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Conversation Starter for your Kids: What is the Value of Money?

Does a $15 tank top have the same value as a cute $15 dress? Is a challenging, well-designed $45 video game that you worked hard to earn as valuable as a boring $45 golf game gifted to you by your strange aunt? Of course not! Value isn’t just what something costs; it’s what something is [...]

by ap on April 25, 2012 in From our Desk

Financial Education in the Classroom?

Part of the reason we started AgentPiggy is because we feel as though there has been a lack of financial education in the school system. Today, while economics is a requirement for most students, only 4 states require a semester of personal finance education according to Jump Start Coalition. Our students are graduating without the [...]

by ap on October 18, 2011 in From our Desk

Kid’s Allowance: How much should they GIVE?

Last week we discussed saving which is a crucial part of your child’s financial education. This week we are going to talk about teaching your children about sharing. Giving to charity is a rewarding experience and one that is important to begin bestowing upon them at a young age. Hundreds of thousands of charities exist around the [...]

by ap on September 15, 2011 in Financial Tips

Innovate: Get Money Savvy Through SMS

“TTYL about wat ur going to do with ur bday money from gma and gpa. LTS. 2nite at dinner?” Sending text messages like this might be an effective way to teach kids to be financially responsible, explains financial educator Susan Beacham on her blog. Beacham includes a long list of text messages that parents [...]

by leslie on September 9, 2011 in Financial Friday

Saving: A Crucial Part of a Kid’s Financial Education

In last week’s blog, Allowance: To Give or Not to Give, we ended with a tip hinting what we would be talking about this week: saving. Now that you’ve started educating your kids on what money is and how they can earn it, it’s time to begin teaching them how to save their newly earned [...]

by ap on September 3, 2011 in Financial Tips

First Bank Account Made me a Lifetime Customer

When I was 8 years old, my parents gave me a crisp $20 bill. And gave one to my brother too. Then, the four of us went straight to the biggest bank on the main street of my suburban hometown. My brother and I opened accounts in our own names, and my dad told us [...]

by leslie on September 2, 2011 in Financial Friday

Allowance: To Give or not to Give?

Unfortunately, financial management hasn’t seemed to work its way into the classroom quite yet. And let’s not forget, our children are constantly bombarded with ways to spend money via television, radio, billboards, print, online, etc. That leaves it up to us, the parents (and AgentPiggy!) to teach our children the responsibilities of earning money so [...]

by ap on August 25, 2011 in From our Desk

Hello from Startup Chile: Who we are!

Do you want to make sure your child is ready to take on the world (ahem, manage their own finances) after leaving your nest? We’ve scoured numerous parenting books as well as spoken with lots of educators and have found that most miss out on one essential ingredient – teaching kids about money. Over at [...]

by ap on August 11, 2011 in From our Desk

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