Paying for my daughter's college tuition would have ruined my chances of saving for retirement. Instead, I helped pay for her car and housing.

The Democratic nominee for vice president pulled $135,000 from his retirement savings last year to pay for his daughter’s college education, The Wall Street Journal reported.

When our daughter, Lauren, was born, my husband, Gary, and I started saving for her higher education. We tucked away as much as possible, hoping it would be enough. But college costs were rising fast.

24/7 Wall St. Key Takeaways: Generally, saving for a house downpayment should be done before saving for college. That said, someone else’s priorities are not your own!

“You don’t need a lot of money to start saving. You just have to start,” said Lucas. “You could just save $5 a week so that you can build the habit of saving money and understand how to ...

On Monday, Abbott specifically touted education savings accounts, which would give parents access to state money in government accounts to spend on private school, tutoring or home schooling.

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