http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net EArly Financial Literacy / Education for children and Financial Parenting Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:26:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By this time you have heard not only hurricane Ike but also of the financial tsunami, hurricane and tornadoes that had be sweeping the country and finally came to roost in Wall Street. For some financial advisors like myself we knew all about these but could not get enough interest ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-literacy/wallstreetmess-in-3-sentences/ Part 1 All my phones ringing awakened me yesterday morning: the home phone, my cell phone and even the fax line were ringing. As if that was not enough, doorbell ringing was ringing too. It was too early thus the business office and phones were not answering. And it ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-literacy/part-1-man-made-financial-tsunami/ In my previous post I was advocating for the serious need for parents to be on the look out for signs that their children might be feeling isolated.  I also mentioned that there are many kids who appear jubilant and content when they can actually be troubled and screaming inside ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-literacy/actually-it-does-not-take-much-to-g-i-v-e/ It was not so long ago when a middle age woman decided she did NOT want to wake up to another day of extreme pain that no one fully understood and could do something about. She did not think any day would arrive to mark the progress of her ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/personalimpact/hope-and-reason-to-live-trump-all/ There is an article I wrote here titled “They see war everywhere”This is like a continuation.   After watching the RNC, I got the sense that they were trying to make the coming election go back not only to Vietnam War but also to the current war in Iraq.   This infuriates ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-literacy/i-still-see-war-everywhere/ What does  'Children Speaking Up'  have to do with Financial Parenting? A lot! You will find out that a child's ability to speak up could be priceless. You will find out that your child's ability to speak his mind and feelings could mean all the difference in his ability to be ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-parenting/what-price-would-you-put-on-one-child-speaking-up/ Hello and Thank you for following the steps all the way here. Before I share the homework submitted by Jimmy to, let's review the contest again: For $50K  a  Social Studies ran a high school wide contest where every student from freshmen to graduating class was eligible to submit an entry: Contest was ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/follow-the-money/the-contest-history-or-economics/ Around 40 years ago ... I lived 3 months every year in the convent with the Belgian nuns who were first missionaries who managed to reach the northern most  part of the Philippines. At that time any one with fair skin, long nose and blue eyes were called by us, the natives  ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-literacy/the-irony-of-it-all/ WAR Everywhere .... Glenn and Elsie are a retired couple who lived, rented and moved out from San Francisco. Two traditional people who worked hard and believed and practiced religiously the old fashion lifestyle of hard work, frugality and regularly savings for 35 years was their biggest accomplishment. They ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-literacy/they-see-war-everywhere/ Remember the movie Legally Blond2? When the congresswoman says to the blond, it doesn't waht you are going to say, it is your words against mine. They believe what we say, what we want them to believe. They do not care; you can't make them care" she seemed to inform ... http://earlyfinance.imagehost.net/financial-literacy/who-cares-2/