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Karyn Hodgens
Kids Personal Finance Educator
Elementary Math Specialist
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Debt Sucks
I help prepare kids for their eventual financial futures. Which means, I get them when they’re young and teach them how to stay out of debt and build wealth. So being confronted with young adults who are already thousands of … Continue reading
5-Year Olds DO Get It
I had the pleasure of a phone conversation with my 5-year old niece, Olivia, the other night. We were chatting about her first weeks in Kindergarten. Apparently, Ian had brought in a pretty nifty coin collection because she talked about it … Continue reading
Posted in Allowance, Kids Do the Darndest Things, Saving, Spending, Teachable Money Moments, Teaching Kids Financial Literacy, Using KidsSave
Tagged kidnexions, kids allowance, kids and finacial literacy, kids and money, kids money management, KidsSave, Teaching Kids Financial Literacy, Teaching Kids Money Management
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A $300 Lesson
I’d heard about stuff like this before but this was my first real exposure to it. $300 in overdraft fees. In response to my question, “What are some of your experiences with money?” Josh, a 19-year old in my young … Continue reading
Bailouts
One of the hardest things for me to do as a parent is to deliberately allow my kids to fail. It’s so hard that sometimes I need to walk out of the room so I don’t end up intervening and bailing … Continue reading
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I use my husband and kids as guinea pigs. That’s what I was doing one evening during dinner when I handed everyone a post-it note. I was practicing a lesson I was planning on teaching the next day to a … Continue reading