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Teach Your Children to Make Sound Financial Decisions—Right Now | Guiding You Forward

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As a parent, you are an integral part of guiding your children along the path to a successful, healthy relationship with money.

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Most parents want their children to do better than they did with their money. What can we do to help ensure that happens? Cass Fuentes, financial education manager at Mountain America Credit Union drops into the podcast lounge to give us a few pointers.

Watch this video and learn:

  • How to use the Why, What, How model to help define your values.
  • What gentle parenting is and how to apply it.
  • The one thing to teach your children about money.

We love talking with Cass—we always learn something! This time, she helps us figure out how to teach our children about good money habits. Cass says to start with the basics—why, what and how. She explains how answering these questions can help define your values.

Money is emotional. So are kids. How can we make sure our children understand how to keep their emotions in check and avoiding the instant gratification cycle? Cass explains how a concept called gentle parenting may be the answer.

In this podcast video, Cass also shares the most important thing we can teach our children about money. You’ll want to watch the video until the end for this one!

Watch the full podcast video.

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