has put us in this economic crisis. I read an article that described how indecision in college is too expensive, this has become evident. In New York our elementary level of education does a wonderful job of inspiring, educating and stimulating creative minds. Then the students come to high school where it becomes a push to college. When did we stop preparing our students for college and the workforce? Lack of funding and federal aid has pushed districts to eliminate the elective courses such as financial literacy. Districts have been forced to cut courses that stimulate those minds and spark interests for possible career choices. College is too expensive for indecision!
College students spend too much time during college trying to figure out what they would like to do. The focus has been to find something to do that makes you happy but in reality many of those fields of interest are no longer in need, hence the reason for not finding a job. College students without jobs can’t pay their student loans and the story goes on and on. I graduated from a high school that offered many business courses. An interest in Accounting was sparked in high school which gave me a reason and a purpose for college.
Society and Government need to understand that high school is the place to PREPARE our students for college or the workforce not PUSH them to college or to the workforce. Electives such as CTE (Career and Technical Education) offer courses that stimulate minds and give students a purpose to go to college, a trade school or directly into the workforce. To solve our countries problems and societies economic issues we need to educate our students and provide them with the financial skills and aptitudes as well as stimulate their minds with possible career choices.
Thank you in advance for reading my letter and your consideration.
Sincerely,
Doreen Kelly
- Posted September 11, 2011 by Doreen