Introduction: Money problems are financial opportunities -- Part one: Spend less, save well, invest often. Money lessons I learned from my mother : spending, saving, investing: a personal-finance quiz -- Your 90-day number : cold hard truth card -- Save your money, save your life : reviving ghost money -- Invest right, invest now : 5 investment rules to live by -- Debt-free first : money pledge -- Part two: Youth and money: learning & earning, dating & mating. Kids and cash : test your child's money smarts -- High cost of higher education : quiz: are you ready for the high cost of Higher Ed? -- Boomers and boomerangs: when generations financially collide : 10 steps for getting your kids out of your basement -- Young love and money : 10 financial questions to ask your partner before you move in together -- Part three. Marriage, mortgage, and children. Marriage and money : get hitched and stay rich: 10 ways to minimize wedding-spending madness -- House poor, house rich : 10 ways to renovate smarter -- Cash in the cradle : 5 ways to minimize baby-spending madness -- Avoiding money pits : 4 more money pits to avoid -- Part four: Midlife money matters & your financial legacy. Midlife and money karma : measure your midlife money karma -- Divorce, remarriage, and gold diggers : how to spot a gold digger -- Debt, divesting, and downsizing : 10 crucial financial questions you must ask about late-in-life care -- Epilogue: Getting to "enough".