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There's a very intriguing collection of statistics from numerous sources at the below website. Second article down, called Making the Case for Financial Literacy - 2009.
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I know many of you teach your children about finances and I think many if not all parents with children old enough to understand, should print out the pages of the article, highight what the concerns you personally as an adult and talk with your children about those specific items.
There's a ton of mis-information out there... and nothing is ever guaranteed... but from the statistics it appears that many children want to learn, but are not sure how to best accomplish that process.
There's lots of information about financial matters available at public libraries, if not at the schools. Financial matters, affect each and every one of us every single day of our lives; we should not feel so helpless with regard to money.
Jump$tart Coalition - Download
I know many of you teach your children about finances and I think many if not all parents with children old enough to understand, should print out the pages of the article, highight what the concerns you personally as an adult and talk with your children about those specific items.
There's a ton of mis-information out there... and nothing is ever guaranteed... but from the statistics it appears that many children want to learn, but are not sure how to best accomplish that process.
There's lots of information about financial matters available at public libraries, if not at the schools. Financial matters, affect each and every one of us every single day of our lives; we should not feel so helpless with regard to money.
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