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Financial Resources for Parents from CFPB

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS Parents and caregivers want to put their children on a solid path to a bright financial future – but they’re not always certain about what to do and when. The CPFB has launched the new Money As You Grow Web site, where we provide a framework for how children develop financially, along…

Parents Pass (Bad) Money Habits to Kids

“Parents signal their attitudes about money, either through purposeful and explicit messages or in unconscious ways.  Meanwhile, children learn the behaviors that take them into adulthood by observing what parents do.  These observations can override financial knowledge in shaping behavior.” The Squared Away Blog features a research summary by Dr. Sonya Britt, a certified financial…

Pay your kids to eat vegetables?

Study finds short-term cash incentives yield more-healthful eating habits in the long term as reported in The Wall Street Journal by Beckie Strum, Oct. 16, 2016.  “The strategy not only works in the short term, but can create healthful eating habits in children in the long run if the little bribe is carried out consistently…