Is the world coming to an end? Sort of like Phillip Morris advocating quitting smoking, but with a little less flare. Practical money skills doesn’t mean you have to give up plastic. In fact, with a combination of practical money skills and plastic, you could stretch each dollar even further.
Click here to visit the Visa site.
Taken directly from the site:
PracticalMoneySkills.com is a free Web site designed to help educators, parents and students practice better money management for life. Americans think that financial basics are as important as the three R’s traditionally taught in school. In fact, according to a Visa survey, 77 percent of parents believe personal money management is a subject “very important” to their children’s lives as adults — second only to writing at 89 percent. And since many consumers today graduated without even basic knowledge of money management, like how to create and stick to a budget, many learn money skills through the school of trial and error.
To help today’s youths and consumers of all ages become financially savvy, Visa has partnered with leading consumer advocates, educators and financial institutions to launch a national program to improve the nation’s financial skills — Practical Money Skills for Life.
Some notable materials available:
- Free Solar Powered Calculator
- College Student Workbook
- Managing Your Debts: How to Regain Financial Health
- How to Raise a Money-Smart Child
I’m going to sign up for a few of the items and see what I get. Will keep you all posted.