Fostering Responsibility

Find tips on how giving your child an allowance will help them learn how to budget and manage money in the future.

Find tips on teaching your children responsible decision-making techniques.

Learn how to coach your child through a problem, thereby giving him a key to success and empowering him to become independent.

When it comes time for your son to leave home on a more permanent basis, will he be prepared? Learn what he needs to know.

Learn about overprotective mothering and find out whether you fall into the category of the fix-it fixation.

Read suggestions on how to avoid being an overprotective mother, and how to arrive at a balance that promotes safety and self-growth.

These tips can help you keep your children on the road to financial, physical, and emotional independence.

Giving your four-year-old a small weekly allowance can be a good introduction to the concept of money management.

There's lots that preschoolers can do to help around the house. Find a list of chores that kids can handle at this age.

Before your child packs her bags, make sure you've prepared her to support herself and live on her own.

Find advice on how to handle loaning large amounts of money to your child.

Here's what you should know about advancing money to your child.

Learn just how profitable a collecting hobby can be.

Get your child thinking about saving for retirement -- before he's even out of school!

Learn which investments will get the best possible interest rate for your child's money.

Setting up a savings account for your child will help him understand where money is kept and how it earns interest.

Help your child learn how to save her money for the big-ticket items she wants.