How Soon Is Too Soon To Teach A Kid About Money?

While more knowledgeable educators and child psychologists would love to quibble over the finite details of this question, my response is less nuanced – as soon as possible between the ages of 3 and 4.

Since it is hard to predict when your kids might “get it” I think it would be wise to have a system in place for when the child does.  Read more... (802 words, 11 images, estimated 3:12 mins reading time)

• Six Secrets to Saving Money When You Are Young Photo courtesy of lrargerich While perusing a few of my favorite personal finance blogs over the weekend I ran across an article last week from All Financial Matters, One Reader's Reasoning On Why Younger People Don't Save.  I like the way JLP addressed each concern raised by the commenter,......
• The Proper Rate Of Savings Fortunately for savers, banks and brokerages have made it much easier to put savings on auto-pilot than it used to be. Before the days of online savings accounts and ACH transfers people actually had to sit down and write a check to savings, or deposit cash into their savings accounts.......