My 13 year old son spent a day with my Dad last week. My Dad loves cars and my son has become more and more interested in them as he’s gotten closer to driving age. The type of car he wants t has changed overtime, but his latest “obsession” is with Jeeps. He wants one [...]
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Kids and Money | 12 Comments
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The following is a guest post by Cameron C. Taylor, author of the book Does Your Bag Have Holes? 24 Truths That Lead to Financial and Spiritual Freedom
“But I want it NOW!” As if yelling this over and over creates the right for a child or even an adult to get what they [...]
May 24th, 2008 | Posted in Guest Posts, Kids and Money | 5 Comments
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One of the frequent topics of discussion between my wife and I is whether we should discuss our finances with our children and if so, how much should we discuss. We’ve been having this discussion off and on since our oldest son starting understanding what money was. We both agree that [...]
April 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Ask the Readers, Kids and Money | 41 Comments
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This article is part of my ongoing Money Saving Monday series. You can read the rest of the series here. Have a tip you would like to share? Then contact me!
I’ve written about kids eat free deals before and how given we have 6 children we are the constant prowl [...]
March 10th, 2008 | Posted in Kids and Money, Money Saving Monday Tips | 6 Comments
While listening to the book, Crucial Conversations a few weeks back, the authors discussed a study that was done in the 1960’s by Standford University psychology researcher Michael Mischel. His study demonstrated how important self-discipline is to success.
The study began with a group of children 4 years old. He optionally offered them [...]
March 5th, 2008 | Posted in Kids and Money, Money Management | 31 Comments
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This article is part of the Money Matters for All Ages group writing project being conducted by the M-Network and other blogging friends. See the bottom of this article for the full list of participants and links to their articles. Please check back daily as I will update the links as new [...]
January 18th, 2008 | Posted in Kids and Money | 40 Comments
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This is a guest post by WJ, a husband, father, fellow Christian and frequent commenter here on Gather Little by Little. WJ had made a very informative comment on my article, 10 Ideas To Help Teach Your Kids About Money. I asked him if he might be interested in expanding further [...]
January 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Kids and Money | 24 Comments
Given our new perspective on money, my wife and I have been looking for opportunities where we can involve our children and begin teaching them about money.
Here are 10 ideas to help you teach kids to save money and about overall money management:
Create a savings account for them. Preferably use one of the new online [...]
July 8th, 2007 | Posted in Kids and Money | 9 Comments
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