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Family Finances Series

About This Series

Managing finances while raising a family is difficult enough. Families facing the stress that comes with separation, divorce, or deployment can become overwhelmed by the accompanying financial changes of these circumstances. The Personal Finance and Family Development teams hosted a 3-part webinar series on Family Finances in 2018. Each of these webinars tackled the financial and emotional hurdles presented by changes in family structure.

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Family Finances Series: Separation & Single Parenting in the Military
Separation and single parenting can make this even more difficult, by leaving service members and their family members shouldering even more responsibilities than before. During this webinar, Dr. Mixon and Dr. Gillen discuss the emotional and financial impacts of separation and single parenting in the military.
Family Finances Series: Financial Planning for Life Events

Dr. O’Neill will talk about preparing for the inevitable circumstances that life throws our way. Divorce, untimely death, health crises, marriage, remarriage, widowhood, home-buying, and retirement take a tremendous toll on finances. Dr. O’Neill will talk about savings and insurance as protective barriers against the financial distress these events can cause.

Family Finances Series: Raising Financially Responsible Children

Neale Godfrey will discuss the importance of raising financially responsible children and offer guidance for teaching financial responsibility to children in this interactive learning opportunity to include quizzes to determine financial management style.

Podcast Episodes

Family Finances Series: Financial Planning for Life Events

In this podcast, Molly Herndon interviews Dr. Barbara O’Neill. Dr. O’Neill continues the discussion from our August 28 webinar, Family Finances Series: Financial Planning for Life Events, including financial planning throughout the lifecycle, finances and cohabitation, finances and marriage, and smart steps to take when buying a car.

Family Finances Series: Raising Financially Responsible Children

In this episode of the MoneyTalk with OneOp Personal Finance podcast series, Dr. Barbara O’Neill and Molly Herndon discuss the November 27 webinar from the Family Finances Series: Raising Financially Responsible Children.

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Go Beyond the Webinar| Insights into Raising Financially Responsible Children

Neale Godfrey, New York Times bestselling author and Executive in Residence at the Columbia Graduate School of Business rounded out the third and final webinar in our collaborative Family Finances Series on November 27, 2018. Godfrey offered answers and insights into the questions above and many more pertaining to the…

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Go Beyond the Webinar| Insights into Financial Planning for Life Events

Planning a wedding, getting married, becoming a parent, going through a divorce... all life events that can affect finances and emotions. Dr. Barbara O'Neill facilitated the second webinar of the 3-part Family Finances Series hosted by the MFLN's Personal Finance and Family Development Concentration Areas on August 28, 2018. During this webinar,…

Go Beyond the Webinar| Insights into Separation & Single Parenting in the Military

By: Bari Sobelson & Molly Herndon On July 10, 2018, the MFLN's Personal Finance and Family Development concentration areas hosted the first webinar of a three-part Family Finances Series. Personal Finance's Project Director, Dr. Martie Gillen and Family Development's Project Director, Dr. Kacy Mixon, joined forces to facilitate a conversation on…

Family Finances Webinar Series Coming

By Molly Herndon & Bari Sobelson Managing finances while raising a family is difficult enough. Families facing the stress that comes with separation, divorce, or deployment can become overwhelmed by the accompanying financial changes of these circumstances. The Personal Finance and Family Development teams will host a 3-part webinar series…