{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65675c71c3ca8a0012804645/65675c78c3ca8a0012804ac9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"1112: Ask Farnoosh: How to Manage Family Finances in the Pandemic?","description":"<p>Today’s Ask Farnoosh focuses on questions related to managing your family finances in this pandemic and recession.</p><p>I recently partnered with COUNTRY Financial and they recently conducted this eye-opening survey which points to some major financial struggles across the nation. It found that 51% of parents have financial concerns with extra food, childcare, technology and internet costs and 27% of parents have had to delay paying rent, credit card bills, auto insurance bills or retirement contributions.</p><p>I'm joined by Troy Frerichs who is COUNTRY’s Vice President of Investment Services to help answer listener questions including:</p><ul>\n<li>How to be a new parent and manage the related costs and time pressures of working and raising your child from home?</li>\n<li>How to get back in the workforce if you've had to quit your job during Covid to take care of your family?</li>\n<li>How to navigate the increased costs of college kids returning and living back at home?</li>\n</ul><p><br></p><p>You can learn more about the COUNTRY survey and get access to some really helpful content and articles at <a href=\"http://www.countryfinancial.com/farnoosh\">countryfinancial.com/farnoosh</a></p>","author_name":"Farnoosh Torabi"}