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Providing an early inheritance to your children can be a good move, as long as it doesn’t disadvantage your situation.

Should we take out a reverse mortgage to help our kids buy a house?

Embarking on an early inheritance strategy can work to tackle the generational imbalances caused by high home prices.

  • Paul Benson

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Investing gives you an opportunity to teach your kids healthy money habits, as well as the value of money, from an early age.

The best financial gift you can give your kids – beyond doubt

Every parent I’ve spoken to has a dream of being able to give the children in their life a financial helping hand when they reach adulthood.

  • Victoria Devine
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Vile extremists threaten democracy

My father, a Holocaust survivor who fled to Australia because of the horrors, would be turning in his grave if he knew a neo-Nazi rally had occurred in Sydney.

Often it seems to be the responsibility of parents to teach their children about money.

My son told me something shocking. It’s why kids need more money smarts

I’ve long been a champion for better financial literacy in schools, but it seems our progress has slowed to a snail’s pace.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Hannah Kaine and Alex Brook will be getting married in April but have decided not to have children.

Maybe no baby: Australian couples ditch traditional values about family, work and marriage

The number of women who never want to have children has almost doubled over the past two decades as both sexes in prime child-rearing ages shun the idea of starting families.

  • Shane Wright and Nick Newling

Other kids sometimes teased me about my dad’s job. But we enjoyed the spoils

I defended Dad, of course. But I didn’t exactly react with valour and pith.

  • James Hughes
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Tapping into board game culture

Just roll with it.

‘We changed the date’: Seven well-known Australians share their Christmas secrets

“It’s genius!” says Myf Warhurst, who along with six other identities reveals her yuletide tips.

  • Jane Rocca

The suburb where I grew up was dubbed ‘the ghetto’. I didn’t tell friends where I lived

Our feelings about the family home we grew up in can be complicated. For me, it’s joy, embarrassment and grief all at once.

  • Shona Hendley
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Forget tradies. It’s the kids who’ll suffer if cash disappears

Digital payments make money scarily psychologically disposable, with cash still the best way to help young minds learn how to spend wisely.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon