Mother-in-law
Family Money Values is primarily concerned with generations of family members passing their values and assets on into the future. In order to do that, a family has to have some future generations –...
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Family Meetings
Teach each other using family meetings by holding them with your adult children and grand children. A multi-generation family meeting can be a great forum to guide your adult children and to learn from...
Why Is It So Hard to Talk to Family? Cross-generation Family Meeting Tips
Have you ever had a difficult time talking about sensitive subjects with your parents or your children? I am an experienced meeting facilitator. In my role as an information systems project manager I have...
Parents As Resources for Adult Children
When I was a young adult, fresh out of school, my desire for separation from my parents was fierce. I was stubbornly determined to live independently. Now that I am the parent of adult...
Multi-generation Mortgage Help
Among experts dealing with multi-generational wealth, one of the precepts is that each generation helps the next ones out. One way to do that – if certain issues are properly handled – is for...
Tips for Traveling Without Your Spouse
Discussions on how couples feel about travel should be required premarital counseling! Some folks love to travel and feel it is educational, fulfilling and worth the time and money. Other folks think it is...
Newlyweds (after five years together)!
In 2009 CNN reported that research from the University of Denver indicated that over 70% of couples are living together prior to marriage. These statistics are probably no surprise to you. The number of...
Will Your Family Business Survive You?
A family business, or a series of family enterprises, can fuel the growth wealth for your family from the first generation on down – if it survives. Statistics vary on exact percentages, depending on...
Family Meeting Checklist
Family meetings can be a great way to build solid relationships, create a family legacy and train the next generation. A couple of weeks ago I shared our path towards holding family meetings. As...
Why We Have Official Family Meetings
After Mom died in 1996, Hubby and I had to deal with her estate. It was then that we started establishing our own wills, trusts and etc. In the years following 9/11, I realized...
