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Dollars and Sense: Teaching Your Children About Money

Dollars and Sense: Teaching Your Children About Money

There are a variety of things we will leave to our children when we are gone. Many of you probably think immediately of the money you'll leave behind. I wouldn't place money itself as the most important inheritance you'll give to your children—but the skills and values involved in handling money and using it wisely are certainly among the greatest gifts you can give them. Like water to the earth, money can either nourish or destroy, depending upon how it is directed.

Teaching Kids About Money

Teaching Kids About Money

Do your kids think money grows on trees?

Before your kids are gainfully employed, it may not seem vital to teach them about money. But, all you have to do is think about how our society seems to revolve around money and you realize that you can never start too early.

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