Kids and Money
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012One of the most important lessons we can teach our kids is to save money. Teaching them to save incorporates many life lessons: waiting for what they want, preparing for the future, self-control, and many more. So what is the best way to teach your kids to save? For younger kids, short-term results are very [...]
Question of the Day – Parenting
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012My oldest son is 16 and is about to inherit our old car as soon as we get his mom something else to drive. Since he will have transportation, we have decided to let him get an after school job to help pay for his insurance, save for another vehicle, as well as get some [...]
Money and Kids: Teaching Kids to Earn Money
Monday, January 23rd, 2012Before kids can spend money, they have to have some in their pocket. How do your kids earn money? The avenues that children have to earn money are very limited, and every parent has a slightly different philosophy about how their children should earn money. Here are the pros and cons of some common ways [...]
Money and Kids: Teaching Kids to Spend
Monday, January 16th, 2012Do your kids know how to handle money? As parents, we know our job is to train our kids. We teach them to behave in public, to study and get good grades, to contribute to society. One area we sometimes neglect is teaching them about money. I’ve identified four main areas that I want to [...]
How to Talk to Kids About Debt
Monday, January 9th, 2012How much information do you give your kids about your finances? Kids listen. We don’t always think they do, but they pick up on a lot. Getting out of debt has been a major conversation in our house recently, and our kids have had quite a bit to say about it. When we made the [...]
From Career Builder: 12 High Paying Bachelor’s Degrees
Monday, October 3rd, 2011Found this on MSN (For descriptions of the career, visit the article). One thing I’m not sure about is why they go the “flavorist” route as a career for someone with a chemical engineering background. My wife’s company pays a lot more than that for starting chemical engineers. Anyway, the list is interesting and is [...]
Siblings Sell Their Web Business for $100 Million
Thursday, July 21st, 2011Interesting story in today’s WSJ: Millennials Make Millions Catherine and David Cook started myYearbook.com in 2005 when they were 15 and 16 years old, respectively, as a way to connect with their new classmates at Montgomery High School in Skillman, N.J. Big brother Geoff Cook, then 26 years old, bankrolled the start-up with $250,000 he [...]
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