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Now might be a perfect time to involve children in discussions about saving money and encourage them to practice making their own saving decisions. (Shutterstock)

November 30, 2020

How to teach saving and spending to kids as young as 3 years old

Tessa Mazachowsky, Brock University and Caitlin Mahy, Brock University

The act of choosing to save or spend money often involves considering a future point in time. Greater focus on saving and budgeting can help children better develop saving skills.

The ability to remember to carry out future intentions, known as prospective memory, is still developing in early childhood. (Shutterstock)

September 23, 2019

Your preschooler’s forgetfulness isn’t bad behaviour and nagging them won’t help

Caitlin Mahy, Brock University

As children’s self-regulatory capacities and the prefrontal regions of their brains develop, so does their ability to carry out their future intentions.

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