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After Daddy Passed Away FamilyParentingRemembrance

After Daddy Passed Away

G. Marshall Brooks felt lost when her beloved father died; her mother’s physical and mental health then began to decline, essentially forcing 15-year-old G. to take on the overwhelming role of parenting a parent

Marshall Brooks continues chronicling her fascinating life with this next entry from “Life in the Key of G.” While struggling with her own grief, G. is sent to Wyoming to stay with "Brother Number Three" -- who she barely knows. "On the outside, it seemed that I just rolled with the punches," Marshall Brooks writes. "But inside I was just a kid, trying to do what my Daddy told me to do when faced with a challenge." It's a Reporters Inc. Original.

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Olivia
July 21, 2026
What if? AdoptionFamilyParentingPregnancy

What if?

Fighting doubt about decision to have kids

Writer Tim Munkeby and his wife Mary have five kids. There were plenty of "what ifs" in the beginning, he says--What if we waited? What if we used contraception? But knowing what he knows now, Munkeby says they would have regretted any decision not to have kids.

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Tim Munkeby
December 4, 2013
A Loving Legacy FinanceParenting

A Loving Legacy

Parents need to teach kids financial literacy

In his book If I Had a Million Dollars: How to Achieve Financial Independence Before Your Parents Do, Tim Munkeby outlines ways to help young adults becoming fiscally responsible and financially independent.

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Tim Munkeby
April 11, 2013
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