Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web.

Lessons for life (Humble Dollar). A long-time personal finance writer shares some great lessons about how he taught his kids about money.

You must be dehydrated (The Contessa Counts). How a time audit can help you live a better, more fulfilling life.

Scar tissue (The Best Interest). A wonderful piece on the lasting impact that past experiences can have on how we manage money today.

7 hidden financial risks of being a cosigner (Yahoo Finance). And here are two more words of warning: Proverbs 17:18 and Proverbs 11:15.

Fight the subtle seduction of self-reliance (The Gospel Coalition). As you make all manner of financial decisions, whose wisdom are your relying on?

The ‘best and final’ job offer usually isn’t final. How you can negotiate (Wall Street Journal). Lots of people are leaving money on the table.

Building personal resilience through adaptive financial planning (Tim Maurer). Margin gives you options. See also, One of the sweetest concepts in all of money management.

Savings accounts for babies in ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill’ really are beautiful, experts say (Yahoo Finance). The bill isn’t law yet, but newborns may be set to start life crawling in the right financial direction.

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