All Posts Tagged With: "managing money"
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
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
Children & money management: Spend some, save some and share
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been talking to my kids about the economy more in the past few months than I ever have before. Call it a crisis, a recession, a downturn of monumental proportions, the economy is taking a toll on all of us.
As difficult as these times are, we can use them to teach our children to be financially savvy and responsible, said Alex Mazloom, a father of two and the co-founder of Mind Treasures, a San Diego-based nonprofit that teaches money management to children as young as 5.
Mr. Mazloom’s message is a simple one: Spend
19Feb2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
