Money is a number one cause of stress, but financial literacy is still one of the few things that we fail to teach our kids.

If you haven't done so already, now is a good time to emergency-proof your finances. Doing so can help limit your overall disruption, lower your stress, and put you in a better position to ride out any emergency.

Paying into a permanent life insurance policy instead of maxing out tax-advantaged retirement accounts is a mistake. You will never earn the same investment return.

We all do crazy stuff with money, but psychologists and financial planners report good news: We aren't crazy. We're just byproducts of a vast collection of life experience. The even better news is that we can change. We can amplify our good money habits and muffle our bad. Here's how.