Steve Rosen
Steve Rosen's weekly "Kids and Money" column, now available from Tribune Media Services, helps parents teach their kids to become money-savvy. It offers advice, teaching techniques and personal observations on a range of topics that are helpful for kids in preschool through college, as well as their parents.
Rosen, a 28-year financial journalist at the Kansas City Star, has been writing "Kids and Money" for the McClatchy-Tribune News Service since 2000. As the father of three school-age children, he shares his own hands-on knowledge and anecdotes.
Rosen is recognized in the Kansas City area as an authority on children's financial education issues and is frequently asked to speak in local schools.
Rosen is an assistant business editor who oversees The Star's personal finance coverage, including its Sunday MoneyWise section. The Society of Business and Economic Writers recognized MoneyWise when it was launched in 1994 for its innovative approach to covering personal finance issues. The section was redesigned in 2006 and won an award of excellence from the Society for News Design.
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Student angels earn their investing wings
It takes steady nerves, risk taking and a willingness to cut through the hype when deciding that an unproven company has a product worth investing in. It also takes guts.
A fun financial education is just a click away
Your kids loved rolling the dice and snapping up real estate and railroads. I'm talking, of course, about Monopoly. Now comes Pageonce, Fantasy Finance, Remember the Milk and something called Tykoon.
Teens earn role in Federal Reserve Bank
Josh Atkinson is a high school senior and class valedictorian with a passion for filmmaking and skateboarding. "Yes," said Atkinson, smiling.
When you need college advice, consider this option
Finally it's down to two schools, but you can't make up your mind: Will it be the big-is-beautiful urban college with the rah-rah athletic program, or the small, Midwest liberal arts school with class sizes in the single digits?
New resources could clarify college loan costs
Which student loan repayment option is a better deal: a loan with a 4 percent fee and 9 percent interest rate, or one with a 5 percent fee and 8 percent rate?
Roth retirement accounts could bode well for kids
How's this for a sweet deal: Your son or daughter can plow the money earned last year from mowing lawns, flipping burgers or baby-sitting into a nest egg for the future.
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