10 Effective Ways To Build Good Money Habits

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These concepts are big and complex and maybe too much for kids to understand all at once. That’s why it’s so important to start teaching financial literacy from a young age.

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Early financial literacy gives your kids as much time as possible to learn and internalize the skills you’d like to impart to them.

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Model Good Money Habits

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Talk openly and often about your finances, using the ideas in this post as starting points.

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It’s fun for them to drop coins in the slot, hear the sound of the coins dropping in, then pick up the piggy bank to feel how full it’s getting.

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Basic Concepts (4–8 years old)

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Intermediate Concepts (9–13 years old)

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