Parents and caregivers are the greatest influence on children’s financial socialisation.
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Learning about real-life money decisions from a young age helps kids learn maths and improves their financial literacy.
Adults are dumbfounded – and according to an expert on fads, that’s probably the point.
Millie, aged 5, wants to know where money comes from. We asked an economist to explain.
Young people actually take responsibility for their own financial decisions but they fail to learn from their parents about how to handle money, new research shows.
Inside the theme park where kids have to play at real jobs to earn a living.
Should we shelter our children from our money woes, or do they need to know about money from an early age?
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Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Director, Westpac Massey Fin-Ed Centre, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Management,, University of Glasgow
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Development Finance & Insurance, University of Cape Town