- Budgeting
- Cash Management
- Consumer and Mortgage Loans
- Debt and Debt Reduction
- Time Value of Money 1: Present and Future Value
- Time Value of Money 2: Inflation, Real Returns, Annuities, and Amortized Loans
- Insurance 1: Basics
- Insurance 2: Life Insurance
- Insurance 3: Health, Long-term Care, and Disability Insurance
- Insurance 4: Auto, Homeowners, and Liability Insurance
- The Home Decision
- The Auto Decision
- Family 1: Money and Marriage
- Introduction
- Ten Key Principles of Money and Marriage
- 1. The family is ordained of God
- 2. Your spouse has first priority
- 3. Marriage partners are equal
- 4. Marriage partners should seek the “best interests” of the family.”
- 5. Financial problems are usually behavioral problems, not money problems
- 6. Change is necessary to improve.
- 7. Money spent on things you value leads to satisfaction and accomplishment.
- 8. Financial freedom is more the result of decreased spending than increased income
- 9. Spouses are to leave their parents and become one
- 10. The best things in life require no money
- Understand Why Money May be an Issue in Marriage
- Recommendations for Money and Marriage
- Summary
- Assignments
- Family 2: Teaching Children Financial Responsibility
- Family 3: Financing Children’s Education and Missions
- Investments A: Key Lessons of Investing
- Investments B: Key Lessons of Investing
9. Spouses are to leave their parents and become one
We have been commanded: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24) Spouses are to leave the things their parents did, including the things their parents did incorrectly. They are to work together with their spouse (not their parents, friends, or bank accounts) to become one; one in purpose, one in unity, and one in goals.
