September 10, 2024
How to Protect Elderly Parents from Scams and Fraud
Reduce the risks that your parents will become victims of scams by taking these steps.
September 1, 2024
Why You Should Monitor Your Parents’ Finances—and How to Do It
New research show that missed payments can be an early sign of dementia.
September 24, 2023
How to Talk to Your Parents About Their Stuff You Don’t Want
These tactics might get your parents to pare down rather than pass on their stuff to you.
October 26, 2020
Kids, We Need to Talk
What to do when your adult children don’t want to discuss your finances.
September 23, 2020
Are You a Bad Kid for Putting Your Parent in Assisted Living?
You shouldn’t feel guilty about moving your parent to an assisted living facility or nursing home.
September 10, 2020
What It’s Really Like When Your Parent Has Alzheimer’s Disease
My mom's decline over the past 12 years has been long and difficult.
July 7, 2020
How the Pandemic Can Help You Talk to Your Parents About Their Finances
Using current events can be a natural way to have money talks with parents.
May 4, 2020
Why You Need a Will Now More Than Ever
If you want a say in who gets what when you die, you need a will.
April 23, 2020
Why You Need a Living Will Now More Than Ever
This essential legal document lets you spell out what sort of end-of-life medical care you would or would not want.
Cameron Huddleston
I am the author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations With Your Parents About Their Finances. I also am an award-winning journalist with 20 years of experience writing about personal finance. My work has appeared in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Forbes.com, Yahoo!, MSN, and other online and print publications.
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