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Money Literacy: How We Learn to Manage Money—or Don't
April 12, 2005
Produced by Johanna Zorn

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The financially literate have a distinct advantage in our money-centered world, and some money gurus advise the sooner we get money-smart, the better. Our reporter looks into the different ways parents and teachers are instructing young people about financial literacy.

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Listen to Audio Johanna Zorn talks with Joline Godfrey, author of Raising Financially Fit Kids, about why, when, and how to give your children monetary allowances.

Books Mentioned
Capitate Your Kids (Penguin, 2002) by John E. Whitcomb
Raising Financially Fit Kids (Ten Speed Press, 2003) by Joline Godfrey

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The JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
Junior Achievement of Chicago

 
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