We’ve all tried getting through a trip to the store without our kids begging us to buy them something. In an age of instant gratification where kids are surrounded by excess at every turn, it’s becoming harder to show our kids financial responsibility and the value of the good old hard earned dollar.
So we’d love to know: When did you (or when will you) teach your kids about money, and how did you (or how will you) do it?
This week, we’re working with Capital One to get the word out about managing family finances. Along with national consumer advocacy group Consumer Action, they’ve launched a new online interactive Moneywi$e eLearning tool to help families learn about money management skills, including talking to kids about money. If you haven’t yet figured out how to handle this topic with your kids, this tool is a great place to start!
Here’s how to participate:
Write a post on your blog about how and when to teach kids about money. Post anytime this weekend - Today, September 12 to Sunday, September 14 and include links to
http://www.capitalone.com/financialeducation/cbt/launcher.htm
and http://blog.parentbloggers.com.
Make sure to send your blog post link to parentbloggers@gmail.com and we’ll round them up right here - so give your post a creative title!
What can you win?
Hold onto your hats, people. We’ve got THREE iPhones* to give away at random from among all participating bloggers.**
Posts must be at least 300 words, newly written original content (no pulling from your archives), and only one post per blogger.
*Voice/data service plan NOT included.
**Canadians are eligible to post and win, but please note that Capital One and the Moneywi$e eLearning tool conform to US banking regulations and may not be applicable under Canadian law.
Check out all the participating posts below!
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A Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Earned or Do You Really Need That New iPod
After School Jobs, Savings, and a Cardboard Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
A Moonjar and a Handful of Nickels!
Because iPhones Don’t Grow on Trees
Because I Want an iPhone Like a Fat Kid Wants Cake
Beyond the Piggy Bank: Starting Financial Education Early
Coins Aren’t For Buying Stuff. They’re For Stuffing Pigs (duh)
Conversations with Dogs and Pigs Who Steal Your Stuff (What I Should Have Learned)
Daddy, What’s Compound Interest?
Here’s a Dollar. Got Some Sense?
How Can I Be Overdrawn? I Still Have Checks Left!
How the Good Lord Helped Me Learn About Finances
I Dare You to Put an Hourly Wage on Motherhood
If I Had a Dime for Everytime…
If Sixlets Were Currency, I’d Be in Business
If You Want It, You’re Gonna Have to Earn It!
I’m Not an ATM and the Money Tree in the Backyard is Bare
In Our House, We Use Webkinz Currency
It All Started with a Piggy Bank
Learning the Value of a Dollar
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees - Really, It Doesn’t
Money Doesn’t Make Our World Go Round
Money Is Not a Noun; It’s a Verb
Save Your Money or Find an Agent and Put That Drama to Work!
Taco Sauce and Marshmallows - Priceless
Teach Your Children Well, Lest All Their Wealth Slowly Go Bye-Bye
Teaching Kids About Money by Example
Teaching Our Girls That Time = Money
Teaching Toddlers Good Money Sense
“There Is Nothing Quite as Wonderful as Money…”
They Want Everything That They Can See
This Is Why Toys R Us Sends Us Hate Mail
To Spend or Not to Spend, That Is the Question
We Don’t Really Teach That Here
What’s Your Family Contribution?
Who Knows Where I Can Buy a Money Tree?
Why Smashing the Pig is Not an Option
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Question: What if you write financial education articles for a living, like I do? Would that be some sort of unfair advantage?
(Note: I would NOT use something I’ve written for work, although I may draw from some of the same research and ideas. Is that okay?)
Mark, we’d love for you to weigh in!
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