The best way for parents to instill good financial habits in teens is to lead by example.  By living within your means, spending conservatively and focusing on the long term building of wealth, you are providing good lessons for your teen. 
At the present time, only three states in the nation require students to learn [...]

Before April 2008 comes to a close, I want to share a tidbit of history behind Financial Literacy Month. Financial Institutions and Non Profit Organizations near and far have been working together promote financial change in today’s record high levels of debt.
National Financial Literacy Month is recognized in the United States in April in [...]

Will they ever learn? Or maybe better to ask, will we ever teach them?
On April 9, 2008 Jump$tart, the National Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, announced that financial literacy among High School Seniors is still on the decline.
In Jump$tart Coalition’s biennial survey given to 6,856 high school 12th graders in 40 states, students correctly [...]