Fran Hauser, author of "The Myth of the Nice Girl," is here to talk about the conflicted relationship women all have with being nice. When you're nice, you can be seen as weak or ineffective. When you're assertive, you're bitchy. It sounds like a lose-lose, but Fran says it doesn’t have to be. In Mailbag, Roth IRAs for teens, umbrella life insurance policies for families and why you don't touch a 401(k) before retirement.

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