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There are some things experts say you should never put on a credit card if you can't pay the bill right away Here are six purchases experts say cash-strapped consumers should avoid.

"My one recommendation to parents ... let them talk" and if a child doesn't open up the first time, keep bringing it up but be somewhat clever ...

TODAY Money experts David Bach, Jean Chatzky, Carmen Wong-Ulrich and Allison Linn offer strategies, some from personal experience, on how to reduce tension over money in your life and avoid fighting over finances.

Emergency rooms see an increase in cases of heat stroke and dehydration this time of year. Extra precautions must be taken to keep children safe, as well.

We often think of antique relationship advice found in dusty books written by long-dead elders as useless or good only for a laugh.

This week, Sophie talks about how to be a parent and a lover and answers your general relationships questions.

Oxmoor House recalled nearly 1 million home improvement books because of errors that could lead do-it-yourselfers to make risky mistakes while installing their electrical wiring.

A reader asks for advice on what a healthy in-law relationship looks like and how to create one.

Go ahead. Break the chains. Stop paying on your mortgage if you owe more than the house is worth. And most important: Don't feel guilty about it. Don't think you're doing something morally wrong.

That's the incendiary core message of a new academic paper by Brent T. White, a University of Arizona law school professor, titled "Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis."

Amid so much downsizing, it's risky and unnecessary for managers to let feelings confuse what ought to be a clean transaction when firing an employee.