Back-to-school season is full of teachable money moments — and you don't need to be a financial expert to use them.
Every September, we invest hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars preparing our children for another school year. We buy backpacks, binders, calculators, laptops and running shoes because we want them to succeed in the classroom.
But there’s one subject they’ll use every day for the rest of their lives that rarely makes it onto the curriculum: money.
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