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☆ The true value of grandparents: 2 families explain how much you can save with free childcare
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewWhen millennial Jessica Papi was trying to get pregnant, she discussed future childcare options with her mom, Carol Mooney. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "These arrangements are incredibly beneficial to parents," employment attorney Daphne Delvaux, who advocates for better childcare provision in the US, told Business Insider. AdvertisementDevika Tandon wishes her son's grandparents lived closer to help ease the financial and emotional burden of childcare. Do you have an interesting story about being a working parent you'd like to share with Business Insider?

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☆ A former teacher who spent at least $4,000 on her students details what she bought and why educators 'feel a lot of pressure to spend their own money'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In 2022, Amelie Krikorian bought books, rugs, chocolate, paint, flashcards, beads, and more for her students and classroom with her own money. "Teachers who want to make elementary school a positive and enriching experience do feel pressure to spend their own money," she told BI. Krikorian, who has since left the education field, said teachers shouldn't have to spend their own money on their classrooms. And when schools don't supply all the materials, teachers often step up. For enrichment purposes over the years, Krikorian "bought books that enabled the kids to do additional reading about what we were doing in history and science," she said.

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☆ I was financially dependent on my ex-husband. Post-divorce, I taught myself about money and built a 6-figure business.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Beth Keeton, a 34-year-old publicist in Fort Worth, Texas. After the crumbling of my marriage, a divorce, and landing back on my feet, I started my own business. AdvertisementIf there's one lesson I've learned, it's that when your gut tells you something feels off, you need to listen. Now, I listen to what my gut tells me, which has protected my business in many ways.

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☆ Alexa Von Tobel Is the Super Connector of New York's Buzzy Tech Scene
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Inspired Capital co-founders Lucy Deland (left), Alexa von Tobel (center), and Mark Batsiyan (right) speak to portfolio companies at the firm's annual founder dinner in June 2024. Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, von Tobel attended Harvard University, where she graduated with a degree in psychology. AdvertisementInspired Capital co-founders Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker. Inspired Capital founding partners Mark Batsiyan, Lucy Deland, Alexa von Tobel, and Penny Pritzker. Although von Tobel was on vacation outside the country, she stepped away from a fancy dinner to take McNulty Rojas's call and brainstorm solutions.

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☆ A boomer helped pay for his daughter's college and her husband's student debt. He won't start gifting their inheritance until they curb their spending.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ken, a semi-retired health services executive, helped his daughter and her husband pay for college and for their home. AdvertisementKen said his daughter graduated from college without any debt, thanks to an academic scholarship and a 529 savings plan he contributed to. By the time his daughter got to college, the plan had about $75,000 in it. Ken wants to start gifting them money but wants to make sure they're savingHowever, Ken said they started spending heavily while trying to furnish and improve their home. Ken said he would like to start gifting them the annual amount that's allowed tax-free.

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For Love & Money is a weekly Business Insider column answering relationship and money questions. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form. AdvertisementDear For Love & Money,My mother-in-law has been living with us for the last year. Remember, even if your mother-in-law leaves your house, she will still be in your lives, hip-checking you out of every photo opportunity. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form .

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☆ We rented our house on Airbnb for 15 years. It was so much work that we had to stop.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Dana Mcmahan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Renting your home to strangers for money wasn't even on the horizon when my husband and I bought our first house almost 20 years ago. I thought renting our house to race-goers would be an easy way to make a quick paycheck. We were early Airbnb adoptersIt didn't go well at first, though, with our first guests writing us a bad check. Courtesy of the auhorAlthough it's commonplace now, in those early days, friends thought we'd lost it when we let strangers stay in our house. A beautiful house that just needed some work, with a third floor guest suite and a carriage house, it had tons of potential as a short-term rental rental.

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☆ I do a lot of the invisible labor in my house. I'm teaching my kids to 'notice and do' so I don't have to ask for help.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementMy husband and I created a more equitable divisionI wasn't happy teaching Chas how to notice things that needed to be done. But I was showing them that the wife or mother should notice what needs to be done and delegate household work. The kids need to notice and complete at least one chore a dayThat's when I came up with the idea for a "notice and do" approach. It rewards kids for seeing the things that have to be done around the house, not just completing chores. In addition to the "Big Three," my kids need to notice and complete one additional chore of their choosing.

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☆ I'm remarried but still have the instincts of a single mom. I always ensure I make enough money to support my son on my own.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Ashley Archambault | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

We've been married for almost three years, and my son is 10, but I still feel like a single mom in many ways. I know a lot of this comes from my experiences growing up with my dad, who was a single parent himself. Related storiesNow that I'm a single parent myself, I never want my son to feel that way. Even though I have a partner in many aspects of my life, I still feel the mental toll of being a single parent. I want to ensure that I will always be able to take care of my son and that he knows that, whether I'm married now or not.

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☆ I became a widow at 49 and found online dating soul-crushing. So I did something about it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Nicky Wake was widowed in April 2020 at the age of 49. The mom tried online dating after her husband's death but found the process soul-destroying. She founded a dating app for people who've lost partners to share and bond over their experience. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Around a year after my husband, Andy, 57, died after having a heart attack that led to catastrophic brain injuries, I dabbled in online dating.

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☆ Growing up, my parents didn't discipline me. Now, I'm doing authoritative parenting — and it's working.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Beth Rush | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I knew my future parenting style would incorporate more authoritarian discipline, which has proven to be the best thing for my 5-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. AdvertisementOur parenting style encourages emotional stability while equally enacting the consequences that help our children grow into better versions of themselves. AdvertisementWhat our parenting style looks like in actionI keep these values in mind during moments like yesterday. My husband and I had to enforce our authoritarian parenting style in the grocery store, even though we were rushing to get home. While I put the box back, my husband told him it wasn't on our list.

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☆ I'm raising my kids in a town with fewer than 1,500 people. Cost of living is cheap, but we need to drive to find diversity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But before my second was born, my family moved to rural New Hampshire for my husband's job. The kids' school (a town over) is 20 minutes from home, while the grocery store is 25. When the kids inevitably break a bone during their adventures, we need to drive 45 minutes to the hospital. My life feels more relaxed hereAfter three years of living in that town, going even more rural felt like an easy choice. My kids didn't choose to live in the middle of nowhere, and I don't want it to hold them back.

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☆ We moved our family to Florida for my husband's job. It ruined our marriage — and I'm back in Ohio with the kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Candace Powell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewI've moved a lot throughout my life — across town, down the road, and from one state to another. But one move, from Ohio to Florida, cost me my husband of nearly 11 years. My husband's job required him to leave right away — three months before the kids and I could. AdvertisementBy the time we could join him, he'd already created a life for himself and seemed fully immersed in Florida culture. Three months after returning to Ohio, my husband, whom I'd been with for 14 years, packed his bags and moved out.

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☆ Why a millennial stopped saving 70% of her income and started spending over $25,000 a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Julie Berninger, 35, and her husband used to save 70% of their income. Now, they spend over $25,000 a month on outsourcing aspects of their lives like cleaning, cooking, and transportation. However, Berninger said she's investing in the growth of her companies — and is spending a lot to do so. While at Amazon, she started selling digital products part-time on Etsy, as she wanted side income and opportunities to try different fields of work. AdvertisementShifting spending habitsIn 2023, she also founded Auros Agency, a boutique digital course creation agency with a similar business model.

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☆ What we know about Usha Vance's politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewUsha Vance's classmates at Yale Law School didn't know much about her politics. Less obvious, however, is Usha Vance's political orientation and relationship to the newfound national spotlight. In 2022, two colleagues at the firm described Usha Vance as liberal or moderate to The Times. When JD Vance was himself running for Senate, Usha Vance appeared in his very first campaign ad, sitting in front of a bookshelf and talking about their three children. AdvertisementWhile Usha Vance's political orientations and interest in life as a national figure remain foggy, her devotion to her husband has seemed strong since her days at Yale Law School.

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☆ A founding father of Utah's VC industry is stepping back as accusations of sexual harassment surface
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Melia Russell | Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Eyes closed, she listened as the Mercato Partners cofounder Greg Warnock stepped into the living room of his houseboat. Before starting Mercato, Warnock bought a large stake in a chemical-distribution business and made his first few millions in the acquisition. For an aspiring investor in Silicon Slopes, Mercato Partners seemed the place to be. They say the complaints from female Mercato employees are emblematic of religious and social norms that place women in the home. Mercato Partners no longer promotes Savory Fund or Prelude on its website following an organizational shake-up.

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☆ Trump hasn't contacted the family of his supporter who died during the assassination attempt, his wife told the New York Post
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, told The New York Post in an interview on Monday that the former president had not yet contacted her since the shooting on Saturday. Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old former fire chief from Pennsylvania, was a supporter of Trump and attended the rally with his wife and daughters. Helen Comperatore told the outlet that, at that point, she had not heard from Trump. Helen Comperatore told the Post her family did receive a call from President Joe Biden, but that she did not speak with him. She told the Post she is voting for Trump but that she is not very involved in politics.

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☆ As an only child, caring for my aging parents solo is a burden — but it's forced me to get better at asking for help
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Rebecca Strong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I've become used to hearing responses like these when people find out I'm an only child. As I get older and my parents' health declines, I've had to get better at asking for help. It's not just physical health problems that I have to help my parents navigate solo, either. AdvertisementWhile the idea of experiencing motherhood is exciting to me, I also know that raising a child is a massive responsibility. And I'm not sure if I can manage that responsibility when I'm already caring for my parents — even with my husband sharing half the work.

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☆ A trainer-heiress power couple created the fitness juggernaut Pvolve. Then came a divorce, an arrest, and Jennifer Aniston.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +43 min

Around the dinner table in the early 2000s, David Katzman would quiz his kids about their dream startups. ModelFit employees told BI that Gelband used the Pelvicore Pro only with the permission of its creator, the physical therapist Christina Christie. Once, in October 2018, David Katzman met with Facebook's ad team to discuss SDC's before-and-after advertisements, which violated the tech company's policies. SDC employees worked on Pvolve marketing campaigns, and Pvolve employees took trips on David Katzman's jet. "He didn't come from anything, and he spent years and years building up the business," the person close to Pasterino told BI.

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☆ Inside the Ambani wedding: Details you may have missed, according to a guest who was there all weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Unlike the main wedding festivities over the weekend, this event was "just for close family and friends," she said. AdvertisementMukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries, Isha Piramal, Anand Piramal, Nita Ambani, Anant Ambani, Rihanna, Radhika Merchant, Shloka Mehta Ambani and Akash Ambani stand on the stage. Decorations around the Ambani family's residence in Mumbai, India, ahead of the wedding of Anant Ambani on July 12. Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas attend the Ambani wedding on Friday. Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian were among a number of high-profile guests at the Ambani wedding in Mumbai.

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☆ Melania Trump speaks out, calls Trump rally shooter a 'monster' who saw her husband as an 'inhuman political machine'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Melania Trump called the Trump rally shooter a "monster" who saw her husband as "inhuman." The former first lady made the statement on Sunday after the attempted assassination of her husband. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFormer first lady Melania Trump denounced the assassination attempt of her husband at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, calling the shooter a "monster" who "sought to ring out Donald's passion."

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☆ Instead of buying gifts for our daughters, we ask parents to bring toys their kids no longer use. We do an exchange at the party.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Katrina Donham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Her first birthday party became a family reunion and an event to mark what felt like the toughest part of the pandemic. It seems like there's another birthday party every weekThat first birthday party was more than three years ago. It's also hard to remember to buy a gift for such-and-so's birthday party this weekend, with everything else we have going on during the week. I decided to ask parents not to buy gifts for my daughtersThat's when my idea was born: I would directly ask parents NOT to buy new gifts for our daughters' birthday parties. Additionally, I would encourage parents to reuse old gift bags, wrapping paper, and ribbon to wrap them.

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I always said I would give my land to my adult children when we married, and I moved in with him. He is upset that I am giving our marital assets to my adult children, and he says that is not fair to him or his three adult children. If this solution doesn't work for your husband, it's his job to find an alternative, not yours. AdvertisementAnother compromise might be giving your adult children a larger share of your personal assets and one another's children smaller bequests. And you can't have the conversation until your husband is willing to have it.

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