EXPERT ADVICE >FAMILY FINANCE By Ma. Salve Duplito The Cost of Big Dreams Can you remember your big childhood dream? You know, THE dream. The one that made you doodle on all your notebooks or the big idea that caused you to stare into space risking your mother’s wrath at the dinner table. I tried [...]

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EXPERT ADVICE>FAMILY FINANCE By Ma. Salve Duplito “Nanay, what does Papa do at work?” my eight-year-old son asks.  Hmm. I reach inside for words. How do I explain an information security guy’s job to a little person who thinks computers are upscale televisions-on-demand, where Ben Ten magically appears outside of Cartoon Network programming schedules, a [...]

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By Ma. Salve Duplito Should You Tell Your Child You’re Broke? Money problems have a way of keeping us parents awake at night, bathing dinner conversations with tension even when we try to be cheerful, or worse, turning us into super serious mommies and daddies who have momentarily forgotten how to simply have fun. Sure, [...]

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By Salve Duplito Deep in the fridge, there are three pints of ice cream in flavors that my three children love. But the secret weapon really is the cute little container of candy sprinklers that I know will earn plenty of hugs for me – the one sugary treat I bought for them during my [...]

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A young family shows how to be peso-wise By Heinz Bulos Raising a growing family is a challenge for anyone, and many just let their finances get out of control. Not the Ramoses. Cynthia Ramos, 35, and her family are savvy consumers. They buy non-food items in bulk to pay for today’s lower prices. And [...]

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