Parents who are keen to put cash aside to help their offspring get ahead should follow these strategies for maximum bang for the buck.
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eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Parents who are keen to put cash aside to help their offspring get ahead should follow these strategies for maximum bang for the buck.
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At his age I spent my money on shoes – but his generation is facing a bleak economic future. No wonder they are all so interested in trying to create some stability
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No, this article will not tell you to move back in with your parents and get them to lend you $50,000 for your first home. Because for most of us, that's just ridiculous.
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Families are often reticent to talk about wealth and inheritance with their children, but experts say that can create confusion and insecurity.
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The modern challenges that make it harder to teach your kids about money.
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Apps are emerging to address the need for children to learn about the value of digital money, not just cash.
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Discussions about family finances can start early and fit a child’s age and ability to understand, but they shouldn’t be avoided.
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It can also open parents’ eyes to how little they’ve taught their children about expenses.
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Carlyle Group’s spokesman uses the Three Jars System to teach his kids the value of saving.
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Ain't it the toughest thing in the world, raising kids in overpriced, under serviced Australia? At the first hit of a price rise – fuel, electricity, credit – newspapers inflate with emotional images of miserable families clutching their miserable children.
"How are we expected to manage?" they blubber in unison; six-cylinder Commodore in the driveway, seven-bedroom Tuscan-themed house rising out of the suburban dirt 50 clicks from their place of work, the backyard filled with plastic cubby houses, slides and swings.
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One of my girlfriends has a very singular type of financial problem – her teenage boys are practically eating through her paycheck.
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ALMOST half of Australian households do not know what they spend their money on each week, with thousands of dollars being "lost" because of spending leakage.
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Swapmeets are a great way to teach kids about money. Set them a budget and encourage them to make transactions themselves.
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Think things are tough? Struggling to get by? Not sure how $100 is going to feed you and your partner or the family for an entire week? Well how would you go on just $10? That's what the co-author of The $21 Challenge, Fiona Lippey, did more than a decade ago - and she hasn't stopped saving since.