We want our kids to make money, but should we tell them to get jobs or start businesses? Here's what you need to know. Should we tell our kids or teens to get jobs? Or should we encourage them to run small businesses and get a head start on the basics of achieving world [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Television commercials can no longer be louder than the shows they interrupt. Sick of your kids turning off the tv only to ask for new toys? Well, that will still happen but now at least the FCC banned commercials -- the ones toy and cereal companies create to zap their marketing messages directly to your [...]
Teach your kids about tradition - and that television commercials are for suckers. If your kids have a gift list a mile long of all store-bought stuff, it's time to curl up by the fire and tell everyone the modern day holiday story: How Retailers Hijacked Christmas: The Myth About Debt Being Normal and Presents Mandatory. Because the only thing normal and mandatory at holiday time, people, [...]
Allowances, jobs, saving and spending, the lastest push in education is to get economics in schools. Here's what you need to do at home. BY THE HOME ECONOMIST This week in her after-school program, teen coordinator for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Miami Diana Perez will introduce to junior-high kids a few real-life financial skills [...]