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Teaching Our Kids To Save: What You Need to Know So You Can Tell Them

October 28, 2015 by Justin

One of the most important things we do as parents, in addition to teaching our kids right from wrong, is teaching our kids to be financially responsible. Jokes about taking care of us in our old age aside, beginning your child’s financial education as early as possible is one of the best ways to make sure that they will be able to take care of ...

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What You Can Learn from Kids

April 29, 2015 by Justin

I love to watch kids play!  They are so willing to take chances and push boundaries.  It is fascinating to watch how they seem to discover a toy or something for the first time.  Have you ever watched a child interact with a dog?  They will pet the dog and laugh.  Then it goes further until the dog signals he/she has had enough.  Children are ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: financial decisions, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Planning, Values, Wealth

How to Prepare your Children for Success

August 8, 2014 by Justin

How can parents prepare their children for success! One measure of success is financial! There are personal finance classes, online classes, books, magazines and more. I even wrote about how field trips reinforced financial irresponsibility. It is though nothing has worked before we had all these wonderful resources. It really is not such a ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Career, Careers, financial decisions, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Personal Finance, Planning, Values, Wealth

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

May 30, 2014 by Justin

In earlier times, the messenger delivered bad news! Don’t blame the person who tells you bad news. Too often, the person delivering bad news is blamed for the news. For many years, I was the messenger! I was the Chief Financial Officer who said profit margins were decreasing or some other performance indicator. As a personal finance blogger, is it ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Budget, Budgeting, Credit cards, debt, financial decisions, financial literacy, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, major purchases, Money, Personal Finance, Planning, Retirement, Savings, Stretching your Money, Values, Wealth

Top 5 Financial Tips for Young People

May 9, 2014 by Justin

Financial tips, I wish I knew when I was young. Wait, do young people take advice? When you are young, you feel invincible and you think you know everything! Taking advice is hard at that age, but here goes anyway. I encourage making mistakes and trying different things, but preparing for your future is important too. I have put together five (5) ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Budget, Budgeting, Career, Careers, financial decisions, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, Personal Finance, Planning, Retirement, Savings, Values, Wealth

Money Management Tips for Children

April 30, 2014 by Justin

Money management is controlling your personal finances!  Money management is the process of budgeting, saving, investing, spending or otherwise in overseeing the cash usage of an individual or group. Do you contribute to your retirement? Do you have a budget?   Do you pay your credit card balance every month? If you can answer yes to these ...

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Filed Under: Managing Money, Money and Children, Uncategorized Tagged With: Budget, Budgeting, Cash, financial decisions, financial literacy, Frugal Living, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, major purchases, Money, mortgages, Personal Finance, Planning, Savings, Stretching your Money, Values, Wealth

What Can You Learn from Kids?

June 2, 2011 by Justin

I love to watch children play!  They are so willing to take chances and push boundaries.  It is fascinating to watch how they seem to discover a toy or something for the first time.  Have you ever watched a child interact with a dog?  They will pet the dog and laugh.  Then it goes further until the dog signals he/she has had enough.  Children are ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Career, financial decisions, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle

Even More Financial Skills for Teens

April 25, 2011 by Justin

April is National Financial Literacy Month; I am continuing my series on financial skills for teens.  As a reminder, Financial Literacy is making informed judgments and effective decisions using money.   Buying a Home requires some thoughtful planning and know-how.  Home buying includes a mortgage and financing.  Do I expect teenagers to go out buy ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: debt, financial decisions, financial literacy, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, major purchases, mortgages, Savings

More Financial Skills for Teens

April 18, 2011 by Justin

April is National Financial Literacy Month; I am continuing my series on financial skills for teens.  As a reminder, Financial Literacy is making informed judgments and effective decisions using money.  Decisions about spending and saving will affect your entire life!  Learning good habits regarding spending, avoiding debt and savings is very ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Budget, Cash, debt, financial decisions, Frugal Living, Goal setting, Goals, information, Job Search, lifestyle, Money, Personal Finance, Planning, Savings

Financial Skills for Teens

April 11, 2011 by Justin

Since this is National Financial Literacy Month, I thought I would start with a definition.  “Financial Literacy is the ability to make informed judgments and effective decisions regarding the use and management of money”.  Why is it important and when should you learn it? ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Budget, Budgeting, Cash, financial decisions, financial literacy, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Money, Personal Finance, Planning, Retirement, Savings

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