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Retirement: 40's the new 60's? I bet not, but retirement is a major downer. (Move over Hillary...)
By Many Shades of Shabby by Devonia, on Fri Jul 4, 2008 8:58am PDTMy birthday last month qualified me for Social Security benefits. I checked into it and I certainly won't receive much - all those zeros during the time I was having babies - hurt. Still, it was more than I anticipated - all those years I paid the max allowed into Social Security - helped.... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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Should teens have jobs?
By Dory Devlin, Shine staff, on Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:41am PDTSo, we've talked about how tough it is for teens to find jobs this summer, but beneath that dilemma is the underlying question: Should teens work? I'm not sure when that became a question since it is clearly a query posed among families with the means to make it debatable. But as teens get more involved in school activities, AP classes, and volunteer work as they prepare for college, fitting a part time job into the mix gets challenging.
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You can rationalize work away for teens easily because they can get plenty busy with school and activities. But I am a big believer in the need for teens to do some paid work for several reasons, and they're not all about money. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (46) | Blog
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I have no idea what to do and my husband isn't helping!!!!!!
By mihoshi_ryoko, on Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:24pm PDTOK so my husband is in the navy and everyone's mother and some of our friends say he should stay in. Neither of us care to much for that option (but it's an option none the less). They quote the retirement paycheck and medical (having experienced their medical I don't... Read More »
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How do you define "part time?"
By Back on the Career Track, on Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:23pm PDTby Carol Fishman Cohen
Nataly Kogan at WorkItMom was blogging recently about the pros and cons of part time working arrangements. That got me thinking about one of my pet peeves regarding part time, which is that people tend to use the “part time” label to describe a range of non-traditional working arrangements. So one person’s definition of part time may be very different from someone else’s and that’s where the problem begins. Read More »
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