5 Warning Signs Your Child Feels Entitled
As a parent or guardian, it’s the most natural thing in the world to want to give your child what you never had, to give them the best so that they can enjoy life. There comes a point, however, when…
Should Kids Get Credit Cards?
Money makes the world go ‘round, or so the saying goes. In modern society, though, you have to tweak that saying a bit. It’s more like plastic makes the Earth keep rotating. With technology becoming more and more integrated into…
What Does “Financially Literate” Mean?
In the money world, the term “financially literate”—or a related derivative—gets tossed around quite a bit. Not a whole lot of experts actually take the time to define exactly what financially literate means, leaving many statistics related to money habits…
Which Is Better: Piggy Bank, Bank Account or bankaroo?
By now, you should have a pretty good handle on the idea that kids and saving need to go together tighter than peanut butter and jelly. Of course, more than one way for kids to save is available. Two of…
3 Tips for Making Allowance More of a Challenge
Allowance is one of the most debated topics when it comes to teaching children financial literacy. A huge part of the controversy is whether the allowance is challenging enough—that is, whether it teaches entitlement. If you don’t plan on connecting…
Getting Your Child to Understand the Importance of Unit Price
Although frugality comes more naturally to some people than others, it’s also a bit of a learned art—you can perfect techniques to save and get better deals. As you try to teach your kids how to be frugal, a lesson…
How to Turn a Shopping Trip Into a Fun Financial Lesson for Kids
Keeping the kids entertained while shopping no small chore. The beautiful thing is, shopping trips are a prime opportunity to teach your child about money. Applying some simple strategies can fight the boredom blues all while improving your youngster’s financial…
Teaching Your Child Money Skills While You Eat
For most modern American families, food costs remain one of the largest dents in income. Subsequently, getting your child to understand the financial aspects of their meals can turn out to make a tremendous difference on their monetary stability later…
Kids, Work and Time
Parents and caregivers are the first financial models kids have. Inevitably, for instance, kids see their moms and dads going to the ATM, paying for groceries or paying bills electronically or via mail. The message kids get is clear: Money…
bankaroo localization – the mission continues…
Our localization project is going well. We hope to go live in time for our 1st birthday party. We would be happy to include more languages, so check out Danielle’s latest ‘mission briefing’ video: So far we have translations for…