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Simple Money Lessons My Dad Taught Me

One student shares how her dad taught her about saving, budgeting, making money and investing Personal finance is a huge subject and not just the basic budgeting and saving concepts many try passing on to their kids. Make sure you’re teaching your kids everything you can about personal finance, making money and investing to get […]

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How I’m Making $7500 a Month Blogging from Home

Check out July blogging income and these four simple steps to make money blogging from home This is my seventh blogging income report and I’m still amazed at how quickly the blogs have become profitable. I’ve been blogging for just under two years and freelancing for a few years before that and am already making […]

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Teaching Kids Saving and How to Invest

Use this saving game to teach your kids the power of saving and how to invest their money Kids learn personal finance by doing but get bored too quickly with the usual methods of balancing a checkbook or running a budget. Making personal finance a game they can play and win helps to keep the […]

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How Entrepreneurship Can Jumpstart Financial Responsibility

Helping your kids start their own business can teach them the value of money and good financial habits We talk a lot about budgeting, saving and other personal finance concepts here but there’s one financial tool that can teach kids all of these things in one. Building a business means kids will need to budget […]

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Using a Money Journal to Teach Kids Personal Finance

Show your kids how to use a money journal to teach them budgeting and saving Where does your money go? Most adults couldn’t answer this question, let alone their kids. Teaching your kids how to use a money journal to track their income and expenses is the first step in making them more responsible with […]

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Teaching Kids the Value of Money with a Paycheck

Putting your kids on some kind of a paycheck system can help teach them the value of money Kids have a hard time learning the value of money because they usually get everything they want just handed to them. Even allowances tend to be for menial chores that don’t take much to earn. Putting together […]

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Is this the End of Bank Lending?

Bank Lending has only just started to rebound after the financial crisis and new regulation could put it back down for the count. Can alternative financing pick up the slack and support the economy as bank lending dries up? I recently derided the banks in a recent blog post on peer lending risks for not […]

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Teaching Kids Financial Responsibility and the Power of Saving

Financial responsibility can be a tough lesson to learn. Teach it early or your kids may never learn good money habits. Taking financial responsibility for our actions and practicing good money habits is something may people never learn. It’s tough changing the spending habits we’ve learned over decades which makes teaching your kids early one […]

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3 Simple Money Steps My Parents Taught Me

Good financial habits and financial health can be as simple as thinking before you spend, avoiding waste and using every resource. These scholarship essays have been great for seeing how simple it can be to teach your kids good financial habits. Most of the best money advice can often be summed up in a few […]

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Making Sacrifices for Personal Finance Success

Teaching kids good personal finance habits sometimes means making sacrifices yourself Everything you hear on TV is to go after your financial happiness with the job you want. That’s not always possible while supporting a family but your sacrifices can go a long way to teaching your kids about personal finance. Today’s essay is by […]

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