kids and money

Preschoolers

4 Fun activities to teach preschoolers about money

Instill good money habits in your children by teaching counting, saving and spending money from a young age. Preschoolers can learn...

School Age Kids

Teaching kids the importance of saving money

Teaching kids the importance of money choices and the act of saving money are essential parts of learning and growing. The values...

Bargains, Savings & Shopping Tips

Teaching kids to be savvy shoppers

More than a million people in America declare bankruptcy every year. Certainly the difficult economy and unemployment situation are...

Super Moms Guide: Money & Career

Teaching your kids about money and debt

Though your children are young now, they'll eventually have to make many important money decisions -- from basic budgeting to...

Age by Age

Talking to kids about parents unemployment

With the unemployment rate skyrocketing over the last ten years, chances are your family or friends have been affected by a job...

Family Fun

Financial TMI

The precarious state of the economy is definitely a hot topic, especially when it comes to family finances. With budgets and bills...

Budgeting & Saving

How to raise financially independent children

Making wise money decisions is important at all stages of life, but as a parent, teaching your children how to be smart savers and...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Teaching kids money management

A recent survey revealed that kids are banking at earlier ages than their parents. Here's how to teach your kids important money...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Should you tell kids about family finances?

Money matters are a dicey topic, especially in families. So many of us were taught not to talk it because it's not polite, yet we...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Teaching kids to donate to charity

Just as we teach our kids about savings and banking, teaching them about setting aside a portion of their allowance for charitable...

Age by Age

Preparing kids for their first jobs

Once a kid starts to learn about money and what they can do with it, they tend to want more. At first they may think that money is...

Tweens, Teens & College

Tips for kids' checking & savings accounts

We teach our kids to say "please" and "thank you" and how to interact socially with the world. We help them with their homework and...

Teen School & Education

5 ways to raise a money-savvy teen

By the time kids are teens, they know that money doesn't grow on trees -- the question is whether they care. Want to earn big...

Parenting Advice & Columns

How should kids spend allowances?

Many parents give their children allowances to introduce principles of money management. Sometimes, allowance is tied to chores...