Ground Rules for Boomerang Kids

It’s okay to help, but don’t coddle.

Million-Dollar Mania

You don't need a bright idea or a winning lottery ticket to amass that much cash.

Help Your Kids Establish Financial Independence

Set ground rules if your adult children move back in, offer advice only when asked and be selective about providing financial help.

How Americans Rank When It Comes to Discussing Money With Kids

A recent survey shows that parents in the U.S. spend less time talking with their children about financial issues than parents in other countries do.

How to Establish Financial Independence (with Some Help from Mom and Dad)

If you're lucky enough to have parents helping you financially, be sure their generosity doesn't stop you from becoming independent

Live Chat With Janet Bodnar: Teaching Kids About Money

I'll be online Tuesday, April 24 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET to answer your questions.

Games, Books and Web Sites That Teach Kids Money Skills

These resources will help kids of all ages learn about personal finance.

What to Know About Kids and Taxes

Children must file a return if their earned income or investment income exceeds certain limits.

How to Teach Kids to Handle Credit Cards

This four-step plan will help prepare your children to control their spending, pay bills on time and avoid fees.

Getting Your First Credit Card

Smart credit card usage can help build up your credit score and history, preparing you for bigger financial moves in the future.

How Roth IRAs Affect Financial-Aid Eligibility

The money isn't considered an asset, even if it's in your child's name.

5 Ways to Encourage Kids to Save

If you want to teach your children to stash some of their cash rather than spend it all, you need to make the lessons fun.

Cosigning For Your Child's Credit Card Can Cost You

Your credit score and ability to get a new loan could suffer even if your child never misses a deadline.

Securing Retirement

We can always take a cue from the past and move in with our kids, but I hope we won't have to.

Smart Ways to Manage Student Debt

For some, paying off loans early may not be the top priority.

Getting Kids to Start Saving Money

Tips for turning your good intentions into money in the piggy bank (or a real one) for preschool through high school.

Why You Shouldn't Cosign Your Child's Credit Card

Cosigning may help your child now, but it could damage your credit score irreparably in the long run.

Stocks Are an Investment in Your Child's Future

If your child won't need the money for 15 years, stocks are the best choice to produce solid returns.

Girl Scouts Earning Badges for Personal-Finance Skills

New badges, inspired by state of economy, promote financial literacy.

Proactive Strategies for Coping With Economic Chaos

Our goal here at Kiplinger's is to help you take control of your finances in a turbulent world.

Open Low-Minimum Roth IRAs for Kids

These three firms make it easy for kids to start small Roths.

The Most Frequently Asked Personal-Finance Questions of 2011

Kim Lankford rounds up her advice on identity theft, credit scores, and other topics that readers needed help with in 2011.

4 Ways to Teach Kids the Joy of Holiday Giving

Get your family into the holiday spirit with traditions that encourage generosity year-round.

5 Ways to Put Santa on a Budget

Holiday spending can easily get out of control. These tricks will help.

Great Advice From Around the Web

A weekly look at personal finance tips and insights others are offering.

A Reality Check for Young Adults

Yes, times are tough, as illustrated by the struggles of many Occupy Wall Street protestors. We're here to help with practical steps that young adults should take to maintain financial security.

The Sandwich Generation: Caught in the Middle

Today’s sandwich generation is squeezed between grown kids who can’t find work and elderly parents who need care.

5 Ways for the Sandwich Generation to Help Their Kids

Save the Savings Bond

They helped nurture sound money habits for the World War II generation, and they can help the next generation, if Uncle Sam would only listen.

Teaching Savings to Kids in Schools

What was once called thrift education is making a comeback as financial literacy. That’s good news in hard times.

Great Advice From Around the Web

A weekly look at personal finance tips and insights others are offering.

The Last Word on Kids and Cash

What your children need to know about money and how to teach them.

Great Advice From Around the Web

A weekly look at personal finance tips and insights others are offering.

What College Students Need to Know About Money

Before heading off to school, brush up on some personal finance basics.

Great Advice From Around the Web

A weekly look at personal finance tips and insights others are offering.

Does Financial Education Work?

Studies show that money lessons have to be relevant to kids' immediate experiences.

Money Lessons That Dads Teach Kids

Fathers deserve some credit on their special day (and all year) for the examples they set for their children.

Pay Kids for Good Grades?

Consider rewards other than cash compensation to encourage your children to do well in school.

Is the Tiger Mom Teaching Her Kids Financial Independence?

Janet Bodnar questions whether the author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is arming her kids with necessary skills to make good money decisions.

Purge Your Tax Files

Kimberly Lankford tells how long to hold on to tax records and suggests good uses for a refund.