Links + Resources

» "Money-Smart Kids" Column
[http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/kids/archive.html]
Janet Bodnar of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine writes a helpful weekly column online that answers questions parents and children are having about money. The column is incisive, conversational, and best of all, it's easy to understand — she is a mother of three children after all. A two-part entry relevant to this program and well worth reading: "Teaching Kids the Value of Giving" and "The Value of Giving, Part II."

» Share Save Spend
[http://www.sharesavespend.com/]
Nathan Dungan's organization dedicated to helping people of all ages develop and maintain healthy financial habits. The site features Share-Save-Spend™ Financial Sanity resources is to help youth and adults understand the relationship between money, values, and habits in today's hyper-consumer culture.

» Economic Snapshot for November 2006
[http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/11/econ_snapshot.html]
The Center for American Progress issues a monthly snapshot of trends in the American economy. November's snapshot shows continued increases in family debt and decreases in personal savings.

» Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)
[https://www.raymondjames.ca/cda/display.do?contentid=06085f4853edef00VgnVCMServeraf0c0caaRCRD]
This site from Raymond James Financial and the Pinch Group offers concise descriptions of the global history of socially-responsible investing, approaches to SRI and current debates about the practice.

» Bankrupt: Maxed Out in America
[http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/bankruptcy/index.html]
The American RadioWorks documentary examines what's fueling the bankruptcy boom in the United States.

» Choose to Save
[http://www.choosetosave.org/]
This public education program has over 100 online financial calculators for a wide array of financial planning issues, including credit, home mortgage and budgeting.

» It All Adds Up
[http://www.italladdsup.org/]
This interactive online program includes games and simulations to help teenagers learn about financial management.

» Jump$tart
[http://www.jumpstart.org/]
Jump$tart is dedicated to teaching young adults the fundamentals of financial literacy.

» Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart!
[http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/]
Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart! is a media literacy Web site for young people that encourages users to think critically about media and become smart consumers.

» National Institute on Media and the Family
[http://www.mediafamily.org/]
The National Institute on Media and the Family, an education and advocacy organization, provides information on the impact of media on children and families.