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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Less than half of workers (42 percent) in the United States have tried to calculate how much they need to save for retiremen t (according to the 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute). Your children know that you are saving money.

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Ways for Busy Parents to Teach Young Children About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As I prepared to hold a Money Camp for my young grandchildren last year, I researched various educational standards to review what kids can learn at various ages. Start understanding vocabulary and concepts of economics – such as ‘resource’, ‘earn’, ‘income’, price, ‘currency’ and etc.

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