Most parents hope their children enter adulthood with the grit, confidence, and perseverance to become successful and happy. While it seems that certain people are born with an entrepreneurial spark, ...
Teaching kids about money has taken on new complexity in our digital age. While previous generations learned financial basics through piggy banks and cash allowances, today’s parents are turning to ...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greenlight® Financial Technology, Inc. ("Greenlight"), the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart, independent kids, today announced the launch ...
For many Americans, a conversation about money can be stressful, overwhelming and uncomfortable. Thinking about when and how to have that financial conversation with kids can be even more difficult, ...
Ebony Beckford didn’t want her daughter to grow up like she did, not knowing much about money. So before she was even born, she wanted to make sure she had all of the tools in place to teach her ...
Being financially illiterate can lead to financial disaster, as it increases the likelihood of accumulating unsustainable debt burdens due to poor spending decisions or a lack of long-term planning.
When it all clicks together for them, children will realize how powerful a tool financial literacy is, and how they can use it to better their own future families. Like many of us, I remember times ...
Growing up in a low-income immigrant family, my parents parented for survival. I am raising my children differently by teaching them about financial literacy and self-compassion. This comes with ...
Financial literacy is just a fancy name for money knowledge. Many adults end up wishing they’d learned more of it in their younger days. It’s easy to see how a lack of financial literacy can play out ...
My school introduced new financial literacy courses targeting “high-risk” freshmen. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t the one clamoring for more useful courses. Do students really need Algebra 1, ...
Just when things were beginning to feel somewhat normal, the economy took a turn for the worse. We are all cutting back on nonessentials like snacks and streaming services to ensure we have enough ...