Kids and Money
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012I noticed on Twitter yesterday that my Kids and Money post received a mention from a kids money author and expert along with a “This is kind of scary” (or something along those lines) comment. I didn’t find the kids’ responses scary. I thought the results were age-based. The younger kids were farther off than [...]
Kids and Money – Kids Answer Some Questions
Friday, May 4th, 2012Several people responded to my request to have their kids answer some pretty basic financial questions. I had a lot of fun reading the emails. It’s amazing how much the kid’s age affects their answers. My boys are both in high school and I thought their responses were all reasonable. NOTE: If you would still [...]
The Kids Post Will Go Live Tomorrow Morning
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012I just wanted to let everyone know that the responses to this post will go live tomorrow morning. If you still want to participate, please send me an email (JLP – at – AllFinancialMatters.com) with “Kids’ Project” in the subject line of your email along with your child’s age and answers to the following questions: [...]
Timely: What’s the Value of a College Degree?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Thanks to Liz Weston (@LizWeston for linking to this on Twitter: What’s the value of college degree? In light of the post I put up yesterday, this is a timely article. I love this point (bold mine): Anthony Carnevale, the center’s director, explains why students need to pay attention to their earnings potential when picking [...]
AFM Kid Project (I need your help)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012After posting my daughter’s “If I Had $100″ piece yesterday, I got to thinking that it would be cool to compose a list of money-related questions to ask our kids and then share the responses with each other here on AFM. So here are ten questions I came up with that I think would be [...]
“If I Had $100″ by my 7-Year Old Daughter
Monday, April 23rd, 2012My daughter had to write a little story on the topic of “If I Had $100.” This is what she wrote: A pool so I could swim. A pair of new shoes so I could have a matching outfit. A table cloth so our table can look pretty. New higheel because they are pretty. A [...]
Ten Books I’m Thinking About Paying My Kids to Read
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012Below are ten books that I think my kids would benefit from reading before they venture off to college. In fact, I think they are worth reading enough that I would be willing to pay my kids $50 – $100 per book to read them (feel free to discuss below whether or not you think [...]
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