Sector index — family-life
Family Life
Continuing coverage of family life for owners, specifiers and the trades that serve them. Listed newest first.
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Two Hours Once a Year Catches Almost Everything That Quietly Drifts
Follow most unpleasant household financial surprises backward and you arrive at something small that never had an occasion for being looked at.
1,042 words · TQL-FAM-846
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Signed and Notarized Two Years Ago? Why the Bank May Still Refuse to Accept It
Nothing was done wrong. Most institutions want their own paperwork as well, and it has to be signed while the person still has capacity.
1,384 words · TQL-FAM-811
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Locations, Not Amounts: The One Page That Shortens the Conversation With Your Parents
Everyone imagines this as a discussion about how much money there is. That version is uncomfortable and it can wait behind a much smaller one.
1,202 words · TQL-FAM-319
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The Number Families Compare First: What In Home Care, Assisted Living and Relatives Each Ask
Monthly cost is the easiest figure to find and close to the least useful to compare, because the three arrangements differ most in what they demand.
1,123 words · TQL-FAM-123
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Who Renews the Tags in Your House? The Admin Nobody Was Ever Actually Assigned
Ask two adults in the same household who handles the vehicle registration and you often get two answers, each of them naming the other person.
902 words · TQL-FAM-829