economics

Take the Financial Fitness Challenge

by mom on February 4, 2009

Welcome to the Financial Fitness Challenge student contest I received an email from a lady offering the following information. What a great incentive for young minds and wonderful resource for parents and teachers:

I am contacting you on behalf of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). This February, the CSA is once again launching their annual Financial Fitness Challenge (www.financialfitnesschallenge.ca) which is an educational program designed to urge young Canadians to improve their financial literacy while vying for a chance to win one of 13 scholarship prizes worth $750. [click to continue…]

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Should I Stay Home Or Go Back to Work?: 4 Things to Consider

January 24, 2009

As a parent, one of the most challenging decisions I have had to make, so far, is whether to stay home or with my children or to return to work. I hate to think that I won’t be with my kids for that 10 or so hours a day, but at the same time, would [...]

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Dude- Where’s My Money? A look at Consumer Spending…

January 13, 2009

Are you interested in cutting back during these economic times, but don’t know where to start? HubPages.com has some answers: Since we are certainly facing rough economic times all of us are trying to figure out new ways to cut out expenses that we don’t need. In fact because of how bad the economy has [...]

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A Cool Place For Kids To Learn About Money- MinyanLand

November 25, 2008

I came across this sight after reading a little about it in Parenting Magazine. It links back to what I have said before….. MinyanLand is a fun, safe virtual community designed to engage kids and families in games and interaction that are entertaining and educational. The site will be sponsor-supported to keep it free and [...]

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Teaching Children About Wealth

November 9, 2008

I have mentioned this before in Teaching Your Children About Money, but it needs repeating due to its importance at this time! Check out the neat lesson plans linked below. Teaching your children about wealth By Eric Tyson Forbes (Forbes.com) Given the current state of financial markets and the economy, many parents will soon need [...]

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