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Tag Archives: kids
20 Ways NOT To Teach Your Kids About Money
There’s a lot of talk about how parents can prepare their kids for financial independence, but it’s just as important to point out ways that parents can unknowingly hurt their children’s financial success. If you haven’t started teaching your kids … Continue reading
Kids and Money
I remember when I was a kid, my parents would take the time to show me how money worked. (This was in the days before ATM’s and online banking.) My mom would show me how to write a check out … Continue reading
Does Spending a Lot of Money Make You a Better Parent?
This week I was trawling one of my favorite message boards and noticed a thread on whether or not a child should have an expensive cell phone and, if so, should it be given as a gift for a big … Continue reading
Posted in Debt, Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged better parenting, child, Children, kids, money grows on trees, money values, Personal Finance, spending money
1 Comment
Ten Ways to Help Your Kids to Spend Wisely
Kids often view cash and gift cards as things that need to be used immediately. I recall how my now grown son spent all of his birthday money within two days after he had received it, often wasting it on … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Food / Groceries, Personal Finance, Relationships, Shopping
Tagged Children, kids, money, Personal Finance, Shopping, spending money, spending wisely
6 Comments
Please Stop The Treat Bag Madness
I went to my share of birthday parties as a child and without exception they were of singular focus – to celebrate the birthday of a friend or relative. All attention was placed on the “person of the day” or … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged birthday, cell phones, Children, kids, parties, treat bags
25 Comments
Summer Finance Fun for Kids
School is out and the kids are home. If it hasn’t happened already, chances are it won’t be long before you hear those famous words: “I’m bored.” Now would be a good time to use that boredom to teach kids … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Holidays, Personal Finance, X Files
Tagged board games, Children, finance, games, kids, lemonade stand, movies, stock market, summer vacation, TV, videos, X Files
2 Comments
20 Ways Your Child’s Imagination Can Save You Money
What is it about children that invite us to spend money on them? Is it that we see they are cute at everything, so everything is fair game? Is it that we want them to have the best so we … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Frugal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged child, Children, development, imagination, kids, play, save money, Saving Money, toys
5 Comments
Can You Ever Really Be Financially “Ready” to Have a Baby?
The most common question my husband and I have been asked since we got married a couple of years ago is “When are you guys going to have kids?” Each time, we give the same answer — that were not … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged Baby, Children, kids, Personal Finance, save money, saving
30 Comments
Seven Ways to Teach Your Children Generosity
During the last Christmas season, Disney’s Club Penguin website allowed children who played its online games to donate their virtual earnings to help the environment, improve children’s health, or assist children in developing countries. Though players could use the coins … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged Charity, Children, generosity, gift giving, kids
10 Comments
Nine Money Books for Children
Children live in a very self-centered world as they focus on learning about themselves and how the world works according to them. As they go along, learning how to mimic parents and other adults, observing behaviors through cause and effect, … Continue reading
Winter Fun: Ways to Enjoy the Snow for Little Money
We recently had our first snow of the winter and now my city is under a blanket of white. Snow sure makes everything more beautiful (except the roads and my car). Many people take advantage of winter sports like skiing, … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged activity, cross-country, innertube, kids, save, saving, ski, sled, snow, snowshoe, winter
3 Comments