The proverbial Joneses. The family that has everything that everyone wants, that sets the trends everyone wants to follow, that people struggle to mimic. To some degree, we all try to keep up with them, as the saying goes, but…
When kids are really young, their idea about how to get money is pretty simple, not to mention misguided: Run out of cash? No worries! Just go to the bank! Don’t have enough money to pay for something you want?…
On any given day of the week, a person’s mailbox can be flooded with different offers for credit cards, loans and more. Each one has its own terms and conditions that people have to follow, but unfortunately, many individuals don’t…
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…
Whether it’s a traditional fat little porcelain piggy or a decked out electronic coin sorting gadget-gizmo-thing, a piggy bank of some kind is pretty standard fare when it comes to getting kids learning about money, saving and budgeting. In some…
If there’s one basic skill your child needs to learn about money, it’s how to create a budget. It’s perhaps even more important than saving, because the budget shows your child how to distribute the savings he puts together and…
Virtually all financial experts agree that learning how to make a basic budget is one of the keys to monetary stability. Making the budget alone is not enough, however. Your child also needs to be able to track his money…
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…
Kids are pretty observant, and they learn by what they see. Sooner or later, they’re bound to make comparisons about money and see that financial situations vary a lot from family to family. You’ll need to go over the basic…
Education is one of the fastest growing costs families face, so some saving is a virtual requirement if you plan to send your kids to college. 529 Plans At least some of the money you put away for your child’s…