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MooejrSmart SHARON EPPERSON
What kids’rewards
progams can do for you
Upromise, a 6-year-old rewards sen -
ice with more than 8 million members,
offers money for 529 college savings
plans from companies like Bed Bath &
Beyond, Exxon Mobil and McDonald's.
It’s facing competition from upstart
Little Grad, a program with more than
2,000 members that wwks with 1,700-
plus online retailers. Here's how they
both work:
U PROMISE
To get started: You (and family mem
bers and friends, if they wish) register
credit, debit and grocery-store loyalty
cards at UfHt)mise.com and get rewards
when dining with U promise partners
or visiting online retailers via Uprom
ise’s website. Get more rewards by us-
mg a Citi Uprom-
L ise credit card.
What you get:
) You can direct re
wards savings from
Upromise-managed 529 plan.
LITTLE GRAD
To get started: Register on Little Grad
■com, add family members and friends
to get additional rewards, and down
load the Little Grad Savings Manager
program to receive rewards when shop
ping at affiliated online merchants, not
just at the Little Grad website.
What you get Rewards savings from
Little Grad are transferred into a 529
or another type of savings account
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Parent BY ANN PLESHETTE MURPHY
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Parents can help kids develop a Plan B,
says Florida State University' sociologist
John Reynolds, who has researched the gap
between teens’ ambitions and actual jobs
as adults. Unfulfilled goals can lead to dis
appointment, depression and wasted time.
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stead, mention plausible alternatives. For
example, a young athlete who likely won’t
make the pros can aim to be a sports man
ager or sports writer.
■ Tb find out what’s driving your chil
dren’s dreams, ask them to complete the
sentence: “If I were a famous ...” If your
daughter dreams of being recognized and
admired, then ask her to imagine what it’s
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body weight
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Eat Smart jean carper
Calcium foods are vital
To keep bones strong as you grow'
older, should you eat foods that are
high in calcium or take calcium pills?
A new study from Washington Uni
versity School of Medicine says post
menopausal women who got most of
their calcium from their diet or from
diet and supplements had better bones
than women who got most of their cal
cium from pills alone.
Probable reason: Calcium in food is
better absorbed.
Women who averaged 830 mg of cal
cium daily in food had higher bone
density in their spines and hips than
women who averaged 1,030 mg of cal
cium daily from pills. Women who ate
high-calcium foods and took pills av
eraged 1,620 mg and had the highest
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Stephen Covey, Jorge Cruise,
Steve Dale, Kenneth C Davis,
Sharon Epperson, Dennie Hughes,
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Ann Pleshette Murphy, Cokie Roberts,
Steve Roberts, Tavis-Smiley,
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