Kids & Money - Steven Rosen

Feature Details

  • Frequency: 1/wk
  • Release date: Mondays
  • Moves with art: No
  • Moves with multimedia: No
  • Available: International, U.S. & Canada

Kids & Money

Kids & Money gives parents commonsense advice on a range of pocketbook issues to help them discuss money with confidence. Rosen, of The Kansas City Star, covers timeless economic concepts, such as taxes and saving, as well as current issues, including credit card debt and identity theft. He helps parents handle everyday family situations, teach proper spending habits and instill healthy attitudes toward money that will last a lifetime.

Kids & Money Samples

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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