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  • Asking Mom & Dad for a Bailout: A How-To

    9/07/10 • (0)

    As an adult, you hope to never be in a place where you are so desperate for money you have to ring up the Bank of Mom & Dad. Here’s a related question I recently answered on Learnvest.com.

  • College Students and Financial Traps

    8/13/10 • (0)

    I was on the Today Show this morning offering ways parents and students can prevent common financial traps. From credit card debt to graduating late and identity theft.

  • Run-In with Bank of Mom & Dad’s Sarah Russo

    6/03/10 • (0)

    I was at Saks Fifth Avenue yesterday and spotted Sarah Russo from the finale episode of Bank of Mom and Dad. Don’t worry – she wasn’t shopping up a storm. She was working! And she had lots of great updates to share since the show wrapped last fall.

  • How to Cut Financial Ties With Your Adult Child

    3/01/10 • (0)

    A wise person once said “The best way to teach your kids about money is to not have any!” I visited the ABC News desk this afternoon to discuss ways parents can take their kids off the mom and dad payroll.

  • Watch Bank of Mom & Dad Season Finale

    12/07/09 • (0)

    Thanks to Hulu for its weekly updates of Bank of Mom & Dad. It’s the only way my parents can watch, since they don’t get SOAPnet on their tube.

  • Don’t Miss: Bank of Mom & Dad Season Finale

    11/30/09 • (0)

    This was definitely my most challenging episode, as I found myself coaching not just our young femme Sarah, but her enabling parents, as well….

  • Bank of Mom & Dad Update: Stacey

    11/12/09 • (0)

    While Stacey was resistant to change on this week’s episode of Bank of Mom & Dad, in this clip we learn how the 22-year-old assistant teacher is actually taking our advice and making improvements.

  • Crafting Your Personal Budget

    11/09/09 • (0)

    The “B” word is reentering the economic fray. Budget is a top search on Google, as debt-ridden Americans frantically hunt down ways to create a manageable personal budget. Each week on Bank of Mom & Dad I present our ladies with a personal spending plan or budget…

  • Catching Up With Carmela

    11/08/09 • (0)

    In the latest episode of Bank of Mom & Dad we meet 26-year-old Carmela from Bayonne, New Jersey who is fighting to save her plans for a Great Gatsby wedding, all with more than $30,000 of debt in her name. After almost a month since filming the show together Carmela and I reunited at the video studios at AOL. I was eager to see if the intervention worked…check out for yourself in the video below…

  • Bank of Mom & Dad: When Emotions Run Financially High

    10/28/09 • (0)

    Tonight on Bank of Mom & Dad meet Shameeka, a 29-year-old registered nurse from Brooklyn who’s racked up one of the biggest debt loads I’ve ever seen for a woman her age. Boots for $1000, handbags for $2000, spa trips for $4000. There’s no limit to how much Shameeka will spend.