How to Help Your Kid’s School Serve Healthier Lunches
There are new guidelines for school lunches but many cafeterias aren't prepared to serve them. Here's the problem and how you can help.
Bank Accounts for Kids: 10 Questions to Ask before Opening
If your kids keep their cash in their closets, they'll miss a big lesson in money. Here are the questions that will best help them learn about banking.
Raise Kids Who Grow Up to Be Rich
You can use chocolate candies today to raise kids who earn more money. Use chocolate candies to teach math today and raise your kids to be rich tomorrow. Because kids with reading and math scores at age 7 are likely to earn more money in adulthood, according to research from the University of [...]
Money Games for Kids
Entertain your kids while teaching them about money - online options. Don't let the fear of boring your kids to death keep you from teaching them about money! Nope, because now there are ways to keep everyone awake and - get this - even energized! We scoured the web and brought back ten exciting money games geared toward [...]
What Happens When Kids Dropout of School
The government followed around 9,000 kids and found out what happens to those who don't go to college. Call it the government's version of Facebook. Each year, the Feds choose 9,000 kids to follow and - in turn - finds a few interesting facts about what happens when they don't finish school. Simple answer: they have more trouble finding jobs. The government - [...]
Kid Shoppers Still Score R-Rated Movies, Violent Video Games
Some theaters still selling young kids tickets to R-rated movies. The government recently sent young, undercover shoppers into stores - such as Walmart - and movie theaters, including Regal Cinemas, to see how many would be allowed to buy violent video games and tickets to shows with seriously mature material, according to a new [...]
Jobs for Kids: Beyond the Lemonaide Stand
There are plenty of ways kids can earn money before they're old enough for jobs. Don’t let those pesky child labor laws get in the way of teaching your kids the value of financial rewards that accompany hard work. There are plenty of income ideas they can put into action and none require [...]
Kids & Allowances: Guidelines For Giving Kids Cash
Money management is best learned early - when mistakes cost less. When it comes to a kid's weekly allowance there's just one thing that matters, according to Hollis Harman, an Emmy award-winning financial literacy expert and author of Money Sense for Kids. To teach your child the money-saving techniques you hope will become as habitual as teeth-brushing. [...]
How To Raise A Kid’s Allowance
Give your kids the money they want with the economic lessons they need. So your children, who double as employees (taking out the trash, picking up their rooms,) want more money. This is exactly how the Rothschilds must feel. Like the head of any good dynasty, you must raise their allowances. Yes, we're on your side here, stay with us a minute. Because we're [...]
Marketing to Kids: How to Protect Your Kids from Junk Food Advertising & Commercials
There's a trick or two for beating marketing messages cast over our children and we have it here.... Companies spend $1.7 billion trying to sell our kids sugar and fat. It's no secret that breakfast cereal-makers, soda companies and fast food restaurants spend billions -- $1.79 billion a year, to be exact -- on convincing our kids [...]