Your 20s are filled with learning experiences. This coming-of-age period is a time when most people get full-time jobs and live independently for the first time. For many, this inevitably means making.
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College is expensive: $35,720 per student, according to data from educationdata.org.
Many personal finance experts follow the airplane oxygen mask rule: Make sure your own finances are in order before saving for your children. Before you go all in saving for your child’s future college expenses, make sure it isn’t interfering with your own savings, retirement funding, and ability to pay down high-interest debt.