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March 27, 2021

Your Biggest Mistake in Retirement Planning, and Helping Teenagers Thrive

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Your Biggest Mistake in Retirement Planning

Take whatever money you have saved for retirement, and cut it in half. That\'s what one top retirement planning expert says, because most of us don\'t realize the dramatic impact of taxes. But there are ways to minimize the pain, according to Ed Slott, author of “The New Retirement Savings Time Bomb: How to Take Financial Control, Avoid Unnecessary Taxes, and Combat the Latest Threats to Your Retirement Savings.”

Helping Teenagers Thrive

Rates of suicide, bullying, eating disorders and other mental health challenges are rising dramatically among teenagers. Achea Redd, author of \"Authentic You: A Girl\'s Guide to Growing Up Fearless and True,\" outlines the character traits that are critical to thrive as an adolescent, and what parents can do to help.

The Huge Environmental Impact of Disposable Masks

Recent studies estimate that we use an astounding 129 billion face masks globally every month, roughly 3 million each minute. Prof. Elvis Genbo Xu, from the Department of Biology at the University of Southern Denmark, says little effort has been made so far to address the massive environmental impact of these disposable masks, most of which are not biodegradable.

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