Teaching Teens About Finances

How much do you think teens learn about finances?  Do they learn anything in schools?  We’ve been teaching our kids about money since they were little.  But, I’m not so sure all the important lessons have been taught (or even learned).
I’m wondering if the recent economic downfall would have happened so easily if more people [...]

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What Foreign Languages are Teens Learning?

According to a recent article in the New York Times, thousands of public schools have stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade.  Chinese classes on the other hand have increased.  It seems the Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools around the world  and are paying part of their salaries.
We Don’t Value [...]

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Trying Not to Lecture

Sometimes when I “talk” to my kids my voice and words turn into something else.  It’s kind of like a little gremlin crawls inside of my throat and turns on the switch that says Lecture Mode. Why is that?  I don’t like to be lectured and I certainly didn’t like to be lectured when I [...]

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