By adding financial literacy to a home school curriculum, parents can help to educate their children for future financial success. Current statistics show that public schools are horribly lacking when it comes to financial education. Considering the fact that surveys show over 70% of young adults turn to parents as a primary source of their [...]
Financial Literacy for Young People by Safaa Nhairy For those of you who might think that it's only Americans that need a little (or a lot) brushing up on their financial skills, read on... British adults also suffer from a lack of basic financial education in their schools. According to statistics, 91 percent of British [...]
Set Goals as a Family - Succeed as a Family by Vince Shorb Setting financial goals together, as a family, allows each member of the family a feeling of ownership on the overall success of the family financial success. Setting these goals together creates unique bonds within a family, it takes into account the needs [...]
Last week we were mentioned (at the end) in a news piece on financial literacy camps. A related article was put on line today on abc News. Article is below and you can also click below to read the whole piece and watch the little video. FFinance Camps Create Young CEOs: New Summer Camps: Learn [...]
Just a thought... What if our kids learned about math in school from their financial literacy classes? What if our kids learned about writing by preparing amazing business plans that could actually be funded and turned into real businesses to set the kids on incredible journeys of self-reliance, doing great and providing for others? What [...]
The month of July for most American's conjures up images of loud, flashy fireworks, friendly back yard BBQs and the thrilling sound of our national anthem, "Our country 'tis of these, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing." America was built on a solid foundation of freedom for all, with the additional caveat that [...]