Earlier this week I was going through Facebook when I saw a post that made me smile and laugh. It was a picture of a mom jumping for joy. In front of her were three little boys sporting the most pitiful looks on their faces. They were all dressed for the first day of school, with their freshly laundered shirts and new backpacks in tow. The caption on the bottom read: First Day … [Read more...]
The Guilt Market
The news has been so filled with stories about the volatility in the financial markets that it had me thinking about one market that CNBC and Bloomberg don't cover: the Guilt Market.Mothers are very familiar with this market. It starts the minute the line turns pink on your pregnancy test. Suddenly you feel guilty for the coffee you drank that morning, or the calcium you didn’t … [Read more...]
