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Brooklyn Financial Fitness Soiree – 5/17

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Turn up the Heat

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Your Money Never Stops Working

Happy  Labor Day!  Hopefully, you have the day off, but your money never stops working.  Here are a few tips and tricks for stretching those back to school dollars into money lessons for kids.       Buy With Cash … Continue reading

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Time is Well Spent at the Bank with Your Kids

  I prefer to do some things the old fashioned way.  Like banking. I like going to the bank. I have been going ever since I was a kid. A lot of my upbringing was spent going to the bank … Continue reading

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MORE Surprising Ways Kids Count Your Money

Parents are financially transparent. The kids know the state of your finances. It’s in your state of mind. It’s in your attitude. It’s in your aura. Kids know your secrets and signals when you have money and when you don’t. … Continue reading

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Your kid’s pot of gold

  Candi Sparks   Kids believe in a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Probably because the fairy tales have happy endings. It’s great to keep the optimism going, as long as we also keep it real … Continue reading

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Money mistakes kids make

  Little kids are adorable, even when dealing with money. But money can give them problems that range from cute to expensive-to-fix. Are any of these familiar? Feel free to share your own tips, stories and memories in the comments … Continue reading

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Cute Kid Wants Cash

\ An MSN video on the “Bubble” channel features a video “Cute 2 Year Old Only Wants Cash”  You can watch it and come back to chat with me on this blog. The video is interesting because the child is … Continue reading

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Will work for food, allowance and chores

Some parents give allowance for chores. Work for pay may prevent a child from believing in entitlement. It  also helps the child to experience the value of doing work for money.  It’s good training for getting and keeping a job. … Continue reading

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Allowance is bad for children, the manipulator, the negotiator and the appreciator

Whether or not to give children an allowance is up to you. In many cases it is also up to the child.  Some (parents and children, that is) do not want to endure a complicated process and will forego the … Continue reading

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