Teaching Kids About Money
Teaching kids about how money works feels ever more important in a world where we pay for things by waving our phones, and where a couple of taps brings us anything we want to our doorstep twenty-four hours later.\nSometimes we feel like protecting our kids from the realities of our financial situations is what is most appropriate. But somewhere along the way we can start teaching kids financial literacy by making our family decisions around money concrete and transparent.\nIn this episode we discuss:\n\nour children's many "blind spots" around money and spending (and what were once our own)\n\nthe differences in spending when people use credit cards versus cash\n\nhow to discuss your family's "money values" in terms of what you are (and are not) willing to spend\n\n\nHere are some links to resources mentioned in the episode: \n\n@bethkobliner on Twitter\n\nBusyKid: What Your Child Can Understand About Money, Age by Age\n\n\nBeth Kobliner for PBS News Hour: Money habits are set by age 7. Teach your kids the value of a dollar now\n\n\nJana B. Woodhouse for How Money Works: Can You Teach Your Kids How Money Works? (Yes!)\n\n\nShereen Marisol Meraji and Andee Tagle for NPR's Life Kit: Want to teach your kids about money? Start by including them in the conversation\n\n\nJohnathan G. Conzelmann and T. Austin Lacy for Brookings: Financial and student loan (il)literacy among US college students\n\n\nOur episode "Should We Pay Our Kids To Clean Our Rooms?"\n\n\nOur Fresh Take with Bobbi Rebell\n\n\nCheck us out on YouTube!\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices