All Posts Tagged With: "Kids and the economy"
Improve your child’s financial literacy for FREE this month
April is financial literacy month, so the education Web site BrainPOP is offering free access to its Spotlight: Financial Literacy.
The site is perfect for elementary school children. Short videos included on the site are animated and engaging. Some of the subjects covered are quite timely: taxes (!), the stock market (!!), banking (!!!) and [...]
8Apr2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
A lesson best learned young: Accept responsibility for your actions
There are an awful lot of lessons parents can teach their kids about the faltering economy. Here’s a simple one even a kindergartner can grasp: Accepting responsibility for your actions is good.
Take the case of Hank Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group who transformed the company into an insurance giant by casting [...]
6Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Talking to children about the economy, other tips to help your family
We’re all on edge about our lousy economy, and so are our kids.
I know we’re certainly not immune in our house. My husband and I left jobs we loved in journalism within the past six months, figuring it was best to get while the getting was good. Just like everyone else, we’ve watched our 401Ks [...]
18Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
